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Usain Bolt: My Father stopped me from choosing Cricket
Jamaican Speedster Bolt wanted to play Cricket as a child
Bangalore: Jamaica's Sprint superstar Usain Bolt said that his goal as a youngster was to play cricket for Jamaica but his father convinced him to take up track & field instead.
The 100m & 200m record holder, would have followed Jamaican speedsters Michael Holding & Courtney Walsh who terrorized batsmen all over the world playing for the West Indies in the 1980s and 90s.
"Blame it on my dad." said the World's Fastest Man when asked on a promotional visit to India why he did not pursue his love of cricket.
"My father is a huge cricket fan, but when I got to higher secondary, I had two options -- cricket or athletics," he said.
"My dad said because of the system in Jamaica, it would be better to take up athletics. He said, 'You just have to run fast in athletics while it's tougher to get into the national (cricket) team'."
Bolt was in Bangalore to captain a 7-a-side team against one led by India's cricket World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh.
LeBron James named Fittest athlete ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo & Usain Bolt
Lebron James becomes the Fittest Male Athlete
LeBron James beats Cristiano Ronaldo and Usain Bolt to top the first ever World's Fittest Male Athletes' list by Sports Illustrated.
The athletes from all the corners of the sports field were rankd according to their speed, strength, agility and endurance.
Former Miami Heat and now Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James scored a perfect 10 in all the 4 categories followed by Ronaldo & Bolt.
The top 10 also features big names like Boxer Floyd Mayweather & Michael Phelps.
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