When a 15-YEAR-OLD Usain Bolt SHOCKED the World || Before They Were Legends - Episode 1

[@TotalRunningProductions]

Hope you enjoy this new series! Leave a comment with anyone you'd like in Episode 2. The top comment will be the next video.

[@alexanderhansen6134]

Mo Farah

[@donshields2379]

Jim Ryan

[@orangespice-brawlstars5086]

Galen Rupp

[@gagekrall1683]

Should definitely do Lopez Lomong, he didn’t start competing until high school, but his insane back story would be awesome to have you talk about

[@Starstrike21]

Michael Johnson

[@nateofalltrades1448]

Wow his world Junior record at age 16 would have been enough to come second in the 2008 adult Olympics. With the only time faster in that race being his own time and world record at that time for the 200 meters. That’s crazy

[@nerve.]

The Greatest Of All Time

[@icarusflying1814]

I don’t know but I laughed so hard at “adult Olympics” 😂

[@pasarkeramat550]

@@nerve. G.O.A.T

[@danielburkhardt721]

so he would have won the olympics at 16 lol that's wild

[@West2WesternGhats]

Correction..first..!

[@JH-Wood]

Wow I wasn't aware of how incredible bolt was as a junior

[@SammySam316]

Neither did I. I honestly thought he popped out of nowhere.

[@thinkingoutloud675]

@Jake McCoy is right but I am going to add this he was fast back then but became quick

[@chagi4334]

Walk. Run. Bolt.

[@justinthinkify]

You can't be at the top without being super talented or hardwork. No one notices the journey it takes to get there.

[@nothgiel84]

Yep, thts y wen ppl tlk about him doping...and dnt really knw the background of his junior years...we Jamaicans just laugh...we know how great he was

[@watfunstu9086]

Bolt still holds the world record in the 200 for the 15, 16, 17 and 18 year old age groups. Oh and the record for open age of course.

[@mgnal9175]

Not no more somebody who's 15 just went 20.33 and 10.20 out of Florida a couple days ago.

[@watfunstu9086]

@@mgnal9175 wut

[@thinkingoutloud675]

@@mgnal9175 who

[@tdl8472]

Mgn Al spreading false info idiot

[@anthonybrown5522]

Yep, hes a legend

[@briankillen8067]

There is no question, the greatest sprinter of all time.....

[@ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣΘΑΓΓΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ]

I'm sure that if Usain focused on the 400m instead of the 100m the world record would be under 43 seconds

[@aDDmoreJuiceTV]

TRUE!

[@cookie6967]

Not a doubt in my mind - when watching Bolts career I was kind of hoping he’d do just that in the second half of his career and hold WR’s in all 3 events.

[@wolfensteinJB]

Young Usain Bolt was running so fast his head couldn't keep up, lol.

[@GSW_on_top]

lmfao

[@shanilram3179]

Couldn't have said it better he was born for greatness respect from Guyana he will always be our Caribbean hero

[@BK-kc6xo]

Great video,as Barbadian from the island of Barbados (that's in the Caribbean and not located in Jamaica) I had the pleasure of seeing Usain run at 15 years at the Central American and Caribbean games. What many people won't know was the fact that as a volunteer equipment manager I was track side watching as Usain strolled effortlessly over the line in a four hundred meter, beating his competitors by about fifty meters , with a tooth pick in his mouth...in around 47 seconds.

[@mikecarmean6446]

Not Just The Greatest Sprinter... 💥💥🏆💥💥 But a Great Person as Well

[@hanzino4974]

2:25 he probably lost his winning streak to flight in June but the cameras weren’t on

[@MurphFit3]

“W React” we can he now😂

[@BB-ft1rs]

What do you mean

[@kerem6055]

Lmao

[@pargolf3158]

@@BB-ft1rs Yeah. WTF are you talking about

[@BB-ft1rs]

@@pargolf3158 what do you mean

[@gagekrall1683]

Should definitely do Lopez Lomong, he didn’t start competing until high school, but his insane back story would be awesome to have you talk about

[@finlayhutchinson7370]

Usain looked like a grown man when he was 15 lol

[@ramonwrestling5756]

Yea. I feel like if he kept on growing he might not have been as fast. Luckily he just stopped

[@raphaellu3085]

Ramon Wrestling “luckily”

[@ramonwrestling5756]

Raphael Lu wdym. If he kept on growing he would be too tall. Someone who’s 6’7 isn’t as fast as someone who is 6’5

[@raphaellu3085]

Ramon Wrestling i was agreeing with you fam

[@dbe124]

@D PIW steroids make you smaller? what you on ab

[@SportsandTrueCrime]

Wow...u can really see how much he improved his form year after year til he became absolutely flawless

[@sardartariq7195]

Legend from the beginning

[@bustinjieber1507]

Hes faster than Olympics athletes at age of 15. Ok

[@nevarwilliams1445]

He is undeniably ..I swear the person's who hit the dislike on this video are just salty ,envious, and bad minded people smh

[@zeqi]

Usain Bolt looks phenomenal when he runs

[@socialjusticewarrior2316]

Really enjoyed this video - thanks

[@dingo4010]

He had that Michael Johnson head tilt going on when he was fifteen.

[@tima.478]

WOW!!! I just made a similar comment about him looking like MJ, without seeing yours first... We both saw that, lol

[@coleabrahams9331]

Yeah, I saw that too

[@jsmariani4180]

No, Michael Johnson didn't have that tilt. Nigel Amos does.

[@dingo4010]

@@jsmariani4180 Amos runs like he's running in waist high water. Crazy that he is so good with such an unusual technique .

[@alphaecka1949]

Never you compare a bocce ball to strip bolt that's disgraceful they're not in the same class they don't look alike and don't fake it when Donovan Bailey ran past his ass grabbed his legs and faked it no good dope bastard and take it they're fakes Ville muscle size up

[@soldecle]

The salute at the crowd was CLEAN!

[@mjb4983]

The candle that burns twice as strong burns so short..but Mr Bolt burned so very brightly

[@wdsa7129]

Bolt at 15 years: literally breaking records in track and field and destroying competition 4 years older than him Me at 15 years: sitting on a couch eating chips and watching sports

[@tima.478]

Young Bolt had that, "rock'em Michael Johnson *lean back"* working! lol

[@allantaylor742]

Funny thing is Michael Johnson was his biggest inspiration growing up

[@tima.478]

@@allantaylor742 "life imitates art"

[@mauriciobasaves2497]

6foot 5 at the age of 15 wow that’s insane 🤯

[@KAS1JM]

Great work! Keep at this great content and for sharing with the world who thought he came out of nowhere as an adult

[@kyswadling8300]

His frame is insane even at 14 years old! 6'5 and super broad shoulders before he could even fill into them!

[@anthonybrown5522]

Tony Dungy saw him in the Rio Olympics and said he would make a good receiver. The late Al Davis offered him $200 million a year after the 08' Olympics

[@NamiseSports]

This is a really cool concept! Really good video, I didn't know Bolt was a 400m runner too

[@tima.478]

Yeah he was pretty good at it too, but later would say that he absolutely hated *everything* about the 400, especially training for it. He said that he only did it because his coach leaned on him to do it! He often joked that he was too lazy for the 400, lol.

[@SilviuBurceaDev]

@@tima.478 well, if you're lazy to run 47s, time to run 43s so you don't get bored, lol

[@barrybrown2802]

Wow I knew that Usain Bolt as a junior was fantastic but I didn't really realize how great his achievement was in 2002. He's definitely the greatest ever in the 200m having the world under 18 record, world under 20 record, current world record, most olympic titles and most world titles in the event. Simply mind-boggling

[@NicholasMacAdam]

The level of detail you put into your videos is so nice to watch. Huge fan, thank you for the detailed break downs!

[@TopRanky]

Dang, imagine beating your competition, who are 4 years older than you!

[@cherhongjun]

4 years is nothing, i could beat someone 80 years older than me

[@kriglum0760]

@@cherhongjun 🧠

[@thetruesquad5059]

@@cherhongjun big brain

[@LegitHat]

you don’t know how hard it is when you’ve TRYED adults are really fast

[@hutchmusician]

Imagine being a sprinter watching this race and knowing that your future career would be overshadowed by this fifteen-year-old freak. There can surely never have been any doubt.

[@Dan-cz5sj]

Its funny how people are looking for all the reasons for his supremacy now but at the time of his breakout the period of short squat sprinters was just coming to an end with Gatlin then Asafa Powells breakthrough and people used to always say that you needed to be built like Maurice greene to break records. The truth is he is more than just a collection of physical attributes and the amazing about speed is it can be found in packages of all shapes and sizes.

[@B-Man-69]

Exactly just look at Schillonie Calvert, one of the top female 4x100m relay sprinters. She stands at 4 feet 5 inches (135cm). Or Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce who is only 5 feet 2 inches but can run faster than most men. Then we have tall sprinters like Bolt, Asafa Powell, Justin Gatlin, etc. Speed is defined by your techniques and effort.

[@Dan-cz5sj]

Even athletics coaches used to say i was too tall at 6 ft 4 to progress as a sprinter because they believed being short and squat was the way to be fast.

[@niklasvilhelm7247]

@@Dan-cz5sj the taller you are, the longer steps you take. The only disadvantage is that you need more muscles to keep up.

[@Dan-cz5sj]

@@niklasvilhelm7247 and taller runners generally achieve a lower cadence etc etc, i know, this was 20 years ago...my only point is that those kind of theories are flawed

[@niklasvilhelm7247]

@@Dan-cz5sj but it's not a theory that your bones grows faster than muscles and the more weight you have, the more strenght you need.

[@ihrvater7212]

I hope seeing him in the winter olympics

[@eamonhillis619]

He is the most clutch athlete of all time... He PB's by almost a second to win the most important race of his life. Insane.

[@Hensley_Jb]

Damn he was reaching his peak early

[@landyncb8751]

um what? you do realize he ran his fastest time in his early/mid 20's...so that means he didn't reach his peak in his teens.

[@Chukz05]

@@landyncb8751 he didn't say that, did he? read the sentence again. he WAS reaching his peak early

[@MrVibriocholerae]

@@landyncb8751 he reached his best times at 22, which is pretty early

[@timn4481]

@@MrVibriocholerae no it isnt. most drug free athletes hit their best times in their early 20s. not really uncommon at all.

[@gary1961]

47 seconds for 400 metres at age 15 ...... my best time at the same age was 54.9. So as he crossed the line, I'd just be straightening out on the final straight. Crazy speed.

[@watchmework3688]

On top of that, a 54.9 at 15 is already a damn good time

[@WilliamTravisIto]

@@watchmework3688 No shit. He's just humble bragging.

[@vdv1385]

Thanks for working out this idea into a new series, i will watch it with pleasure!

[@gyhjgff2133]

Legend has it that Bolt was old his whole life.

[@sonu3679]

They always were a legend

[@sealand000]

"...he slowly pulled away from the entire field." Umm, "slowly" may not be quite accurate.

[@peiogoitia225]

Incredible content as always! You deserve at least 1 million subs

[@bantazmo1978]

His was raw! Thankfully he cleaned up the mechanics.

[@nickylnr]

Thanks to his coach...Glen Mills

[@TyroneUnplugged]

He's living in his gift

[@sazjay1166]

This guy was sensational

[@tima.478]

Seeing this just confirms what i have always suspected about Bolt anyway. It's truly his height/gait that is the *X factor* combined with getting at least the same 'turn over' as his peers, there is no way to logically or physically catch him!!! Proof of this is his inexperience at the age of 15, yet still being able to compete with 19 year olds. If he was a 5'11 or even a 6' person, at 15 with that same inexperience he would have been smoked by those 19 year olds.

[@ludwigvanbeathoven-beatsmo8228]

False. His brain/cerebellum is more efficiently wired and can deliver more energy per blood volume towards his neurons, increasing processing capacity and firing rate and fiber recrution capacity. The nervous system is the most limiting factor for speed.

[@FranciscoJrReyes-tf8rb]

Thank you very much Oh Lord for giving us a Usain Bolt :-). ❤️

[@alwayne5932]

TRP... thanks for the information 👍🏾..luv that guy lightning 🌩 bolt

[@PacificSolo]

I didn't know he started that early in his athletic career! 😲 I'm amazed!

[@nickylnr]

Yes....most Jamaican kids start from early. We have championships starting from about age 10.. it could be earlier. I started going to meets in 4th grade..I was 9

[@kevidon250]

Search Jamaica high school champs. To us Jamaicans its like the Olympics

[@nickylnr]

@@kevidon250 better than the Olympics 😁

[@melicah2479]

Track and field is who we are. I think it’s in the dna at this point.

[@desmondyap5391]

This channel's content just keeps on getting better

[@paxundpeace9970]

Thanks for this rare early footage.

[@vivadrags]

Completely unrelated to this video, but Shelby Houlihan ran an American record in the 5000m in 14:23.92 and Karissa Schweizer rana 14:34.45. Also Moh Ahmed (Canada) ran a 12:47.20 in the 5000m. I'm sure your going to make a video, but just some info for anyone reading the comments :)

[@dylanvanderpool5787]

TRP really got those fire beats for the background

[@cultivatingtheculture1670]

Now we got to start considering Knighton and his amazing times as a junior 18 year old 19.49 200m

[@joec6990]

so excited for the "Before They Were Legends" episodes! TRP, you should definitely do kipchoge!

[@quincydewitt8923]

Crazy part is at that time in his career he didn't take track seriously. No strict diets no weight training just pure talent.

[@runnersguide5490]

This is nuts..??.??...I ran 32.12 and thought it was fast!!! HOLY MOLY!!

[@rohanreid9519]

Simply theeee BEST !!!

[@lenfana]

In 2008 at the Beijing Olympic Games, Usain Bolt became the biggest thing that track and field had ever seen. And as we all know, his exploits a year later in Berlin - indeed, over the following decade, further consolidated his status. I can't see that position ever being taken from him. Not many sports people can be spoken of in the same breath as Muhammad Ali. Bolt is one of the very few. He is, without doubt, the GOAT of track and field.

[@sullyo6068]

That's crazy that 15 year old bolt would do well in most diamond League meets is insane

[@shashashankaramani4307]

This man got swag

[@shenghan9385]

Bolt is a beast. He will be hold the reatest sprinter in human history for a long time.

[@DuckHunterGaming]

Wow this kid has some potential hope to see him in the olympics one day in the future

[@sharieprendy4181]

🤣🤣

[@HiHi-xy4if]

Wow didn’t knew all that, heard some shit about him being a cricketer before lol but that’s impressive he’d be rank 1 in adult division when he was 16

[@JD-nq3yx]

He played cricket in high school.

[@fynnburgerrunning826]

Very interesting video! It's always fun to watch your videos.

[@KDfreestyles]

Very awesome production. Well done on your videos

[@tgjolga]

He once were a pure talent! Then people came along...

[@jisookwon3256]

was* and by the way, no one could beat usain bolt he was always a pure talent and the greatest sprinter of all time

[@nikzzz_cncorl8965]

He was 14 and he was built like that, he is a fcking monster!

[@zombiegoatwheels]

Whoa! What transformation...😲

[@HeartsforJesus25]

If you follow track and field everyone knew that Bolt was destined for greatness. He was a prodigy! Everyone knew he'd dominate the 200m (which he did) and the 400m (which he would've). The real shock was his dominance in the 100m. Nobody saw that coming.

[@timetraveller5222]

Fact: Before GOAT he is you. But with braveness and courage.

[@david2804me]

Very interesting video. During one's adolescent years, it is not really one's absolute age that affects one's athletic ability as much as one's stage of growth to adulthood.....some 15 year olds are physically like men but others are still boys. In Bolt's case. he seems to have matured physically very early for a 15 year old so this closes the gap on older teens.

[@thefrenchfriguy]

That's no 15 year old...WOW

[@landyncb8751]

wdym?

[@fastinradfordable]

Athletes in developing countries lie about age to dominate “junior” championships all the time.

[@barbaragriffith3723]

@@fastinradfordable did you grow up in the Caribbean to know what you are talking about? As long as we are not from your supposed developed countries that always have cases of doping we lying? No wonder they tested him so much because like you they thought he couldn't be that good coming from a developing country and not using enhancements.

[@romeocbar]

@@fastinradfordable are you dumb? what you know about JAMAICA? you thi nk we live in trees and stupid? From you born you are issued with a Birth cert. At 15 I was 6'4. I had a 13 year rugby league player at 6'3 running circles around everyone 2 years ago.

[@joec6990]

2:25 he probably lost his winning streak to flight in June but the cameras weren’t on

[@froggey5689]

Video is so outdated now. Amazing

[@timn4481]

good video TRP. its great to see these things p[resented properly. i wonder what time Bolt wouldve ran in the 100m as a junior and youth?.

[@friedrich4071]

Bolt gives me euphoria every time.

[@renatogonzalez977]

Man i love your videos :D

[@niks2837]

You are awesome!

[@siyulater]

Shocked the world, not schocked the world

[@wilhelmw3455]

Just imagine if he focused on the 200m and 400m instead of the 100m and 200m.

[@fastinradfordable]

He may not have been able to have the speed without focusing on the 100. But I agree. 47xx 400 @ age 14. ... Insane.

[@Starstrike21]

love these videos, keep it up man!

[@kontrackandfield8506]

Wow! Usain bolt is my favorite sprinter! I also make running videos!

[@sheepox573]

Really nice video man ;)

[@Jagdeepsingh-gv3uc]

Awesome Video 🙂✌

[@woodenlogos3428]

love this channel

[@alexanderhansen6134]

A video about Usain Bolt And who is shown at the beginning??? TRP just adores Jakob Ingebritsen :)

[@MrDrew2121]

Alexander Hansen that is a valid catch on your part. Let’s see how well Jakob performs in the future.....let’s see where Jakob ranks in 10 years versus his competitors.

[@jj-tq4hx]

What's incredible is he has terrible running form yet manages to make everyone seem slow.😲😲

[@ameliam7898]

Just wow

[@hhhghgghhhh3479]

schocked

[@craigfowler7098]

GOAT

[@PushyPawn]

Fark! CAN YOU IMAGINE How FAST He Will Be Running When He Is 80?!

[@thomasmckenzie4584]

I wish Jamaica could've found a way to get Bolt on the 4x4 teams in the Olympics. Jamaica would've been tough to beat and it would've been epic tv. Would've loved to see him go toe to toe with Lashawn Merritt for a gold. Sucks that we never got to see it.

[@ssickhead1]

it's not jamaica's decision to have him run anything. whether he runs the 400m or not is all his choice.

[@thomasmckenzie4584]

@@ssickhead1 Either way. It's a bummer we never got to see him run a 4x4. Especially since it is almost always the last event of the meet. He had NOTHING to lose.

[@igotpro4433]

Please about the yohan Blake when he start so late at 16

[@orlando1008]

Yohan did not start at 16, he as been running long before that, I don't know about his primary years but I know he was running from he started high school

[@igotpro4433]

@@orlando1008 bro yohan say,s in her previous interview that his first love is cricket when her cricket coach say that you are so fast you have to try running then he started focus on running he say in interview that I was late to start athletics because people actually start at 12 year but I was pretty late I was start at 16 he say in Indian interview when he was came in promoting raod safety series in India 2018 or19 see and check the video road safety series in India

[@joelhoeve]

I think it was needed to mention he cpmpeted in the 2004 olympics for the 200m since not too many people know He was eliminated in the heats btw

[@waynedwyer1326]

He was injured and should not have been competing!!!

[@lifeoftwohardtrollgamerslo5082]

when usain bolt sprint only his shadow can follow up

[@QQPLAYZ234]

I am so slow at racing but I can’t. Give up

[@juanmanuelsandoval4895]

Next one kenenisa

[@colddiesel]

The loud and intrusive music makes it difficult to hear the commentary.

[@vaggs75]

His head is like a bouncy head. He used it for balance.

[@peterjamieson2441]

Good video...at 15 he was about 6'3" actually. He's 6'5" now

[@BongoZozo]

Hey dude. Who would win a 400m race between Bolt & Rudisha? There is a video idea for you