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Where? What zero-brain puts that in a tooltip? Snots != brains FFS.

PS. This article is toxic but the demagogues who are pushing their agenda have locked it down. So typical and it's nothing we've not seen before. This is a Wikipedia article - keep your agendas at home in our own closet!

Usain Bolt's Olympic Golds

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Usian Bolt has achieved 9 gold medals at the Olympics Games. He achieved the "Triple Triple" at his final games in Rio 2016 when he won the 4x100m relay with his teammates, his final race as an Olympian. He won the 100m, 200m and 4x100m at every games he attended - 2008, 2012 and 2016.

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The link to Doctor Herb Elliot links to 1960 Olympic 1500m winner Herb Elliot, not Jamaican Doctor Herb Elliot who the link should go to.

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Is it possible to list Bolt's world records and wins at championship (like the Olympics and World Championships) at the bottom of the page, similar to the other pages of athletics who also hold world records and have won Olympic/World Championships?

Or, would this not be wise considering how lengthy the page already is right now? ViveLaSuisse (talk) 02:44, 20 October 2023 (UTC) [reply ]

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Quincy Wilson has now pushed usain to no.7 on the all time youth bests 400 meter dash with a time of 44.2 recognized by [1] 2600:1007:A111:748:F477:FEAE:84BE:53F3 (talk) 01:15, 20 August 2024 (UTC) [reply ]

I'm not sure how to read that source. Do you have one that mentions Bolt? McYeee (talk) 05:19, 20 August 2024 (UTC) [reply ]
 Not done for now: The way you are attempting to use the source looks like WP:OR. We need a source explicitly stating that Bolt is ranked #7. Left guide (talk) 21:49, 20 August 2024 (UTC) [reply ]
Is this the right event? It lists him at #10. McYeee (talk) 23:48, 20 August 2024 (UTC) [reply ]
why 2402:4000:B18C:DB67:3A64:9E7C:7D30:2F38 (talk) 05:44, 17 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
Crazy 2402:4000:B18C:DB67:3A64:9E7C:7D30:2F38 (talk) 05:45, 17 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]

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Usain Bolt can be known as by his fellows by 'Insane Lightning Bolt' 124.168.192.64 (talk) 06:24, 11 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 11:54, 11 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]

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