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“Oh yeah, we are jamming again tonight,” shouted an obviously elated Jamaican outside the Bird’s Nest stadium on Thursday night prior to the race. He was on top of the world. Usain Bolt had a few minutes earlier delivered the final sermon where he preached his invincibility as not only the undisputed king of sprint but also the best the world has ever seen and will ever see for some time to come.

“Oh yes we are jamming,” he said again “I want to jam it with you and I hope you like jamming too,” he said to newsmen standing around. Although, it has been gloom all through for Team Nigeria at the Championships

“Ain”t no rules, ain’t no vow, we can do it anyhow, I and I will see you through,” some of the newsmen chanted with him as they made their way to the main road where they stood waiting for the traffic light to turn to green.  the Jamaicans are raising their flags all over the street and celebrating their good fortune. Who will begrudge them their good fortune. In Usain Bolt they have a product loved by the world. The whole city seems to have caught their enthusiasm. In fact the whole stadium, those that can speak English and those that cannot were constantly treated to hit tunes from Bob Marley songs, especially on the day the 100m final was run. First to be played was One Love, then followed by Three Little Birds which was instructive.

The whole world had been waiting to see if American sprinter Justin Gatlin would end the domination of Bolt following Gatlin’s unbeaten run in the circuit where he was the undisputed star of the IAAF Diamond League series, running the pre-championships’ fastest time of 9.74 seconds in the 100m and 19.57 in the 200m.

“Don’t worry, about a thing,’ cause everything, gonna be alright,” the whole stadium joined in singing Three Little Birds as if telling Bolt everything ‘is gonna be alright”. Bolt however proved his immortality on race night and showed the world once more that he is here to stay for long.

Then One Love rent the air again.The Jamaicans, resplendent in their yellow and black, were a beauty to watch as they sang and danced along. Even some journalists joined in the singing too. That night was the night Bolt saved athletics and he added the seal on Thursday night with the emphatic way he won the 200m.

Bolt has prove over and over again that he is the undisputed king of the tracks. He seems set to hold the title for the fastest man in the world and he does not look the type that will give up on his crown any time soon. He seems to be sending a message to the world and any other disputer to try next time each time. It looks like it would take a supernatural being to overthrow "King Bolt". Meanwhile Nigerian representatives at the Beijing 2015 are not having it as good as their Jamaican counterparts.