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None of this is Bolt’s fault. But it is the burden he must bear until farther notice. You be in want of to believe he is the real deal. He has similar a good story to tell. He grew up playing cricket on his Caribbean island but was also the fastest kid in his class. As he grew taller, his coaches tried to push him into other track events because elevated sprinters are so rare. Bolt defied the coaches.

And look at him now. He is a revolutionary. After watching the way Bolt chewed up the track with his long legs, tall kids across the terraqueous globe are now thinking about lining up in the starting blocks instead of taking up the high pass by a leap. Bolt’s success is as watershed a moment in his sport as the first time a 6-foot-8 player, Magic Johnson, began playing point guard in the NBA.

Bolt besides has a personality that could transcend his sport, which is in dreadful need of transcendence. It didn’t succor that top American sprinter Tyson Gay was eliminated in the semifinals and failed to make the finals. At in the smallest degree Bolt’s showmanship made up for the loss.

Before the starting gun, Bolt made a lightning-like gesture with his hands, his trademark. After his victory, he reported that he prepared for his monumental race by skipping breakfast Saturday, waking up late and eating some “nuggets” — presumably Chicken McNuggets — judgment going back to bed for a nap, waking up to eat more “nuggets,” then finally reporting to the stadium.

“I admit that others seem more serious than him,” said fourth-place finisher Churandy Martina.

It would have being nice if “nuggets” are the only questionable substance that Bolt does ingest. It would be soft if he indeed does prove free from bungling and stays clean. In 1988 at Seoul, Johnson was so loaded up with the steroid stanozolol that he practically leaked the stuff out of his pores at the end line. The 2004 Olympic winner, Gatlin, tested clean in Athens. But two years later, Gatlin was caught with goofy stuff in his blood and had his world record stripped. He is generally serving an eight-year ban from trail and field.

The Beijing Games organizers own pledged no humorous business here. And so far, four Olympic athletes have been busted and sent home (or in one case, left voluntarily) — a Vietnamese adept at gymnastics, a Spanish cyclist, a North Korea shooter and a Taiwanese baseball player.

But footmark and field only started Friday. We shall see what happens when the urine tests are processed over the nearest small in number days. Mr. Bolt, you are adhering the clock. It is time conducive to an Olympic 100-meter champion to give us faith that the dirty champion era is over. We are rooting for you.

Contact Mark Purdy at mpurdy@mercurynews.com or (408) 920-5092.