Certainly a dream come true for anyone.
The fastest indeed!
http://www.paralympic.org/news/usain-bolt-runs-guide-blind-paralympic-champion-guilhermina-rio
Six-time Olympic champion from Jamaica trains with Brazil's three-time
Paralympic champion ahead of 'Mano a Mano' event.
Brazilian Paralympian Terezinha Guilhermina runs with Usain Bolt of
Jamaica as her guide during an exhibition in preparation for the Mano
a Mano Athletics Challenge at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. Brazilian Paralympian Terezinha Guilhermina runs with
Usain Bolt of Jamaica as her guide during an exhibition in preparation
for the Mano a Mano Athletics Challenge at the Jockey Club Brasileiro
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (c) * Getty Images
By Rio 2016 and NPC Brazil.
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Brazil's three-time Paralympic sprinting champion Terezinha
Guilhermina unveiled her new guide on Saturday (18 April) in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, none other than Jamaica's six-time Olympic champion
Usain Bolt!
Bolt was in the host city of next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games
to promote the Mano a Mano Challenge at the Brazilian Jockey Club and,
grinning all the way, joined with Guilhermina to take part in a 50m
sprint.
Short videos from the event can be viewed here: video 1 video 2
"It was a dream come true," said Guilhermina, who won 100m and 200m
gold at the London 2012 Games and 200m gold at the Beijing 2008 Games.
"He was a little uncertain at the start, afraid that I might fall over
or that he would run too fast. This shows how much respect events like
this bring to Paralympic athletes.
"Running with him [Bolt] is a joy for any athlete. Bolt is a reference
in the sport and I'm happy to have participated in this race. I
fulfilled a dream."
The third Mano a Mano Challenge will reach its climax on Sunday (19
April) when Bolt will compete in the 100m. Saturday saw the
qualification races for the men's and women's 100m. Bolt will race
against Brazil's José Carlos Moreira, the Netherlands' Churandy
Martina and the USA's Ryan Bailey. The women's race will feature
Jamaicans Veronica Campbell-Brown and Kerron Stewart, plus Brazil's
Vitória Cristina Silva Rosa and the USA's Carmelita Jeter.
There will also be a Paralympic race, featuring Alan Oliveira, who won
200m gold at London 2012, plus US sprinters Paul Peterson and Richard
Browne, and Germany's Felix Streng.
Guilhermina will not be competing on Sunday, but she has plenty on her
schedule already. "I have the Parapan American Games (in Toronto in
August) and then the World Championships in Doha (in October)," she
said. "So it will be a very important year in terms of preparations
for the Rio 2016 Games.
--
Avinash Shahi
Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU
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