Usain Bolt becomes Guinness World Records ICON
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Jun 17, 2025
Jamaican sprinting legend Usain Bolt is awarded his Guinness World Records ICON certificate by editor-in-chief Craig Glenday at the Edwardian Hotel in Manchester, UK.
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It's not a bad haul of records, is it? It's pretty good. I mean, as record-breaking goes
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I think we found 15, but this is a chance to just have a look at seeing what they all look like in
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one go. Usain Bolt for me is the epitome of a Guinness World Records icon. Obviously Usain Bolt
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is known as being the world's fastest human, the fastest man, the fastest 100 metres run in history
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the fastest 200, in fact the fastest 150. He's won the Olympic medals three times in a row
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He's also, as I said, the fastest man that we know in terms of clocking the highest speed ever recorded by a human
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So if you take his average speed over that run at the 100 metres, just over 27 miles per hour
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So that's an incredible thing, and for me it's a fundamental Guinness World Records title there
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You guys have everything in it. For me the great joy of this job is meeting these fundamental people
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The world's tallest, the shortest It's an amazing array of people And the shorter the record title
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The more amazing I think the title is So fastest human, wow
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It's Usain Bolt He's done amazing things for his country, for his sport
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He's involved in philanthropy Which is also a great take for us
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For me I think definitely a Guinness World Records icon Well, you're saying, Boat, this is an impressive array of certificates
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But the one that we wanted to give you today was this, to acknowledge you as a true Guinness World Records icon
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These are very rare, given to only the people that we think most embody the spirit of Guinness World Records, and you certainly do
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So, congratulations. Thank you very much. You're saying, Boat, you are officially amazing
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Congratulations Thank you I honoured I honoured to be a part of the greats You always happy to be recognised by Guinness World Record Book For years I been in there and I finally given all the certificates
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which are going to look really good in my house, so I'm happy to be an icon. Everybody can be a part of this book
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Get the book, go through it, see what you can do, see the possibilities, and just try because the possibilities are endless
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rubber chicken. I could get to my... Oh, that's not bad. The world's oldest vomit. I'm good
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I'm good. I'm good. I don't need to touch that one. The world's shortest women, actual size
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Actual size? Actual size, yeah. Recently. That is crazy. Is that a frying pan? So this is a frying
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pan which has been rolled. No. It makes no sense. So the record is how many can you roll in a minute
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The record is 14 by a man and 10 by a woman. I would watch that
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It's very simple. I think people hear it all the time. It's just hard work and dedication
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It's as simple as that. I've seen the ones. That's the talent
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It's just being dedicated to your sport, working hard, understanding that the road won't be easy
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There will be ups and downs, but you have to be focused. Having a great team of people around you also
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which supports you is very important, but it's mainly just hard work and dedication
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Poo now. You had vomit before now, this poo. This is from George Franson's collection of... Collection
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5,000 chunks of dinosaur poo. Do you want to...? Oh, you're touching poo
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