Photographer captures career-defining photo of Usain Bolt

[dipsydoodle]

Usain Bolt has been almost as famous for his posturing in front of the camera as he has been for his incredible sprinting.

Yet for all those thousands of poses, the photograph that defines his career has now been taken in the most unguarded of moments by sheer chance.

French photographer Olivier Morin was covering the 100m final in Moscow for AFP, and captured a magnificent picture of Bolt as his momentum saw him drift round the track following his win on Sunday night.

Morin snapped a shot that would have been a beautiful photograph on a dark and stormy night no matter what the circumstances.

But the photography gods saw to it that a bolt of lightning crackled down behind the stadium at the exact moment the picture was taken.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/photographer-captures-amazing-career-defining-photo-usain-bolt-080505318.html

[stonecutter357]

1. K&R

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. The shot of a lifetime! n/t

[madaboutharry]

3. That is amazing!

[DinahMoeHum]

4. Put THAT on the Gatorade commercial !!!

BTW, here's the original song by Jake Bugg: "Lightning Bolt"

[Cronus Protagonist]

5. I didn't even notice the lightening

Until I read it, I was wondering why this boring shot is supposed to be the greatest picture. Now I know, and I'm still unimpressed.

[uponit7771]

6. +1