Island life laid foundations for Bolt's quest to break new ground
Oliver Brown visits the Jamaican outpost where his dream began
Usain Bolt is hoping to push the barriers in the 200m. Photo: Getty Images
It is a sticky, sultry afternoon in Sherwood Content, where Wellesley Bolt keeps weary guard outside his bright-pink grocery store. All is quiet, save for the squawk of the odd chicken scuttling by.
You need a four-wheel drive, or at least a healthy tolerance of potholed roads, just to reach this remote village in Jamaica's rugged interior. Wellesley, surveying the scene, avows that he could never live anywhere else. "I used to work for the coffee industry board, before I was made redundant," he says. "Then I set up this shop. I sell mostly meat and dry goods."
