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Nugget-fan Usain Bolt celebrates winning the gold and
setting a new world record in the men's 200m. (AP
Photo/Thomas Kienzle)
Usain Bolt had a double gold sewn up coming into this
morning's 200m final, so he made the Olympics even more magical
by conjuring up a world record to emulate the record he set in
the 100.
So what has fuelled his record-breaking campaign, which has
seen him become the first man to break both the 100m and 200m
world records at an Olympics?
After the revelations of the diet habits of eight-gold
swimmer Michael Phelps, who consumes a perfectly balanced
diet of 12,000 calories a day, you might expect a scientific
approach for the world's fastest human.
But not a bit of it for the reggae-loving Bolt, who has
become the clown prince of Beijing.
Giving hope to couch potatoes everywhere, he survives on a
race-day diet of chicken nuggets.
His pre-competition routine: "Woke up at 11. Had some lunch -
some nuggets," he shrugged.
"Watched some more TV. Went to my room, slept for three
hours. Went back, got some more nuggets, then came to the
track."
So much for science.
