'Usain was confident. After all, he'd been rewriting the record books of athletics history for a decade.'

9.58 seconds was all it took for Usain Bolt to blaze his way into the history books, with a 100 metres world record that shocked the world. But when Usain was little, he preferred cricket to running. No one knew that the tall, skinny boy from a small town in Jamaica would go on to become 'The Lightning Bolt' - the fastest man ever.

John Murray has written and edited books on a wide range of sports - from athletics to Aussie rules football, and from tennis to Test cricket - and for several different audiences, in particular young sports fans. He has worked for the sports desks of many newspapers (in England and further afield) and is currently Touchline's sports director.