Bolt attends “Race Against Malaria” in Oslo

88 runners in eleven relays competed in the 200m charity run, close to 100.000 collected Dollars will support the world wide fight against Malaria. A cause Bolt was just too willing to support. “We do have trouble with Malaria in the Caribbean as well so for me it is a key thing to help wherever I can. I am a fortunate person so I want to give back as much as possible”, Bolt said in front of the excited crowd in Oslo.

Together with Norwegian hurdler Christina Vukicevic Bolt gave the start signal for the race and awarded the lucky winners from DNB. But it wasn’t just that formal show that excited the crowd, it was Bolt’s down-to-earth persona. When the last runner of Team Puma (Bolts main outfitter) fought for the second-to-last-place Bolt couldn’t help but cheering for him – excited, enthusiastic … and almost ecstatic.

Although at the “Race Against Malaria” it was more about the cause than about winning, Bolt’s focus soon returned to the winning part of running: “It’s gonna be an exciting race on Thursday, I am really looking forward to it. Powell really wants to come back badly after Rome so this is going to be fun!”