World and Olympic champion Usain Bolt has broken another record when fans on his facebook page reached a total of 1,779.701 (figures as of time of writing) making him one of the most popular athletes in number of supporters on perhaps the leading global networking platform.
Bolt now has over 375000 more fans than famous golfer Tiger Woods whose facebook page counts 1402568 followers.
Even if some tennis and football players remain hard to catch, with both Roger Federer and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo having more than 3 million followers, the current “ballon d'or” Barcelona star Lionel Messi is in reach of Bolt with 1,916.990 fans.
At 22 years of age, and after setting world records in both the 100m and 200m at both the Olympic Games in Beijing and the World Championships in Berlin, Bolt is now a happy “victim” of his own success and wherever he competes, records are expected to fall.
Attendance records were broken for Bolt's last appearances on a track respectively last weekend in Kingston when 54.310 viewers witnessed the fourth fastest 200 metres of all-time at 19.56 and the previous weekend in Philadelphia when Bolt anchored Jamaica's 4x100 with an 8.79 closing leg.
Bolt is next expected to compete on 19 May in Daegu, Korea the host of the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics.
Bolt now has over 375000 more fans than famous golfer Tiger Woods whose facebook page counts 1402568 followers.
Even if some tennis and football players remain hard to catch, with both Roger Federer and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo having more than 3 million followers, the current “ballon d'or” Barcelona star Lionel Messi is in reach of Bolt with 1,916.990 fans.
At 22 years of age, and after setting world records in both the 100m and 200m at both the Olympic Games in Beijing and the World Championships in Berlin, Bolt is now a happy “victim” of his own success and wherever he competes, records are expected to fall.
Attendance records were broken for Bolt's last appearances on a track respectively last weekend in Kingston when 54.310 viewers witnessed the fourth fastest 200 metres of all-time at 19.56 and the previous weekend in Philadelphia when Bolt anchored Jamaica's 4x100 with an 8.79 closing leg.
Bolt is next expected to compete on 19 May in Daegu, Korea the host of the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics.
source:modernghana.com
