Jamaica Usain Bolt kicks off UK book tour
Published:Tuesday | August 31, 2010 | 9:39 AM
Jamaica’s 100 and 200-metre world record holder Usain Bolt, kicked off his book tour in London, England, yesterday with a stop on the popular ‘The One Show’, which has an average viewership of 4.5 million people.
The book ¬ Usain Bolt: My Story 9.58 ¬ is an illustrated biography featuring the story of Bolt’s Beijing Olympics experience, his three gold medals and three world records.
Bolt, while in London, will pay a visit to the all radio and TV sections of the British Broadcasting Corporation on the top programmes.
Bolt will also visit the Olympic Stadium, where the London 2012 Summer Olympics will be held and The Sun’s headquarters, where he will edit a few columns as part of his tour.
Although largely a media tour, Bolt will also engage the public in a two-hour signing at the Waterstone’s Piccadilly facility on Thursday.
The book is over 280 pages and is complete with photographs, some of which have never been published.
Bolt co-authored the book along with British journalist, Shaun Custis.