Usain Bolt 100m: Olympic legend's reaction to crash with flower girl in 2012

Usain Bolt is one of the greatest athletes of our generation.

Some say that his records will never be beaten. He is without doubt the fastest human being the world has ever seen, clinching Olympic Gold on eight occasions.

It is common knowledge that Bolt was one of the worlds most adored athletes. Regardless of nationality, no one can deny that they cheered him on when he competed on the world stage.

But it wasn’t his athletic ability alone that drew the astonishing support he had in his hay-day. Despite his fame, wealth and success, Usain Bolt is one of the kindest athletes we have ever seen compete.

Out of all the viral clips of Bolt there are to browse through, one clip of him crashing into a flower girl at the 2012 Diamond League in Sweden amassed a whopping 30 million views.

After winning the race comfortably, the Jamaican was slowing down at the bend, when he accidentally ran into the path of a flower girl who was completely oblivious of the gigantic frame hurtling towards her.

Obviously, the blow was enough to knock the girl off of her feet, but Usain wasn’t going to let that happen.

Somehow on impact, he was able to hold the girl up on two feet whilst simultaneously jumping in the air to prevent his own forward momentum.

Bolt pulled out all the stops in the 100-metre dash but didn’t stop there as he gave 110% in preventing the young lady from toppling over.

After the incident, Usain embraced with the flower girl and continued on with his victory lap. Bolt got the approval of fans around the world, who were in awe of the legend’s kindness.

You can see the moment from the 1 minute 40 second mark in the video below:

One fan commented: “Let’s talk about how he handled the clash like a real gentleman and didn’t