New York: Jamaican Usain Bolt’s astonishing repeat success at London Olympics, coupled with his $9m per-year deal with Puma, has catapulted him onto Forbes Magazine’s 2012 prestigious 30, under-30 sports list.
Each year, the magazine chooses 30 personalities all aged under 30, from 12 different fields, who it describes as “young disruptors, innovators and entrepreneurs … impatient to change the world”.
Bolt (pictured) became the first athlete to repeat as double sprint champion at an Olympics when he won the 100 and 200 metres in London
His Puma deal, coupled with a plethora of other deals with Nissan, Visa and Gatorade also makes him the highest paid track and field athlete in history.IANS
