Usain Bolt wins race, gets taken out by a Segway
No man could take down Usain Bolt on the track. But a machine did.
At the Beijing 2015 IAAF World Championships, Bolt took victory lap after winning his fourth-consecutive 200-meter race. A cameraman piloting a Segway lost control after hitting a side rail, and spun into Bolt’s legs.
The Jamaican sprinter fell backward, then bounced up. He avoided serious injury, according to ForTheWin.com, but walked away with a cut on the leg.
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The photographer is the most famous man to crash a Segway since George Bush did while President in 2003.
Bolt, a six-time Olympic gold medalist, will run in the Rio Olympics. Segways aside, he’s looking on-point, as he ran a 19.55-second race, this year’s record.
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