2.Usain Bolt’s Training Partner May Leave Him Behind
New York Times` staff writer Jeré Longman writes an article on August 1st about Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt`s training partner, supposedly being faster than Bolt himself. Longman`s introduction draws attention by using an event that occured to make readers wonder if this Yohan Blake who beat Bolt once is really faster than him. He goes on to telling the reader about past events where Blake surprised everyone by beating Usain Bolt in two important races. Longman continues the article by giving some statistics about Bolts past races and later talks about running events where Blake was present. He takes the reader back to events where people might see them as: when Bolt is not present, Blake wins, and when Blake is not present, Bolt wins. After this, Longman talks about Blake, Bolt, and their friendship, one that will not end before nor after the race. He ends with a quote from Blake that shows the runner`s confidence and determination: “I don’t need to scare the other athletes,” Blake said. “When I’m running, I will scare them.”
Longman`s purpose in this essay is to show that even though Usain Bolt is considered the fastest man in the world, he wont be forever. He makes the reader think of the possibility of another man becoming the fastest man, a man that will defeat Bolt and become the fastest in the world, this man being Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt`s training partner. When Longman writes "Usain Bolt`s partner may leave him behind" he does not mean that Bolt will lose, but that there is a chance that it might happen, and there is someone capable of making it happen.
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