What’s going on in this picture of Usain Bolt hanging out with kids in the Czech Republic?

May 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment

NBC’s Olympics website posted a gallery of photos of record book-rewriting Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt hanging out with children last week in Ostrava, Czech Republic during Ostrava’s annual Golden Spike track-and-field competition.

I can’t figure out what’s going on in this one:

Write your own caption. (Photo by Petr David Josek/Associated Press)

 

I would say that Bolt was just setting down the little girl in the pink hat after picking her up for a photo op and just happened to have a funny look on his face when the photographer snapped the picture. But the looks of embarrassment, disgust, and resignation on the faces of the children on the right side of the photo make me wonder if something else is going on.

Whenever I’ve made that face while holding a child at arm’s length, clean-up has been necessary.

A different girl in a pink hat outran Bolt in a race at the same event:

Losing exhibition races to small children is one of the many ways in which Usain Bolt pyschs out his competition. (Photo by Petr David Josek/Associated Press)

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About Josh Tinley

Josh Tinley writes the Away From The Action column at Midwest Sports Fans, covering all aspects of sport aside from what actually happens on the field, court, or track. Josh grew up in Indianapolis and graduated from the University of Evansville and Vanderbilt Divinity School. He is the author of Kneeling in the End Zone: Spiritual Lessons From the World of Sports and the managing editor of LinC, a weekly curriculum for teens that explores the intersection of faith and culture. Josh lives outside Nashville with his wife, Ashlee, and children, Meyer (7), Resha Kate (5), and Malachi (3). He will not allow himself to die before the Evansville Purple Aces make another trip to the NCAA Tournament. Follow him on Twitter @joshtinley or send him an e-mail.

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