Norman Peart has been Usain's manager since the sprinter was in high school and started showing glimpses of his prodigious talent. As a tax auditor by profession, and as a former high-school athlete and graduate of William Knibb High School and Jamaica College, Norman initially looked after the financial, lifestyle and educational side of Usain's progression from a lank, shy 15 year old into a global star. But it was after seeing his young prot?g? at age 16 run 20.25 seconds in the 200 metres finals of the Jamaican High School Championships in 2003, he came up with a 4 to 5 year plan with Beijing being the main objective. With the consent of his parents, Peart organized for Bolt to turn professional in 2003 by signing with Puma, relocating himself and Bolt to Kingston and the story began to unfold. His plan certainly paid dividends. His strategy has seen Coach Glen Mills take charge of Bolt's training and PACE Sports Management out of London become the young Star's competition Agency.

Usain is coached by Glen Mills who he describes as a father figure and who Usain credits with so much of his success, "He has always made the right decisions for me. He is a guiding light in my career and he has shown me the way to improve myself both as a person and as an athlete," said Bolt after his Olympic success. Mills started coaching Usain following the 2004 Olympic Games, and the improved physical and technical training transformed raw talent into the world's fastest man ? Usain Bolt. Coach Mills has worked with some of the Caribbean's top sprinters since the 1970's with athletes such as two time Olympic finalist Raymond Stewart, 2003 100m World Champion Kim Collins and 2004 Olympic relay gold medallist Aileen Bailey. Coach Mills has led many Jamaican teams to Olympic and World Championships and currently coaches 400m stars Ricardo Chambers and Jermaine Gonzales as well as the upcoming Renaldo Rose and Yohan Blake. At 14 years-old, soon after realizing he did not have the speed to make the track team at his alma mater - Camperdown High in East Kingston - Glen Mills was named assistant to the school's track coach Henry McDonald Messam. He learned so much that by the time he was in 10^th grade, Mills was in charge of the Class Three boys. His love for track and field coaching was born and after graduating from Camperdown he stayed on but still had to prove himself. Soon he was running his own off-campus training sessions and went on to earn diplomas from the International Olympic Committee training centre in Mexico and High-Level Sprint Tech training at the IAAF Training Centre in Puerto Rico. Mills was at the helm when Camperdown earned the nick-name 'Sprint factory', producing some of the best male sprinters in the country, some of whom went on to represent Jamaica at the senior level. Mills was honoured last year by receiving the IAAF Coach of the year award as well as been named NACAC Coach of the Year during the 18th Congress of the NACAC Track and Field Coaches Association held in Aruba.

PACE Sports management, with T&F Agent Ricky Simms, has been Usain's competition Agency ever since Usain became a professional athlete in 2003. The Agency has represented many of the world's top athletes going to the days of Steve Ovett, Liz McColgan, Sonia O'Sullivan, Elana Meyer, Bob Kennedy, Daniel Komen, Noah Ngeny, Moses Kiptanui, William Tanui, William Sigei and others. Currently the list includes, Commonwealth, World and Olympic 400m Champion Christine Ohuruogu (GBR); double World & Commonwealth Champion Jana Rawlinson (AUS); double World Champion and World Record holder Saif Shaheen (QAT); 2005 World Champion Benjamin Limo (KEN); Commonwealth Champions Boniface Kipop (UGA), Lucy Kabuu (KEN), Sammy Kipketer (KEN); World Indoor Champions Philips Idowu (GBR), Alleyne Francique (GRN), Paul Korir (KEN) and several European and World Junior Champions. PACE athletes currently holding world records on the track include Usain Bolt, Noah Ngeny, Sonia O'Sullivan and Daniel Komen. Sammy Kipketer and Micah Kogo hold the world records for 5k and 10k on the roads. Linet Masai broke the World Junior 10,000m record last year in Beijing. For more, go to www.pacesportsmanagement.com

Carole Beckford has been a journalist for over 20 years working in press and electronic media. She has also covered local, regional and international sporting events ranging from cricket, track and field, football, basketball, netball, volleyball and hockey. She has been Usain Bolt's publicist for a year. Carole was president of the Jamaica Volleyball Association for five years (2001 - 2006) and during that stint saw the need for sport to be more developed as a tool for economic and social benefits. She conducted research and authored a book Keeping Jamaica's Sport on Track, an incisive, succinct 56-page account which looks at a policy framework for sport, specifically in Jamaica. She currently is a freelance columnist for publications in Jamaica, the Caribbean, the USA and the UK. She lectures in Sport Journalism and Sport Management at a local college in Jamaica.

Gina Ford is a woman with many talents and a wide array of resources to help put her talents to good use. She was born in Kingston, Jamaica and came to live in Miami in 1981. For the last fifteen years she has done marketing for several athletes, entertainers and CEOs. Her experience as well as her outstanding alliances with corporations and her celebrity clients has given her great success in the marketing world. Currently she is Usain´s Agent and is responsible for marketing and branding him throughout the US. gina.ford@usainbolt.com