Usain Bolt Could Miss Olympics In Brazil.

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Jamaicans worldwide are hoping and praying that their shining-star Usain Bolt will be able to represent the island in the 2016 Olympics in Rio, Brazil.

Two-time 100-meter Olympic gold medalist withdrew from the Jamaican Olympic Trials on Friday after suffering a Grade 1 hamstring tear.

Bolt won his 100-meter semifinal heat with a time of 10.04 seconds. He complained of a tight hamstring after his preliminary race on Thursday, and the pain resurfaced after his semifinal run.

Jamaicans don’t have to worry about Bolt not qualifying for the Olympics, they just have to hope that is injuries are healed in time.

Despite missing the trials, Bolt could still compete in Rio. The Jamaica Athletic Administrative Association selection policy allows for medical exemptions, so long as athletes can prove the injury prevented them from competing at the trials.

Bolt, dubbed “the world’s fastest man,” is hoping to head to Rio with the opportunity to earn gold in all three of his events — the 100 and 200 meters and 400 relay — for the third consecutive Olympics.

In the 2008 Beijing Games, Bolt set world records in the three events. The following year at the World Championships in Berlin, Bolt set the current 100 world record of 9.58.

In the 2012 London Games, he set the 100 Olympic record of 9.63 and broke the world record in the 400 relay with a time of 36.84.

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