When Usain Bolt crashed into a flower girl in Oslo in 2012 - Flashback

An eight time Olympic champion and 11 time World Champion, Usain Bolt is undoubtedly the greatest sprinter, and arguably the greatest sportsman of the modern era.

Like all the world's top athletes, Bolt was a regular fixture on the Wanda Diamond League circuit from 2010-2017, and his biggest success in the competition came in 2012, when he blasted away the competition to claim the Diamond Trophy in the 100m.

On the way to his title was a particularly memorable race in Oslo, when Bolt, lining up against the likes of compatriot Asafa Powell, clocked 9.79 to take a typically comfortable victory. But it was what happened next that stayed in the memory.

Slowing down into the bend, the Jamaican didn't see the approaching flower girl until it was too late, and crashed headlong into the unsuspecting Norwegian. To his credit, he managed to keep the woman from falling to the track, hauling her to her feet before gratefully receiving the flowers.

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