Like Bolt, Bailey grew up in Jamaica before his family moved to Canada when he was 12. The Caribbean island has long been a hotbed of great sprinters, but it really took off with the emergence of Ben Johnson. Most recently, Bolt and Asafa Powell have each broken the world record twice in the 100 meters.
Bailey offers the analogy between Jamaica's sprinters and the Dominican Republic's baseball stars.
"First, it is a climate or temperature thing," Bailey says. "It is also natural [food] stuff. What we North Americans think of as organic food and meats -- that is normal for them. You got water coming out of the sea. Nothing is mass-produced. [It's] exercise, food and the fact there is a good grassroots program, kind of like football and basketball in the United States or hockey in Canada. In Jamaica, it is the easiest sport. You got a pair of shoes or you run in bare feet."
Nickel Ashmeade 19.95 s (+1.6 m/s) 7 May 2011 Kingston, Jamaica
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