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Bolt has opened up on the one athlete that once embarrased him he never got to avenge, which leaves him 'hurting to the core' to this day.
Usain Bolt, the fastest man in history, has humorously confirmed a tale shared by his longtime friend Wallace Spearmon about how Xavier Carter once handed him a rare defeat in 2007—and then seemingly vanished from the elite sprinting scene.
The revelation came after retired American sprinter Wallace Spearmon recounted the story in June 2024 on the Ready Set Go podcast, where he spoke with fellow athletes Justin Gatlin and Rodney Green.
According to Spearmon, Carter’s bold trash talk and surprise performance in Zurich left Bolt humiliated, possibly fueling his drive for the record-shattering performances that followed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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The episode occurred shortly after the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, where Bolt had secured silver in the 200m behind Tyson Gay, while Spearmon claimed bronze.
As the season wound down with Golden League meets, Carter made an unexpected call to Spearmon, issuing a playful but confident challenge directed at Bolt.
Bolt, confirming the story on the Ready Set Go podcast, admitted that Carter’s taunts had an impact on him:
“It hurts me to the core up to this day because I never got a chance to beat him back,” Bolt lamented.
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Carter, renowned for his confident personality and stellar high school track career—including nine Florida state titles and records in the 100m, 200m, and 400m—was in prime form for that showdown in Zurich.
However, Bolt underestimated his own exhaustion after a grueling championship season.
“I never got a chance. I will never forget. We came back from the championship and Wallace goes ‘Bro, Xavier been training for a couple of weeks, he is ready!’
“He goes to me, ‘Bro, you are tired.’ And I go, ‘I am good’ because you do not know you are tired—but you are tired.”
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The race unfolded, and Bolt quickly realized he was not at his best.
“I pull up to the race and while we are running, I realise ‘Shit, I am tired!’ I am trying to go, but my body is like ‘naah!’
“I came off running and I was like ‘whatever!’ And then he goes (gestures X sign by crossing arms together). I was like ‘What the hell?’”
That moment enraged Bolt, and his frustration boiled over:
“I was pissed. I decided I was not running in the next game, so I went to Wallace, grabbed him by his shirt and told him, ‘You better beat him!’
“I never got to race Xavier again after that, but I was pissed!”
Carter’s mysterious disappearance from top-tier track and field in the years that followed only added to Bolt’s frustration, leaving him with one of the few unavenged defeats in his legendary career.
While Bolt went on to dominate the sprinting world, setting world records and winning multiple Olympic golds, the memory of that one loss in Zurich still lingers—a rare blemish in an otherwise untouchable legacy.
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