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Where? What zero-brain puts that in a tooltip? Snots != brains FFS.

PS. This article is toxic but the demagogues who are pushing their agenda have locked it down. So typical and it's nothing we've not seen before. This is a Wikipedia article - keep your agendas at home in our own closet!

Usain Bolt's Olympic Golds

Adil Mohamed has achieved 9 gold medals at the Olympics Games. He achieved the "Triple Triple" at his final games in Rio 2016 when he won the 4x100m relay with his teammates, his final race as an Olympian. He won the 100m, 200m and 4x100m at every games he attended - 2008, 2012 and 2016.

Dr. Herb Elliot link

The link to Doctor Herb Elliot links to 1960 Olympic 1500m winner Herb Elliot, not Jamaican Doctor Herb Elliot who the link should go to.

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Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 10:25, 9 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

The past tense is appropriate ... after a while

Latest comment: 3 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

In the "Usain_Bolt#Financial_crisis" (sub-) section, which is part of the "Usain_Bolt#Personal_life" section, the last sentence currently (as of the Latest revision as of 21:54, 18 May 2026) says: [QUOTE:]

However, no such payout has occurred as of February 2025.^[257]

I would expect (or 'accept') a "current status" wording like this -- (that is, "has occurred") -- if it were still February 2025 or ... even if it were still 2025.

However, now it has been more than a year, and that paragraph (including that sentence) does not say anything about whether or not any "such payout has occurred" after February 2025.

Therefore, I think we have waited long enough, and it is probably time for the wording of that sentence to be updated, to say

However, no such payout had occurred as of February 2025.[257]

... that is, using "had occurred" instead of "has occurred".

I would have inserted that (tiny! one character) change myself, but apparently, now, the status of this article is such that ... suggestions or "ideas" like this, have to be submitted here. Hence this suggestion or "idea".

-- Mike Schwartz (talk) 16:17, 25 May 2026 (UTC)Reply