Complete the text with the past simple or the present perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt is one of the fastes men on Earth.
He ____ (break) the world 100m and 200m recn
several times and he also holds the record for the 4 x 100m
relay with his team mates. However, Usain ___
(nor be) a runner all his life. When he was a child, he '___._ (spend) his time playing football and crick the street with his brother.
Ii wasn't until the age of 12 rhai anybody____
(realise) how fasr he could run. He ._ ._ —(win)h first gold medal at the 2002 World Championships, where
he was so nervous that he actually"_ _____ .. (put) h
running shoes on the wrong feet. Since then, however, he
7____ (learn) lo deal with his pre-race nerves an
they no longer affect him.
More importantly, Bolt is loyal to his country. A number o
American clubs ___ (offer) him a contract ove
years, bui so far __  (say) that he doesn't w
to leave Jamaica.