Usain Bolt Given A Piece Of The Berlin Wall

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Usain Bolt Given A Piece Of The Berlin Wall

August 24. 2009

Usain Bolt

The city of Berlin, Germany honored Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, with a piece of the Berlin Wall, adorned with a mural of himself for illustrating, "One can tear down walls that had been considered insurmountable." That was a very gracious and kind gift from the city of Berlin.

Bolt gets a piece of Berlin for 'tearing down walls'

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August 24, 2009 - BERLIN: Usain Bolt was honoured by the city of Berlin by receiving an original segment of the Berlin Wall. The Jamaican sprinter, who broke world records in the 100m and 200m at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin last week, was given the chunk of wall at a ceremony on the final day of the world championships yesterday...Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit said Bolt had shown that "one can tear down walls that had been considered insurmountable". - Sapa-AP

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