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Usain Bolt has taken a jab at the FloTrack podcast which suggested hours before the World Athletics Championships men’s 100m final on Saturday, that his 9.58 world record set in 2009 was about to be broken.

The bold assertion came from Gordon Mack, an analyst on the podcast who proposed American Fred Kerley as the one to break Bolt’s record.

“You may have just 24 hours left of the trump card of Usain Bolt being the world record holder. You may have just 24 hours bragging rights before it gets shifted to the United States because of Fred Kerley,” Gordon said on the podcast on Friday night.

“You guys may have to go watch some of those [Usain Bolt] Youtube videos back a few times tonight, a few times tomorrow morning, because it may become the former world record holder Usain Bolt,” he added.

Gordon’s analysis was based on the 9.79 seconds that Kerley ran in the heats leading up to the final.

The video quickly went viral and left athletics fans on Twitter in bewilderment at his analysis.

And although the 27-year-old Kerley did win the final on Saturday night, it was in a time of 9.86, not even close to any of Bolt’s three 100m records – 9.72, 9.69, and 9.58. Jamaica’s only representative to reach the final on Saturday was Oblique Seville, who ended fourth in 9.97.

After the race, Bolt congratulated Kerley for becoming the new World Champion.

But Sunday morning, Bolt seem to have just gotten wind of FloTrack comments and took to Twitter to silence them.

He replied to Mack’s comment with the iconic photo of himself at the London 2012 Olympics, putting his finger to his lips in a “shhhh” gesture. He captioned the image ‘9.58’, his still-standing world record.

In follow-up tweets, Bolt posited that the advancement of track and field will uplift the standard: “On a real though loving the development of our sport. Improvement in spikes technology… faster tracks… New technology to help athletes maximise their training and better recovery system to aid athletes in their preparation.

“Now let’s further elevate the business of athletics so our athletes can reap even greater benefits of their hard work.”

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Noting the high cost of electricity, the government of Saint Lucia is exploring the possibility of prepaid electricity and solar-powered modems.

The disclosure came on Friday from Joachim Henry, Minister for Equity, Social Justice, and Empowerment.

Henry was addressing the FLOW ‘Home Communications Relief Bundle’ signing ceremony.

The government said the signing was an important step to bring internet services to the less fortunate.

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They include vulnerable households where school children have no access to a reliable internet connection for remote learning.

However, the Minister for Equity, Social Justice, and Empowerment noted that the cost of electricity is high, and some people are struggling to pay their bills.

In this regard, Henry announced that the government is speaking with St Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) about prepaid electricity purchases.

“But if you are purchasing electricity on a prepaid approach, would the cost be less? Maybe not. But research in Dominica has shown that persons who purchase electricity on a prepaid approach – the incidence of disconnection is almost zero. As a matter of fact they’re moving from almost ten thousand to 50 percent of the population in Dominica now consuming electricity on a prepaid approach,” Joachim Henry explained.

According to the Castries South East MP, it was obvious that when people decide how much they are willing to spend on electricity, they consume accordingly.

And Henry indicated that the alternative was to discover the electricity consumed upon receiving the bill.

The Minister also said he was happy to announce discussions with telecommunications company FLOW to identify and source solar-powered modems.

“A FLOW bundle, even if it is twenty dollars, but it also powered by solar energy means it is not connected to the grid and even if you are unable to have electricity once your phone has energy you can still be on line,” he told his audience.

“This is the initiative that puts the principle of equity at work. It is this initiative that says whether you live at Cap Estate or live anywhere in Saint Lucia you have access to information instantly and at all times and you can compete on equal footing,” Henry asserted.

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