I was privileged to be among a group of journalists on a conducted tour of the famous Berlin Olympic stadium in April 1966. We had on site information of how Adolf Hitler shunned the great black Olympian athlete Jesse Owens, who had won multiple gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games.

I was also right in the thick of the crowd at the Seoul Olympic Stadium in 1988, where my favourite black Canadian Ben Johnson won the Olympic 100 metres gold in the amazing time of 9.79 secs only to be stripped of the honour for drug abuse.

I had gotten fascinated with Ben Johnson’s running skills in 1987 when I attended an Olympic seminar in Calgary, Canada and saw him on TV run the 60yds or so dash indoor .The bullish way he run, convinced me that he was destined for Olympic gold the following year. So I was confident enough to bet with some of my close colleague officials in Seoul and I walked with chest up after Johnson’s amazing victory that left the great Carl Lewis chasing his shadows.

The news of Ben Johnson’s disgrace was broken to me by a colleague - Ghana Olympic official Sam Akyianu, who had heard the news on American TV. He had not been particularly enthused with Ben’s performance and you can guess his inner satisfaction relief when he broke the news. “Your so called champion has been stripped of his medals for drug abuse”. The rest they say is history.

This long narration is to do with the phenomenal performance of the new kid on the block Usain Bolt of Jamaica. The guy is fantastic. He is a phenomenon .The type of people who pop up once in half a century just like pop star Michael Jackson whose acrobatic style of dancing defies the law of gravity, according to some scientists. I want to place Bolt in that category. Indeed, he is the Michael Jackson of athletics because his speed on the tracks is beyond human understanding.

I would be happy if those who can see beyond the realm could decipher whether there is any correlation between Jesse Owens’ famous performance in 1936 and Usain Bolt’s astonishing feat in 2009 both taking place in Berlin.

I watched an interview recently on Ghana’s TV3 channel by Kwaku Sakyi Addo with one former American astronaut and he left no doubt in everybody’s mind that the world does not exist by chance. The astronaut is convinced there is a creator and there is reason for anything that happens in this world.

How can Ben Johnson, running with the aid of drugs, clock 9.79 secs in the 100 metres event which some described as unrealistic but 20 years later a drugs-free young man runs the same event in 95.8 secs with nonchalant ease? This is a strange world I am confused.

Anyway, I am enjoying the whirlwind fashion the English premier league has started. The goals are coming in torrents and even the proverbial slow starters are quick on their marks.

It is a very hot pace and it is hoped all the early birds have the required stamina to finish the marathon in style.