In which Canadian city did Bolt win 200 m gold at the 2003 World Youth Championships? The answer is Sherbrooke.
The championships were held in Sherbrooke, Quebec, from 9 to 13 July 2003, at the Université de Sherbrooke Stadium. Bolt won the boys’ 200 metres in 20.40 seconds, defeating Michael Grant and Jamahl Alert. His victory made him one of the most prominent young sprinters in the world.
This was an important step in Bolt’s rise, but it was not his first major junior triumph. He had already won the 200 metres at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston, Jamaica. Later in 2003, he improved his 200-metre time to 20.13 at the Pan American Junior Championships in Bridgetown.
A common mix-up is confusing Sherbrooke with Kingston, where Bolt won his 2002 world-junior title, or with Bridgetown, where he set a faster junior mark later in 2003. Sherbrooke was the Canadian host city and the location of his World Youth Championships gold.