Michael Holding, another Jamaican known in this part of the sporting world apart from Usain Bolt, hailed his compatriot as "an inspiration and yet another person Jamaica can be very proud of producing".


Michael Holding 

Holding (61), who became a television commentator after hanging his fast bowling boots for the West Indies, missed watching Bolt run the 100m World Championships race live on television because of his media duties during the last day of this year's Ashes series in London yesterday.