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		mrfusion on Aug 20, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We Are Nowhere Close to the Limits of Athletic Per... Doesn't it seem strange for a sprinter to be named "bolt". Too much of a coincidence? Wikipedia says it's his real name though.

philwelch on Aug 20, 2017 | [–]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism

SOLAR_FIELDS on Aug 20, 2017 | [–]

Some people are simply born with the name for the occasion. See Andrew Bird

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