The aptly named Usain Bolt is the world's fastest man....period.

The two world records (9.69 100 meters and 19.30 200 meters) in the past week are just incredible feats. Yet, he's getting no respect.

I offer three reasons why:

1. The Cloud of Suspected Drug Use

The sudden swiftness of Bolt's success and awesome achievement immediately calls for suspicion given Track's penchant for sprinter testing positive for banned performance enhancing substances. Some here remember when Ben Johnson destroyed the world record in the 100m in the 1988 Seoul Olympics only to test positive and be stripped of his medals a few days later.

Johnson's dominance in that race immediately came to mind when I saw Bolt's race in the 100m and 200m. So, my congratulations for this is tempered as I'm reserved to offer it given the past twenty years history with the sprints. I suspect that this is one of the reasons why these records are being celebrated

Let state here that I don't think that Track is a dirty sport. I would argue that the major pro sports (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL) heavily depend on their athletes using substances that would be banned by the International Olympic Committee. If any of these sports had the level of testing that the IOC, USATF (Track's US governing body) and IAAF (Track's world governing body) the scandal would be huge.

I will add that Jamaicans have an athletic culture that does not tolerate doping. Bolt and his teammate Assfa Powell have been random drug tested 12 time upon arrival to Beijing. IOC testing is done upon demand. No positive tests yet.

2. Lack of Sportsmanship

His pre-race and post-race show boating is garnered him bad press. People have a higher standard for Olympic athletes and expect champions to act with a level of grace and class. Gotta show respect to get it. If I were his agent, I'd want to reign him in as the drives up his negatives making him less and less attractive for endorsement opportunities.

3. He's Jamaican and not American.
NBC obviously has a US bias and dominates the coverage due to the contract it has with the IOC. This bias really is a disservice. If an American is not featured in the event the the coverage is buried in favor of rating generators. The fact that the Jamaican Bolt destroyed his American competitors is not something that NBC is interested in celebrating or showing over and over again.