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Report: Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt tried marijuana as a kid
BERLIN - Three-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt said he tried marijuana as a kid, the German newspaper Bild reported Sunday.
"In Jamaica, you learn as a child how to roll a joint. Everyone here has tried it. I did too - but I was real young then," Bolt told the paper. "My family and my friends don't smoke and I don't hang out any longer with people who smoke."
Bolt set world records in the 100 and 200 metres at the Beijing Olympics and was part of the Jamaican team that broke the world mark in the 400-metre relay.
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