Usain Bolt buries friend Germaine Mason

Published : May 23, 2017 14:46 IST

Photo: AFP

In this file photo taken on August 19. 2008, British athlete Germaine Mason holds his silver medal on the podium of the men's high jump final of the Beijing Olympic Games. Mason recently succumbed to a motorbike crash in Jamaica.

Photo: Reuters

Olympic champion Usain Bolt carries the coffin of high jump star Germaine Mason to the cemetery in Grange Hill, Portland, Jamaica.

Photo: Reuters

Bolt dug the grave for his good friend. The 34-year-old Mason was said to have been weeks away from becoming a father for the second time when he crashed on the Palisadoes main road in Kingston.

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In this file photo taken on August 19. 2008, British athlete Germaine Mason holds his silver medal on the podium of the men's high jump final of the Beijing Olympic Games. Mason recently succumbed to a motorbike crash in Jamaica.
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