Three-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt tried marijuana as a kid, according to Bild newspaper.

Apparently in Germany, the fact there are people in Jamaica who use marijuana is news. Maybe they are not familiar with Bob Marley.

"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 was quoted as saying. "My family and my friends don't smoke and I don't hang out any longer with people who smoke."

Just a guess, but as the chronic is not exactly known for helping people do things fast, we’re going to take Bolt’s word he is not using. Well, that and the endless drug testing at the Olympics that would have caught it.

Bolt, who set world records in the 100 and 200 meters at the Beijing Olympics and was part of the Jamaican team that broke the world mark in the 400-meter relay, made the admission in an interview published online Sunday.

So how did this become news? Bild said one of its reporters met Bolt at a disco in Kingston, Jamaica, and that the sprinter drank Guinness mixed with Red Bull. The paper added that Bolt has been assigned two bodyguards by the Jamaican government.