Usain Bolt gets 'floured' in traditional Jamaican birthday prank ahead of World Athletics Championships in Beijing

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Usain Bolt is preparing for clash with Justin Gaitland
Birthday boy was covered in flour by members of the Jamaica youth team
Olympic gold medalist is competing in 100m, 200m and 4x100m events

Published: 08:11 EST, 21 August 2015 | Updated: 10:36 EST, 21 August 2015

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Usain Bolt is preparing for a heavyweight showdown with Justin Gatlin at the World Athletics Championships and is thousands of miles from home... but that didn't stop him from falling victim to a Jamaican prank in Beijing.

The 29-year-old will go head to head with the two-time drug cheat over 100 metres this weekend at the Bird's Nest stadium, the scene of his first triple Olympic triumph seven years ago.

But on his birthday, Bolt was given a 'flouring' in China by members of the his country's youth team, a Jamaican tradition.

Usain Bolt shared a Facebook video of himself after being floured as part of a Jamaican birthday prank

The Olympic gold medalist insists he's back to his best ahead of the World Championships in Beijing

He posted pictures of him covered in flour on Facebook: 'Ni Hao (sic) from Beijing-China on my Birthday... My Jamaican peeps you understand this flouring tradition #GiveThanks #Blessed.'

The tradition started as a schoolboy prank but has spread like wildfire in the Caribbean. Loved ones spend days devising cunning ways to throw flour on the birthday boy or girl.

Bolt insists he is back to his best ahead of his 100m, 200m and 4x100m jaunts.

The controversial American dominates the world rankings, boasting a best of 9.74 seconds this year, but Bolt dispelled any fitness concerns with a return to form at the Anniversary Games in London and revealed training since that meeting in late July could not have gone better.