Though it appears like just some years in the past that Usain Bolt received his third consecutive Olympic double within the 100m and 200m on the 2016 Olympics, it’s been virtually seven years since he final competed professionally. Bolt retired as the most important star in athletics, and nonetheless considers himself a fan of the game. In a latest interview with World Athletics, the eight-time Olympic champion was requested if he thinks his 100m and 200m world data will fall anytime quickly. Bolt replied that he’s “not apprehensive” about that risk.
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Bolt’s world document marks of 9.58 seconds within the 100m and 19.19 seconds within the 200m had been each set on the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. “I’m not apprehensive about any of them,” Bolt stated relating to the occasions. “I believe the hundred might be more durable (to interrupt) as a result of it’s faster. In the event you make a mistake in the course of the race, you’re not going to get it. It’s much more technical.”
The Jamaican sprinting icon advised World Athletics that he knew he was going to interrupt the world document in Berlin, as a result of he was in glorious form on the time.
The 2022 100m world champion Fred Kerley and the present world champion Noah Lyles have been vocal about attempting to chase Bolt’s data, however neither has come shut. Lyles, who was named because the 2023 World Athletics Male Observe Athlete of the 12 months after successful three gold medals in Budapest, got here inside a tenth of a second of the 200m world document on the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Ore., working 19.31 seconds to win gold and set the American 200m document. His time made him the third-fastest 200m runner in historical past behind the 2 Jamaicans: Bolt’s 19.19 and Yohan Blake’s 19.26.
Bolt’s 100m document of 9.58 has gone untouched for 14 years and 4 months, and on Might 8, 2024, he’ll surpass U.S. sprinter Jim Hines to turn into the athlete who has held the 100m world document the longest. Hines was the primary sprinter to interrupt the 10-second barrier in 1968 and held the 100m world document for 14 years, 8 months and 19 days, till one other American sprinter, Calvin Smith, lowered his mark by two-hundredths of a second in 1983.
No sprinter has run underneath 9.75 seconds since 2015.
The 37-year-old stated he enjoys nonetheless being known as the quickest man ever, and it’s one thing he won’t ever get bored with listening to. “It’s an awesome title to have. It’s one thing that I take pleasure in listening to and I take pleasure in realizing,” stated Bolt.
