Though it seems like only a few 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 current 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 nervous” about that chance.
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Bolt’s world file marks of 9.58 seconds within the 100m and 19.19 seconds within the 200m have been each set on the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. “I’m not nervous about any of them,” Bolt stated relating to the instances. “I believe the hundred shall be tougher (to interrupt) as a result of it’s faster. In the event you make a mistake through the race, you’re not going to get it. It’s much more technical.”
The Jamaican sprinting icon instructed World Athletics that he knew he was going to interrupt the world file 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 profitable three gold medals in Budapest, got here inside a tenth of a second of the 200m world file on the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Ore., operating 19.31 seconds to win gold and set the American 200m file. 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 file of 9.58 has gone untouched for 14 years and 4 months, and on Could 8, 2024, he’ll surpass U.S. sprinter Jim Hines to turn into the athlete who has held the 100m world file the longest. Hines was the primary sprinter to interrupt the 10-second barrier in 1968 and held the 100m world file 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 beneath 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 a fantastic title to have. It’s one thing that I take pleasure in listening to and I take pleasure in understanding,” stated Bolt.
Usain Bolt “not worried” about his world records being broken
