Six-time Olympic champion and Eleven-time world champion Usain Bolt, is confident that he will win his “Triple-Triple” gold medal, at the Rio Olympic Games. Usain Bolt dances samba at a press conference.
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“In life nothing is guaranteed“, said Bolt at his Rio press conference when asked if sprint races in Brazil would be free from doping. Bolt holds the record at 19.19 seconds, and a sub-19-second race would add a memorable exclamation point to his Olympic career. And he ended like only Usain could do.
Usain Bolt admits he can not be completely sure that his sprint rivals at the Rio Olympics are all clean. “But in a few years the sport should be clean and I look forward to that”.
“He (Bolt) can’t feel disrespected because if you are hurt or something like that sometimes you have to deal with injury – what if you got hurt here at the Olympic Games?”
Instead, the world 100 metres record holder hoisted his arms in the air and began moving to the Samba beats, delighting hundreds of journalists and photographers seeking a little sparkle to light up the Rio Games.
“The 100 is never stressful”, he said. He won a Gold medal in the 100 meter, 200 meter, and 4×100 meter relay in both Beijing and London and remains one of the most decorated athletes of all time. We quickly realised we’d been lucky enough to get Bolt’s heat, and I couldn’t believe it when I saw Bolt was in my lane.
“I really want that one”. “The bend was awful”. and he just went on until I was depressed”.
Bolt takes to the track on Saturday for opening rounds of the 100m.
“I always get nervous especially with my 200 meters”, he said during Jamaica’s pre-Olympic training camp.
“The last thing he took off was his hat, and – because we’d spoken briefly – I told him I liked it”. [They said] they were like just trying to make the headline seem very… just trying to make it seem like you’re going to shock the world and I said okay cool.
In the lead up to the Rio Olympics, his legs haven’t fared as well. Championships are what matter and I always work towards Championships and give it 150 per cent.
“I never try to predict times, because you never know what will happen”. “I like to entertain, because that’s what people come out and see”, said the sprinter.
“The only problem I’ve had so far is I’ve had to buy a TV myself”, Bolt said.
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Johnson, who is in Rio working as a pundit for BBC Sport, thinks a rivalry between himself and Bolt would have seen one of them break the 19-second barrier.
