Bolt will first take to the track at Rio 2016 on Saturday (13 August) for 100m heats.
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It was an ominous warning to his rivals – he still left China with three gold medals. Bolt turns 30 on the night of the closing ceremony and, at Monday’s (Tuesday NZT) news conference, he reiterated that Rio will, in fact, be his last games.
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.
Hundreds of journalists wait for a press conference with Usain Bolt and the Jamaica Olympic delegation.
Bolt in recent years often toyed with the media with discussions about possible retirement – especially in the wake of the London 2012 Olympics. In the 100, American sprinter Justin Gatlin was even with Bolt going into the final 20 meters, but Gatlin lost his composure and stumbled to the finish line.
Bolt recently said he thought he was in shape to run 9.6s in the 100m.
“I think we’re going in the right direction, I must say”.
Bolt (29) again confirmed he is competing at his final Olympics.
Afterward, Bolt flashed the braggadocio and confidence that’s made him not only Jamaica’s greatest Olympian but maybe even the greatest across every border.
“We’re weeding out the bad ones”. I really, really want that one. “I think he knows that he’s the best in his country and he used the card that he can use, if you are Lebron James or you are Messi or someone like that, I guess you can save yourself for the big show”, Rodgers said.
“That’s WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) and IAAF and IOC (International Olympic Committee) – these are the guys that worry about that stuff”, Bolt said.
“First of all, you’ve got to clap louder than that”, Bolt admonished them.
Many previous record holders won the title of “World’s Fastest Man” and broke their previous mark, but Bolt is the only one to do so twice. “Never let anyone tell you you can’t do it”. I go out and compete and wow the crowd. “It has not been the flawless build-up but I am in much better shape”, he said.
“We are here as a Jamaican team and we can’t see anyone else but Jamaica”, said Powell when asked who is the biggest threat to Bolt and Jamaica. “I always get nervous but the 100 is never really as stressful”, he said.
He is almost seven years removed from his world record times in the 100- and 200-meter races, but he is still the man to beat every time he is in the starting blocks.
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Then Bolt changed his mind and said he would call it quits following the 2017 World Championships in London. I mean, no one’s upset that you did it, it’s just I don’t think your editor would be too stoked on printing that, hey m8.
