Ahead of Bolt is another year of competition leading up to the world championships in London, followed by retirement.
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Duarte posted the images on WhatsApp of him with him around her and in another, he is nuzzling her neck shirtless.
And with Bolt having indicated he would call time on his Olympic career following the showpiece here, Blake believes he can be the one to step up and fill the void.
And she said she is now “dying of shame” after the pictures have been seen by millions online.
“[He’s always saying] “wait until it’s your time” and I know my time is going to come so I’m going to take over from now”.
As for the future for Bolt himself, he said he was looking forward to getting “a lot of love” when he gets back to Jamaica and would then start thinking about his post-athletics life.
“But yes I will definitely miss the sport, miss the Olympics because it’s the biggest stage. And I’m like, that’s not fair!'” “I had no work to do but to just run to the line”, the Jamaican told reporters at the press conference after wrapping up the victory and the elaborate celebrations.
“It’s a relief but I’m also sad that I have to leave”.
A throw of 56 meters is far from the 90.3-meter throw that earned Germany’s Thomas Rohler a gold medal in the event, but it was just a few meters behind the 59.77-meter throw recorded by decathlon gold medal victor Ashton Eaton.
Indeed billions of fans around the world will be praying that the sprint king returns to grab three more gold medals and raise the bar even higher come Tokyo 2020. “As soon as I got the baton, I knew I was going to win this one, because there is no one on the anchor leg that can outrun me”, said Bolt, who will be celebrating his birthday on Sunday. I’m happy. There’s nothing else I can do but to push on and enjoy what I’ve done over the years.
“I have to make a new bucket list now”, he said.
The Jamaican is preparing to exit with athletics fighting to restore credibility after a year dominated by doping and corruption scandals.
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“I’ll continue doing that even after I retire from sport, I’ll continue to uplift my country”. We just put the bad times behind us and move forward, but I think we are going in the right direction.
