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Former phenomenal Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is not considering returning to the athletic ovals. The eight-time Olympic champion claims that the right moment for the “comeback” has already prevailed.
However, he is pleased with the performances of compatriots Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce and Elaine Thompson-Herah, who, according to him, have the opportunity to soon break the world record in a hundred and two hundred.
The world recorder for the 100 m, 200 m and the 4×100 m relay ended his jagging career in 2017. He admitted that he was considering returning to the athletics scene at the Tokyo Olympics, but the coach convinced him otherwise. “It’s too late. If I wanted to come back, it would be for this Olympics,” declared the 35-year-old Bolt to the BBC.
“When I told my coach that I was planning to quit, he sat down with me and told me to think it over well, that once I quit, it must be a final decision. That he certainly doesn’t plan on doing any comeback tours. When I’m in he went to see him in 2019 and asked him what he would say about my return to the Olympics, so he just looked at me and said vigorously that I wouldn’t even start training, so if it weren’t for my coach, I would probably “But I trust him, and if he once said ‘no,’ it’s ‘no.’ But it’s true that I still have the itching in me …”
Bolt also commented on the current fantastic performances of Jamaican sprinters Fraser Pryce and Thompson-Herah. He believes that the rivalry between them could lead to breaking the world records at 100 and 200 meters, which were set in 1988 by the American Florence Griffith Joyner.
Thompson-Herah defended hundreds and two hundred Olympic titles in Tokyo. In August, at a meeting in Eugene, she improved her personal maximum to 100 m to 10.54 s, which was only five hundredths behind Griffith Joyner’s record (10.49).
“As I watched the performances of both girls, it occurred to me that they could subdue the targets. Elaina’s technique has really improved, and so does Shelly-Ann. I think they both knock on the door. People have been talking about those years for years. records, if they broke them, it would be something great for the sport, “ Bolt thinks.
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