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Usain Bolt To Retire From Sports After…
September 5, 2013 at 12:00:00 AM GMT+1
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Usain Bolt Usain Bolt is planning to retire from the game after the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The present world report holder in each the 100 and 200 metres, the Jamaican has an exit technique in place that can cement him as a real sporting legend. Bolt hopes to win gold in Rio, set one other 200 metres world report subsequent 12 months, and take a gold medal on the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. And to prime all of it off, he'll have a good time the ultimate day of his sporting profession additionally turning 30. The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio are scheduled to run till August 21, the sprinter’s birthday. When revealing his plans, Bolt stated: "I believe it will likely be a great time to retire, on prime and simply been dominating for thus lengthy." After successful one other three gold medals on the world championships in Moscow, Bolt will run his last race this season within the 100 metres at Friday’s Van Damme Memorial. "If I need to be among the many greats of (Muhammad) Ali and Pele and all these guys I've to proceed dominating till I retire," Bolt added. With six Olympic purpose medals and eight in World Championships, there isn’t a lot hazard of the 27-year-old being forgotten. Bolt took dwelling three gold medals – within the 100 metres, 200 metres and the four×100 metres – throughout the current week in Moscow. Although suffering from gradual begins to races, the world’s finest ever sprinter has a knack of catching up and pulling away from the sector, easing up earlier than the end line. The disqualification throughout the last of the 100 metres in Daegu two years in the past is the sprinter’s solely failure up to now. Bolt’s trademark celebration has been synonymous with athletics for the final 5 years. Only three athletes – together with Carl Lewis – have extra Olympic medals than the present phenomenon. If Bolt takes three golds in Rio, he'll equal one of the best ever athletic report at an Olympic Games.

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