Usain Bolt will compete for the final time when he races in the 100 metres and 4x100m relay at the World Championships in London this summer. Here we take a look at some memorable quotes – from the man himself and from those associated with him. “I am a living legend; bask in my glory.” […]
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Usain Bolt will return to the Golden Spike track meet in the Czech city of Ostrava to run the 100 meters. Organizers say the eight-time Olympic champion will run on June 28. Bolt will race for the ninth time at the meet, part of the IAAF world challenge series, as part of his preparations for […]
Read More Usain Bolt again said he doesn’t plan to run the 200 meters in his final season, realizing that his world record of 19.19 seconds is now likely beyond him. Speaking Friday in Monaco before picking up the IAAF’s male athlete of the year award for a sixth time, the 30-year-old Bolt said he thought he […]
Read More Usain Bolt is now a movie star. He refuses to say he’s an actor. Such a distinction is important for the Jamaican sprinting great and nine-time Olympic champion. Until his competitive career ends next year, Bolt will continue playing only one role — that of the world’s fastest man, someone who beat the odds to […]
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Jamaica’s Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt will run his last race on home soil at June’s Racers Grand Prix before retiring from competition two months later, he said on Friday. The 30-year-old has already said he plans to retire from the sport after the Aug. 5 to Aug. 13 world championships in London having won […]
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Usain Bolt bid farewell to the Olympics by powering to a record third straight sweep of the sprint medals and a final chance to declare himself “the greatest.” No one had the power on the track nor the courage off it to contradict the 29-year-old whose blistering run gave Jamaica victory in the 4x100m relay. […]
Read More Jamaica’s Usain Bolt has once again proven utterly unbeatable on the Olympic track as he powered his way to a third straight 200 meters gold. And the man who said a few days ago that he wanted to race into immortality, declared at the end of the race: ‘I am the greatest’. “I don’t need […]
Read More Usain Bolt roared into Olympic history on Sunday, capturing an unprecedented third consecutive 100m crown to confirm his place in the pantheon of the greatest athletes the world has ever seen. The 29-year-old Jamaican legend, competing in his final Olympics, powered over the line in 9.81sec, vanquishing drug-tainted American rival Justin Gatlin who took silver […]
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