Bolt Not Ruling Out Competing in 2020 Olympics
The world’s fastest man – Usain Bolt has several times stated that he intends to retire from athletics following the 2017 World Championships in London.
He has also stated that his focus would be devoted to the 100m in 2017.
However, it now appears the six time Olympic gold medallist is harbouring thoughts of extending his exceptional run in track and field.
While speaking with media in London recently, Bolt hinted that he could be persuaded to compete in the 2020 Olympic Games scheduled to take place in Tokyo.
When asked by ESPN what would convince him to train on until Japan, he stated:
“My coach always says ‘Usain, you can always go onto the 2020 Olympics if you want to'”.
“This is why he tells me to stop talking about retirement, and just take it a year at a time. See how you feel every year, and see what you want to do.
“If at the end of the season you feel like, yeah, this is it, then you retire but let’s not focus on talking about retirement because you never know what’s going to happen.”
“You never know what will make me continue but I’m also going to take it a year at a time and we’ll see how I feel and if I can motivate myself to go one more year, why not?
He also asked: “The sport needs me, why not?”
Bolt will be aiming to achieve an unprecedented “triple-triple” (three consecutive Olympic gold medals in the 100, 200 and 4×100 relay) at next month’s Olympic games in Rio.
Via: ESPN
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