Usain Bolt believes his world records will eventually be broken but there is something else he achieved that he feels no one will ever come close to doing.
Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt is considered the greatest sprinter of all time due to his numerous titles and world records.
Bolt is an 11-time world champion and has eight Olympics titles from his storied career. Besides, he holds the 100m and 200m world records, having set both of them at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.
The 37-year-old ran an astonishing 9.58 seconds in 100m and 19.19 seconds in 200m and 15 years on, no one has come close to breaking either of them.
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However, speaking to ‘Meet The Mitchells,’ Bolt believes his world records will tumble some time in the future but insists no one will ever take away the legacy he built in the sport thanks to his medals.
Bolt remains the only man to win the ‘triple triple’ being three gold medals in 100m, 200m and 4x100m at three straight Olympics Games when he achieved the feat in Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016, a legacy he feels no one will ever take away from him, even if the world records go.
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“You have to have the environment where competition is there. One time I thought breaking the world record and it was when I knew that I can break the world record it was actually when I was standing on 9.5 seconds and I was like, you know what this can be broken,” said Bolt.
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“We never really think about world records. It’s not really our thing because I want you to understand world records can go at any time but my Olympic and World Championship title, can’t take that from me because this year and that year you were the man. These are the titles, if you tried to grab as many titles as possible nobody can take that from you,” he added.
At world championships, Bolt won four titles each in 200m and 4x100m relay, as well as three 100m crowns, building a legacy that few will try to match in the present and future.
While he believes his records will be broken, it looks like it will take much longer as in the 15 years since he set them, no athlete has come even close, with even a sub-9.70 seconds not witnessed since Yohan Blake’s 9.69 seconds at the Lausanne Diamond League in August 2012.
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