The Jamaican explains the motivation to break own record but faced one major hurdle.
Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt has opened up about what really hampered him from breaking the 100m record at his prime.
It is eight years since the three-time Olympic 100m champion hanged up his spikes and his 100m and 200m records have lasted 16 years, since being broken at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.
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Bolt felt he would have lowered his own time two years after breaking them, and the 38-year-old felt 2011 was the ideal moment to showcase to the world what he was capable of had it not been for the nagging injury that hampered his target.
The Running Magazine explained how Bolt revealed the untapped potential of his prime years saying: “That year, I was floating. I was running very well, and my coach Glen Mills was excited. It was the first time I heard him say, ‘We’re going to race and break the world record.”
2011 was perhaps Usain Bolt’s worst year on track. His nightmare was compounded by a false start in Daegu, South Korea World Championships, failing to defend his 100m title and relinquishing the title to compatriot Yohan Blake. The fastest man alive also had only raced the 100m three times that year leading up to the event.
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No one has come even close in recent years to break Bolt’s record, with Americans Trayvon Bromell and Fred Kerley being the fastest men of the last decade at 9.76 seconds. “It’ll take some time, but records are records,” Bolt said regarding an attempt to break his record.
Breaking Bolt’s record has become a hot topic lately amid the rising tide of fresh talents like Gout Gout and Bromell. Gout in particular, despite being only 17, has made a name for himself in recent months with his blistering pace putting him on the forefront among those touted to break the Jamaican record in the near future.