When Usain Bolt rubbished any chances of his 100 & 200m world records being broken anytime soon.
Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt has laughed off chances of having his 100 and 200m world records inevitably smashed anytime soon.
Bolt’s 9.58 seconds and 19.19 seconds in both categories have lasted more than a decade, with no one coming closer to tempering with them, since 2009 when he set them at the World Championships, Berlin, Germany.
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It’s why his bold claim in 2018, although might not seem outlandish as some might have initially thought, holds some truth. Six years since spilling the beans, his records have remained intact. According to talkSPORT, Bolt was in 2018 asked on the Graham Norton show: “It seems inconceivable now, but presumably someone, at some point, will beat your world records?”
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In response, and without mincing his words, Usain Bolt replied. “You can see into the future? I don’t think so, I don’t think so. That’s how confident I am.”
Breaking Usain bolt’s records has become a hot topic of discussion in the athletics circles in recent years following the emergence of American star Noah Lyles and Australian teenage sensation Gout Gout.
Lyles who won the 100m gold at the Paris Olympics, has claimed to have taken over the ‘fastest man in the world’ title, something that hasn’t been well received by the sport’s bigwigs
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Gout Gout on the other hand, broke the 100m record aged 16 in December last year, and also broke Australian 56-year-old record that was held by Peter Norman in 200m. This led to comparison with Usain Bolt. Pulse Sports reported how Bolt explained his resemblance with Gout saying ‘He looks like a young me’.
Gout has been tipped to give Noah Lyles a run for his money at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo as well as in the Los Angeles Olympics in three year’s time.
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Bolt is such a dominant figure in 100m since he also boasts the second-fastest time and is part of a three-way tie for the third-fastest alongside countryman Yohan Blake and Tyson Gay.
