Fans believe Usain Bolt retired soon when his best was yet to come.
Usain Bolt’s decision to retire in 2017 aged 32 left his adoring fans and stakeholders alike wondering why he decided to quit when they were not ready to let him go.
Usain Bolt managed eight Olympic gold medals in sprints, something that was never achieved before unless the current generation obliterates the Jamaican record.
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Know as the sprint King and the fastest man alive, it was in 2009 that the 38-year-old showed what he was capable of if his 9.58 seconds in 100m at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany is anything to go by.
Usain Bolt has expressed disappointment in Yohan Blake and others for failing to follow Coach Glen Mills’ guidance, which led to their struggles.
In the same event, the chest-thumping Jamaican further silenced his doubters when he cut the 200m tape in 19.19 seconds, also a world record to date.
Setting the standards in 2009, let it be known that Bolt made his first appearance at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and he flopped.
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Greats of the current generation of sprinters have earned comparison to Usain Bolt but it is a mystery Jamaican athlete that got the world’s fastest man’s nod.
Going on to win all of his 100m and 200m at the Olympics in 2008, 2012 and 2016, he remains the all-time greatest sprinter. In recognition of this achievements fans vented their frustrations why Bolt retired so early, but at the same time, they appreciated and recognize his accomplishments.
Others said Bolt should not have slowed down when he was approaching the finish line in the hope that he would have achieved the sub-9 seconds.
“You slowed down in the last 10 MT. You should have kept going and it would have been under 9 seconds,” One X user opined.
Another one chimed: “I admire and respect u greatly G O A T, down allow enslavers decendent to use u, in his web of deception.”
A third supporter opined: “Usain Bolt was social distancing 12 years before any global pandemic. Ahead of the game fr 🐐”
Usain Bolt is the first person to hold both 100m and 200m records since fully automatic time became mandatory in 2008. An eleven-time World Champion, he won consecutive World Championship 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay gold medals from 2009 to 2015, with the exception of a 100m false start in 2011.
He is the most successful male athlete of the World Championships. Bolt is the first athlete to win four World Championship titles in the 200m and is one of the most successful in the 100m with three titles, being the first person to run sub-9.7s and sub-9.6s races.
