Zeeshan Akbar
RIO DE JANEIRO: Olympic gold medalist and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has confirmed Tuesday he will retire after this year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro despite calls to prolong his career, sources said.
“It’ll definitely be my last Olympics,” the 29-year-old told AFP on Monday. “It’s going to be hard to go four more years for me, to keep the motivation that I want, especially if I accomplish what I want to in Rio.
“It’s going to be hard to keep the motivation to go on for four more years so it’ll definitely be my last one,” said Bolt.
Bolt is a six times Olympics gold medalist. Speaking about his wins, Bolt said his biggest aim is to win three gold medals again.
“My biggest dream at the Olympics is to win three gold medals again. That’s my focus, that’s what I want. And that’s what I’m aiming for because that’s my goal and that’s my dream,” Bolt said.
Despite holding the world record of 19.19 seconds for the 200m Bolt believes he has unfinished business in the event.
“I’ve said the only big thing, big time I want to run is the 200 metres,” he said. “I’d love to try to go sub-19. That’s the only thing I would really, really want because that’s one of my goals,” said the athlete.
