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Bolt's 9.58 seconds as he won World Championship gold in 2009 has never been tempered with and the iconic Jamaican sprinter is bullish his record won't be broken anytime soon
Legendary Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt took a slight dig at Noah Lyles, two months before the American stormed to the Paris Olympics gold medal in 100m.
Bolt didn't believe his world record in the 100m sprint would be beaten anybody heading into the Paris 2024 Games.
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In June, the three-time Olympic 100m champion told talkSPORT Drive that although Lyles confidence sets him apart from his competitors, the six-time world champion is not yet the refined article. Lyles is the reigning world champion and had declared his ambition to go one better than Bolt and win four gold medals at one Olympic Games.
"One thing I respect about Lyles is his confidence. That's the thing he has over most of these athletes. Last year, he wasn't supposed to win the 100m, but he has the confidence that he's going to win," Bolt, the three-time Olympic 200m champion said.
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"He's good, but he's not that good, at that level, yet. I think he will get better over the years. So the fact he is winning now is crazy," he added.
Bolt's prediction came true as his 9.58 seconds in 100m will need some magic before being lowered. Lyles only clocked 9.79 sec in Paris, a time that was good enough to clinch gold.
The iconic Jamaican sprinter broke the record for the sprint at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. He then shortened that time of 9.69 seconds to 9.58 as he won World Championship gold in 2009. No one has been able to edge that since - and Bolt doesn't see that changing in the near future.
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