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Decision to hang up spikes after becoming the first man to win three consecutive 100m and 200m Olympic gold medals backfired
Jamaican sprints legend Usain Bolt has opened up on the pressure he received from his adoring supporters that allowed him to extend his career by one more year before hanging up his spikes.
Bolt, the only sprinter to win Olympic 100m and 200m at three consecutive Olympics (2008, 2012 and 2016) said he had planned to retire immediately after the 2016 Rio Olympics, however, his move backfired.
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'He got me this time' - Junelle Bromfield left speechless as fiancé Noah Lyles surprises her with luxurious new house
Jamaican sprint queen Junelle Bromfield was left in awe after her fiancé Noah Lyles, the Olympics 100m champion, surprised her with a luxurious new house following their engagement.
The 11-time World champion observed that stakeholders and fans alike wanted him to race for the last time at the 2017 World Championships in London. Even though his doctor was against that, Bolt, the first athlete to win four World championships 200m titles bowed to the external pressure and raced in London.
Throughout history, some athletes retired exactly when they wanted to, some were pressured to retire later while some athletes are still competing and fans are calling on them to retire. "I wanted to retire after the Olympics in Rio but the fans and everybody said it's London please come......please come," Bolt told The Final Leg Track and Field youtube channel.
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Christian Coleman on why beating Usain Bolt twice in 2017 was the real highlight of his career
Christian Coleman is already a world 100m champion and a two-time indoor 60m winner but he has revealed why beating Bolt twice at the same meet was the real highlight of his career.
He continued: "Every year before I got to a championship, I got to see my doctor. And he said to me, do not go to the world championships. If you go, if you compete at a level like I know you gonna compete, you can get injured. Do not go. And I was like I have to go because everybody wanted me to make it, everybody was there to see me and he was like it doesn't matter.
"I chose to run. Yes, it was a tough moment for me but I don't think it damaged what I've done before because I did it for the people but it's something I still look at and I don't regret because it was a wonderful moment," Bolt pointed out.
'Lightning Bolt' further highlighted how losing a close friend early 2017 made him lose touch with training as he tried to overcome the heartbreak. "That year I lost one of my friends in a motorcycle accident in April. I was sad, I didn't train and I was drinking. I was trying to get past that moment."
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