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Jamaican sprints king Usain Bolt dominated the track before retiring in 2017 but his records are yet to be broken.
Two-time Olympic champion Daley Thompson has said Usain Bolt single-handedly saved athletics from oblivion and deserves a huge debt of gratitude.
Britton, who is a three-time Commonwealth Games champion and considered by many to be one of the greatest decathletes of all time, provided a glowing tribute to the Jamaican sprint king in 2015, two years before the multiple Olympic champion decided to hang up his spikes.
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08:32 - 29.12.2024
'I can definitely put a downpayment on two' - Noah Lyles explain reason he wanted to compete in four races at the Paris Olympic Games
Olympic champion Noah Lyles is chasing Usain Bolt's records and wanted to achieve something the Jamaican has never attained in his career.
"Usain Bolt is up there with the greatest athletes of all-time. What he’s done within the sport in the last ten or 12 years has been unbelievable. Single-handedly he has held the sport above water, because there have been so many drug scandals and the like that I think without him it would be down there with tractor pulling and mud wrestling," Thompson told TalkSport.
According to Thompson, Bolt's world records have made him the support machine for the sport because he was the main attraction during his time and without him. athletics would have disappeared without trace.
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06:00 - 25.12.2024
'You just want to be out there' - Jamaican legend reveals the one thing he misses most amidst retirement regret
Usain Bolt regrets retiring early and has now revealed that he misses competition. The Jamaican was unbeatable and was a dominant force for more than a decade.
"He has been the life support machine for the sport. Other sports, particularly football, have got so big and hoover up so much television money and sponsorship and attract kids coming into sport, that I think without him, athletics would have disappeared without trace,” he added.
Bolt is widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time. He is an eight-time Olympic gold medalist and the world record holder in the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay.
Bolt is the only sprinter to win Olympic 100m and 200m titles at three consecutive Olympics (2008, 2012, and 2016). He also won two 4x100 relay gold medals.
He gained worldwide fame for his double sprint victory in world record times at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which made him the first person to hold both records since fully automatic time became mandatory.
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