'Even Usain Bolt had to' - Ronnie O'Sullivan tells fellow snooker Luca Brecel to put a lot into training like Bolt amid his sharp dip in form

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'Even Usain Bolt had to' - Ronnie O'Sullivan tells fellow snooker Luca Brecel to put a lot into training like Bolt amid his sharp dip in form

Evans Ousuru 19:26 - 30.11.2024

Bolt is considered one of the most successful sprinters and is mostly used as reference for hard work.

Ronnie O'Sullivan has told fellow snooker star Luca Brecel to put a lot into training like Usain Bolt amid his sharp dip in form.

The Belgian risks losing his space on the tour next season, with him teetering on dropping out of the top 64 in the world. He won the World Championship at the Crucible in 2023, but has crashed down the rankings since.

Brecel received another gutting blow after suffering a 6-5 defeat at the hands on Jak Jones in York on November 25, causing him to exit the UK Championship in the first round.Before the crushing loss, O'Sullivan offered Brecel advice - and he pointed to eight-time Olympic athletics gold medallist Bolt.

"A happy person is normally a happy snooker player, but you have got to put the work in," O’Sullivan told Eurosport studio when asked about his rival.

"Even Usain Bolt had to put a lot of training in if he wanted to win medals, and he is probably the most talented, gifted specimen of a sportsman there has ever been. But if you watch his documentary he worked really hard. If he didn't, he would not win, and that applies to everybody," he added.

Bolt is widely regarded as the world's greatest sprinter, but that didn't stop him from still training and working hard. And that hard work paid off incredibly, as he still sits as a three-time World Record holder and a sporting icon.

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