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Bolt says 2016 Olympics may be his last
By Gene Cherry
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 08 - 07 - 2010

Jamaican triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt said Tuesday he may end his record-breaking career after the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.
“My aim is to go to two more Olympics,” he said. “I probably will retire in Brazil, 2016. I will probably stop then.”
The Olympic and world 100 and 200 meters champion and world record holder was speaking during a question-and-answer session with 400 sport and business executives.
They almost filled a business school auditorium to hear the outgoing Jamaican offer light and serious comments for nearly an hour.
Bolt, who turns 24 in August, said he might even try a new event like the long jump or 400m for his final act.
“If you continue to break records, then you are pretty much going to get bored after a while,” he said. “You can't really accomplish anything else. I want to be a legend in sports.”“After the world championships and the Olympics in London, I probably will try something else.”
Both his coach Glen Mills and many fellow-Jamaicans have hoped for several years that the lanky Bolt would try the 400 but he has always resisted. Bolt said his main goal at the moment was to stay undefeated since there were no world championships or Olympics this year.
He is currently recovering from a strained Achilles tendon and will run a 100m at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting Thursday, stepping down from a previously announced 200.
“The doctor does not want him to risk running the turn,” manager Ricky Simms told Reuters via email.
Collins vows to keep
on running
Former world champion sprinter Kim Collins said Tuesday he would keep running for as long as his body could stand it.
The 34-year-old, who won the 100m gold at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, retired from international competition in September 2009 but is determined to keep sprinting for as long as possible.
The Saint Kitts and Nevis athlete is taking part in Glasgow's Super8 meeting at Scotstoun Stadium Wednesday.
“It's always good to compete, regardless of where the competition takes you,” he said. “I love the sport and that's the major thing for me, to do it as much and as long as I can.
“Maybe another year or two, as long my body continues to hold up, I will continue to do that.”
Collins is the guest athlete for the Sheffield team and will run against American Trell Kimmons and Britons Mark Lewis-Francis, Craig Pickering and Christian Malcolm.
Collins set his personal best of 9.98 seconds as he won the 100m Commonwealth Games gold medal in Manchester, northwest England, in July 2002.
“Many of my best races were in England so it's always good memories for me,” he said on returning to compete in Britain.


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