American runner Allyson Felix may also be performing in her second-to-last Olympic event tonight- the women’s 4x100m relay.įelix, 30, has won more world championship gold medals than any other U.S. This is why I said this is my last Olympics-I can’t prove anything else.”īut Bolt’s exit will not be the only Olympic farewell of the evening. This is what I came here for,” Bolt proclaimed. “I’ve proven to the world I’m the greatest. After last night’s final, Bolt reiterated that he would not be returning to the Olympic arena for any more races after Friday night’s relay. This event may very well be his last Olympic performance and, perhaps, the end of a legendary track and field career. Tonight, at 9:35 pm ET, Bolt will compete in the men’s 4x100m relay for Jamaica. Coming into the Games as the first man in the modern Olympics to win six gold medals for sprinting ( since London in 2012), in Rio Bolt became the first track athlete to win three gold medals in one race, which he did in both the 100m dash and the 200m sprint. While Bolt may have been slightly disappointed with his performance last night in the men’s 200m, the crowds were ecstatic-and Bolt has already made history at the 2016 Rio Olympics. He also said that his “body didn’t respond” when he was running the straight and that felt he was “getting old.” Last night after winning his second gold medal of the Rio Games and eighth career gold medal, he told reporters he thought he raced well but would have loved to go faster. While his coach may not be too keen on Bolt retiring before the 2020 Games, the sprinter seems to be ready to say goodbye. “My coach always says, ‘Usain, you can always go to the 2020 Olympics if you want,’” Bolt told Newsweek, “So this is why he tells me to stop talking about retirement and just take it a year at a time.” And it seems the world-record-crushing Olympian is sticking to his word, despite encouragement from his coach to keep looking to the future.
Usain Bolt, the 29-year-old Jamaican sprinting all-star, announced his intention to retire after the 2016 Rio Olympics way back in 2013. Tonight we might be saying goodbye to both the fastest man on earth and to one of the most impressive female track-and-field athletes of all time.
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