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‘If they call, I’ll be ready’: Usain Bolt open for Olympics 2028 comeback for Jamaica in another sport | Sport-others News

‘If they call, I’ll be ready’: Usain Bolt open for Olympics 2028 comeback for Jamaica in another sport | Sport-others News

Usain Bolt cemented his legacy as the greatest sprinter on the planet and the fastest man in the world with a cabinet full of Olympic medals. The Jamaican legend might return back to the marquee sporting event but in a different sport. Bolt, who aspired to become a fast bowler once, was suggested by his high school cricket coach to test himself in the track and field events which led to the birth of an athletics legend. However, the Jamaican legend hasn’t ruled out the possibility of a return to active sports in his first sport. Cricket is back at the LA Olympics after 128 years, and a Jamaican squad will be taking part in the event. Bolt claimed that he will be ready to play cricket if called on by the Jamaican team. Talking to Esquire on the eve of the Doha Marathon, Bolt said, “I am happily retired from professional sport. I haven’t played cricket in a long time but if they call, I will be ready.” Earlier in a promotional event in …

How Usain Bolt found motivation again to win 100 metres gold at the Rio Olympics | Sport-others News

How Usain Bolt found motivation again to win 100 metres gold at the Rio Olympics | Sport-others News

Before Usain Bolt became the first man to win three consecutive 100 metre Olympic gold medals at the 2016 Rio Games he was struggling with motivation but a podcast which featured his ‘biggest competitor’ Justin Gatlin fired him up. USA’s Gatlin had said on the podcast that he was going to win and that lit the fire again for Bolt, widely recognised as the greatest track and field athlete. “I remember in 2016, it was coming up to my last Olympics and my biggest competitor was Justin Gatlin and throughout the year I was struggling with motivation because I had won everything… and I was like going to training and the older you get the harder it gets. I was just tired and everyday was like work and I got injured and it was double the work for me. It was hard to motivate myself everyday,” Bolt told the High Performance podcast. But Gatlin saying that he would travel around the world with the Olympic medal around his neck motivated Bolt to train harder than …