{"id":91633,"date":"2015-02-15T08:19:22","date_gmt":"2015-02-15T08:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=91633"},"modified":"2015-02-15T08:20:21","modified_gmt":"2015-02-15T08:20:21","slug":"usain-bolt-retire-london-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=91633","title":{"rendered":"Usain Bolt to retire after London 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt says he will retire from athletics after the 2017 World Championships in London.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old six-time Olympic gold medallist also says that he will just focus on the 100m in 2017.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”hj7AIfJcEXD83PaBPv69V9hYtuReUha1″]Bolt had suggested that the Rio Games in 2016 would be his last major championship but he now appears to have changed his mind to make a return to London.<\/p>\n

“That was the initial plan [to sign off after Rio],” he told the Daily Mail.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“But my sponsor has asked me to go on for another year; to 2017 and London.<\/p>\n

“But I’ll be doing one event, the 100. I’ve already discussed it with my coach. I can concentrate on that, and on retiring on a winning note.”<\/p>\n

Bolt’s main focus for 2015 will be the World Championships in Beijing from 22-30 August where he will be looking to add to his haul of eight world golds and the 28-year-old also has one eye on breaking his own 100m world record of 9.58 seconds, set in Berlin in 2009.<\/p>\n

“If everything goes well this season…in my life anything is possible. If I can get myself in good shape, it should be wonderful this season,” he added.<\/p>\n

“I live for competition. I thrive on competition. I live to compete against the best.”<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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