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Usain Bolt completed his medal collection by winning Commonwealth gold in the 4×100 metres relay on Saturday night and then announced this would be his first and last appearance at the Games.<\/p>\n

It was not another alleged dig at Glasgow, which Bolt insisted put on a \u2018great competition\u2019 despite the weather, but an acceptance that the quickest man in history will be 31 by the time the 2018 Games on Australia\u2019s Gold Coast come around.<\/p>\n

\u2018I want to be there,\u2019 he said, \u2018but maybe not as an athlete.\u2019<\/p>\n

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\"Early<\/div>\n

Early retirement: Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is hoping to hang up his spikes before 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Winner:<\/div>\n

Winner: Usain Bolt won gold with his Jamaican teammates in the men’s relay event at Hampden Park<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Bolt has previously indicated he will bow out after the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, but suggested on Saturday night that his swansong might come a year later on British soil at the 2017 World Championships in London.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019ve always said that after Rio I will retire,\u2019 said the six-time Olympic champion. \u2018But they keep saying I should go on to 2017 so I think I might just do that.<\/p>\n

\u2018I think that will be my last championships. I\u2019m just happy I\u2019ve done what I wanted to do in the sport.<\/p>\n

\u2018I remember asking Michael Johnson why he retired when he was at the top and he told me that there was nothing else for him to accomplish so I think that when you\u2019re in the sport and you\u2019ve accomplished everything else then you should just retire.<\/p>\n

\u2018There\u2019s all these young kids coming up and I might start getting beaten and I hate losing.\u2019<\/p>\n

The Jamaican is prone to making off-the-cuff statements about his legacy and \u2018legend\u2019 but, as he looked to his right and saw England\u2019s silver medal-winning relay quartet \u2014 with an average age of just 23 \u2014 his words seemed to carry particular resonance.<\/p>\n

At 27, Bolt is far from finished, despite seeing much of this season wiped out by the foot injury he suffered in April, but it is getting harder, even for him.<\/p>\n

His appeal is stronger than ever \u2014 he signed hundreds of autographs and smiled for umpteen \u2018selfies\u2019 during a protracted 45-minute lap of honour wearing a tartan bonnet and scarf on Saturday \u2014 but, physically, time is starting to take its toll in terms of the effort he has to put into training.<\/p>\n

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\"Funny<\/div>\n

Funny man: Bolt is known for his larger than life personality as well as his outstanding running ability<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Admiration:<\/p>\n
\u00a0Admiration: Athletics will be losing a sporting icon when Bolt does choose to retire from the sport<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2018Track-wise, you can feel the difference sometimes, especially after the workouts,\u2019 he said. \u2018I have to take more ice baths now, which is not so much fun.<\/p>\n

\u2018You have to work a little bit harder, put a little bit more work in and I don\u2019t go out as much as I used to.\u2019<\/p>\n

The nagging question of how Bolt can remain motivated after achieving everything in his sport is more pertinent than ever, but the Jamaican still feels he has one more world record left in him.<\/p>\n

Bolt thinks he has \u2018done the 100m\u2019 after running 9.58secs in Berlin five years ago, but believes he could become the first man to break the 19-second barrier for the 200m. His current world record is 19.19secs.<\/p>\n

He said: \u2018I want to run under 19secs. That is one of my biggest goals, one of my biggest dreams. Definitely.<\/p>\n

\u2018I don\u2019t know whether breaking nine seconds for the 100m is possible. The world keeps going round, and you never know who will show up next and dominate.<\/p>\n

\u2018For me, my main aim is the 200m, not the 100m. I think I have done the 100m. I want to do something special for me over the 200m.<\/p>\n

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

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