Could Usain Bolt have won a fourth Olympic gold in the 100m in Tokyo if he had taken his career a step further?
Lightning's response: "yes".
A laconic reply that Arsène Wenger would not sulk and that not many people will dispute in view of the time of the winner, Lamont Marcell Jacobs (9 "80), the magic track, new points, all that.
Bolt also took the opportunity to share his nostalgia for the slopes.
"I really missed it, I was like, I would like to be there" because I live for those times, it was difficult for me to watch this race ", explained the one who was nicknamed" Lightning Bolt " (lightning, lightning) in the Dubai offices of Pepsi, one of its sponsors.
"It was possible"
His frustration was all the greater as the 100m final was run slowly, on the scale of the records set by Bolt.
“When I retired (in 2017, Editor's note), my coach told me something: Your opponents are not faster, it's you who are slower.
I had never considered it like that, ”explained the eight-time Olympic champion.
“And it's a fact: a lot of athletes don't really improve their times.
I pushed the limits so hard, I started to go backwards (from a lap point of view) with time.
Running in 9 sec 80 (Lamont's time in the final), it was possible, ”he insisted.
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Olympic Games 2021 - Athletics: The speed of the track, the magic peaks… Why do the records fall one after the other?
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