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Athletics biggest star in history Usain Bolt revealed some interesting choices as a track athlete.
Speed legend Usain Bolt is unarguably the greatest track athlete in history, having cemented a legacy in the sport that'll be hard to break by anyone who attempts to surpass his records.
The Jamaican speedster is the current World Record holder in the 100m and 200m, and also won eight Olympic and eleven World Championship gold medals, thus becoming the first and only track and field athlete to achieve such a feat.
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Ever since his retirement with this season in particular, Bolt has been very vocal about the changes he hopes to witness in the sport, one which he never fails to reminisce about during his active years.
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And now in a recent interview with Team Jamaica, the 37-year-old revealed five track confessions he loved as an athlete.
1 - Beijing 2008 success Berlin 2009?
Bolt won his first Olympic double sprint medals at Beijing 2008, breaking his previous 100m WR of 9.72s with a new 9.69ss. In addition, he set a new world and Olympic record of 19.30s in the 200m.
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By doing this, he became the first sprinter since Don Quarrie to hold both 100 and 200m WRs simultaneously and the first to hold both records since the introduction of electronic timing.
At the 2009 World Championships, he clocked the current WR of 9.58s, thus smashing more than a tenth of a second off his previous best mark. Again in the 200m, he produced another WR-breaking time of 19.19s to obliterate his previous time by 0.11 seconds.
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When asked which of the performances meant more to him, Bolt went for Beijing 2008.
2 - Olympic gold or World Record?
With the plethora of gold medals and WRs Bolt has in his resume, it wasn't difficult to pick which means more to him.
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After winning the 100m Olympic title in Beijing and becoming Jamaica's first gold medallist at the games, Bolt stated that setting a WR was not a priority and that his goal was just to win the gold medal.
He maintains the same stand till today.
3 - Lane 4 or Lane 5
Bolt clocked most of his fastest times and won his titles and WRs from running on lane 5 or lane 6. So it's no surprise he chose five as his favourite to run on.
4 - 100m or 200m?
With an almost undefeated record in the 200m event, Bolt wasted no time choosing it as his favourite.
5 - Spikes or Sneakers?
Despite the spikes helping him to run his records, Bolt selected the sneakers as his preferred choice.
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