Bolt to ‘have fun’ after another golden season

Jamaican sprinter wins 100m title at Diamond League meet.

BRUSSELS:

Usain Bolt is ready to chill out on holiday after bagging another three world gold medals in a season during which he suffered only one defeat, and that was by one-hundredth of a second.

The Jamaican’s 100-metre victory in 9.80 seconds at the season-ending Diamond League meet on Friday crowned another amazing season.

And now, with no global championships planned for 2014, Bolt has made several hints that he might target a debut appearance at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

However, first up is a well-earned holiday for the Jamaican.

“It’s the end of the season, I’ve got no worries, I’m totally relaxed now, I’ll have some fun and put my feet up,” said Bolt, whose sole defeat of the season came over 100m at the Rome Diamond League meet at the hands of American Justin Gatlin.

Bolt though admitted that age was working against him, and that every precaution would be taken to avoid injury next season.

“It’s getting harder. The older you get, the harder it is to come back from injury. The key thing next season is to stay injury free, stay in great shape and run fast times.

“Hopefully everything will go smoothly next year and I’ll attempt the 200m record.

“Who knows, maybe I’ll go to the Commonwealth Games and go for a medal to add to my tally. I’ll see with my coach at the start of the season.”

Bolt also underlined that he was not tiring of being the number one draw in athletics and one of global sports’ true superstars with a marketability that sponsors and meet organisers can but drool over.

“It’s all about the energy of the crowd that makes me feel so good, I want to go out and really put on a good performance,” he said.

“It is a part of me, I am not trying to be someone else, it’s not something I get tired of.” 

Published in The Express Tribune, September 8^th, 2013.

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