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Why is Usain Bolt Retiring ?
Why is Usain Bolt Retiring ?
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Bolt said a couple of years ago that his body can't do what his mind wants it to do anymore, I thought given his age he could still break one of his sprint records, but it does explain why he's retiring if he no longer genuinely thinks he can top what he's already done, though I still would have thought he is good enough to win 3 more gold's in Tokyo but probably too satisfied with his lot already.
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He's to head back to the Mystic Mountain.
there to take up his role as the Grand Wafty. Caring for the simple creatures that eat conservatives. Thus controlling the world's greedy bustard populations. |
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suppose its all about desire, if he cant compete to his best why go on, klitchko retired form boxing aswell because lack of desire
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Bolt is lacking in determination (To much partying?)
When he loses the limelight he will try to make a comeback …… But it will be too late. |
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need that world record broken... it's my bet for the week.
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Bolt should take 5 wraps of speed before the race....
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BOLT
1.23 £204 1.25 £140 1.26 £2,899 1.27 £358 1.28 £2,864 1.29 £2,065 1.3 £3,353 1.31 £5,215 1.32 £5,728 1.33 £3,841 1.34 £7,387 1.35 £16,322 1.36 £16,483 1.37 £46,275 1.38 £101,989 1.39 £86,608 1.4 £91,593 1.41 £56,019 1.42 £40,216 1.43 £43,219 1.44 £52,149 1.45 £24,818 |
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The reason hes retiring has just been highlighted 100 fold.
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The man knew when to retire, shame it didnt end how it should of. Best sprinter that has ever lived.
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yeah, father time has caught him up.
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Now, which football club does he sign for ?
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scandanavian_haven
05 Aug 17 21:59 Joined: 27 May 11 | Topic/replies: 7,631 | Blogger: scandanavian_haven's blog yeah, father time has caught him up. Yeah it has, he just got beat by a 35 year old  |
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by a druggie
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Druggie, just like all the other 100m runners Bolt's coach coached
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No way Bolt would decline at 30 if he was on drugs imo of course.
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Maybe he is off them now
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a clean 35 year old twice banned you mean ?
Bolt no longer has the motivation, how can you still be motivated when you've won 3 straight 100m and 200m gold in the Olympics. |
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I don't know ask Steve Redgrave who won 5 straight?
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Expand on why he has given them up at this point in his career ?
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Because they are different people, Bolt is a party boy and for him he's won enough. Rowing is an incredibly gruelling sport but Redgrave never rowed alone, Bolt runs alone, I too would have thought another Olympics was in him but you can tell from his performances recently, his lack of meets, the way he has been talking that his heart no longer in it, also Bolt has won 8 Olympics Golds by age 28, Redgrave had won 2 by that age.
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now it will be like the boxing.... Bolt v Gatlin 2. 100 million to tempt Bolt out of retirement
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Bolt knew this was his last games, that should have been all the motivation he needed to sign off with a win.
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Winning is done in training, he hadn't done enough due to back injury which he flew to Germany for just last month, but even having all the motivation in the world.
Either way it does not matter, he is a 3x Olympic champion on both sprint distances, I imagine anyone else in that position would be completely satisfied with his lot and move on, think he wants to be a footballer and was talking last year about a trial with Dortmund, I would guess Centre back would be his position, not sure what his touch and ball skills are like though. |
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bettor than Fellani
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Times Even Really Obvious Illegalities Do Succeed |
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Told you so!
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I thought it was hilarious. I've no real interest in athletics and nowt against bolt, but this Gatlin character chinning him at his own banquet was hilarious. I makes it even better, the guy who everyone expected and wanted to win, who had won everything and was running one final time, to the be beaten by the guy who everyone hated because of drugs, to then beat him fair and square. Ask zorro, there might be a passage in the bible that has a story like that. |
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Strange how the world record hasn't been beaten in 8 years.
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very strange how they banned the russians for drug taking ,, yet no other nation pmsl
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Russian doping was done with state connivance aided by FSB
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all comes down to money, anyone caught taking drugs in sport should get a life ban ,, this cheat has been caught twice , yet still allowed to race,,, absolute joke,, these stadiums should be empty,, people should boycott and not attend.
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The Jamaican coaches got done for something didn't they ? ....no time to google
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Even if Gatlin had been banned for life, Bolt still wouldnt have won lastnight so whats everyone moaning about Gatlin for?
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because he robbed him of a Silver.
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and why does that matter?
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Wouldn't surprise me if Bolt was doping in those 9.58 days...everyone else was. Last night was probably the cleanest final we've had in a while.
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Bolt is 6ft5, he takes less steps over 100m and when he does take a step it's over a longer distance than those with shorter legs take, though that's only part of it. He doesn't need drugs, those behind him need drugs to catch up.
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Wilt Chamberlain was 7ft1. He could easily break 9 seconds
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