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Tokyo Olympics: Usain Bolt disappointed by Jamaican sprinters

2021-07-17T14:17:36.671Z


The former sprint king was pessimistic about the medal chances of his male compatriots in Japan. A unique fragrance will undoubtedly float on the Tokyo National Stadium on Sunday August 1, at the time of the Olympic men's 100m final. An orphan event for the former sprint king Usain Bolt, still present since the Beijing Games in 2008. Retired since 2017, the 34-year-old Jamaican athlete, triple Olympic champion over the distance (2008, 2012 and 2016), 8 gold medals in total counting the 200m a


A unique fragrance will undoubtedly float on the Tokyo National Stadium on Sunday August 1, at the time of the Olympic men's 100m final.

An orphan event for the former sprint king Usain Bolt, still present since the Beijing Games in 2008. Retired since 2017, the 34-year-old Jamaican athlete, triple Olympic champion over the distance (2008, 2012 and 2016), 8 gold medals in total counting the 200m and the relays, did not find a successor among his compatriots.

Quite the contrary.

In an interview with the British news agency Reuters, L'Éclair deplores the state of the sprint in his country, among men, while the Tokyo Olympics open next Friday.

“It's disappointing to see that.

I felt like we had a good vintage with our athletes in the last two Olympics, he said.

It really bothers me to see where we are now, when a lot of other nations are ahead of us.

And Bolt added: "I'm disappointed because I think we have talent.

It's just about making them grow and getting the athletes to work hard.

"

Blake far from the account

Ato Boldon, four times Olympic medalist for Trinidad and Tobago, abounds. "It's going to be a bit of a famine now for Jamaican sprinters," he told Reuters. I know Blake said he won't leave Tokyo without a medal, but I don't see him getting one. I don't see any medals for Jamaica in the 100m, 200m or 400m in Tokyo, in the men's. "

Best Jamaican sprinter this season, Yohan Blake, 2011 world champion on the straight line, has done no better than 9 seconds 95 this season. Far from the 9 ″ 77 of the American Trayvon Bromell, announced favorite, five years after leaving the Olympics on a wheelchair, injured in the final of the 4 x 100 m relay. To win medals in the discipline, Jamaica will rely more on its sprinters, starting with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, recently became the 2nd fastest sprinter in history in the 100m.

Source: leparis

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