Bolt has long-term ambitions.USAIN Bolt Usain Bolt (born 21 August1986) is a Jamaican sprinter and current world junior and Jamaican record holder over 200 m. Early life Bolt was born Trelawny, Jamaica) and educated at William Knibb High School. has revealed he could turn his hand to the long jump after his triple gold medal-winning performance at the World Championships in Berlin. Bolt won the 100 and 200 metres in Berlin, breaking his own world records in both for good measure, and also took gold with his Jamaican teammates in the 4x100m relay. Added to his Olympic O·lym·pic adj. Of or relating to the Olympic Games. Olympic Adjective of the Olympic Games Adj. 1. Olympic - of or relating to the Olympic Games; "Olympic winners" 2. triple from Beijing Beijing (bā-jĭng) or Peking (pē-kĭng, pā–), city (1994 est. urban pop. 6,093,300; 1994 est. total pop. 7,240,700), capital of the People's Republic of China. It is in central Hebei prov. , there is nothing left for the 23-year-old to conquer in the sprints, leading to speculation that he will step up to the 400m in the future. And Bolt has also not ruled out Mike Powell's suggestion that he should try his hand at long jumping and could break the American's world record of 8.95 metres. "I tell my coach I'd love to try the long jump before I retire. Definitely," Bolt said. "Hopefully I can do this before I retire because I think I'd be very good at it." CAPTION(S): Golden Usain Bolt. |
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