Chronicle EditorKINGSTON. — Usain Bolt has told Sky Sports News his final competitive race will be in London next summer and he is walking away from the sport before he starts “embarrassing” himself. Bolt is preparing to retire from athletics after winning nine gold medals at three Olympic Games.“The older you get the more you have to sacrifice, the more disciplined you have to be and personally I don’t think I have that discipline. I know when it’s time to quit,” Bolt told Sky at his home track in Kingston.
Bolt hopes to add to his 11 World Championship golds in London next year before quitting the track.
The 100m and 200m world record holder admits he sought some high profile advice before deciding to call it a day. Bolt said: “I asked Michael Johnson ‘why did you retire when you were on top? You were dominating, no one was beating you’. He goes ‘I done everything I need to do in the sport’.
“If you get to a point where there’s no drive for you to train then just forget it, just stop or else you’re going to start losing races and start embarrassing yourself.” — Sky Sports.
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