Usain Bolt says he would have won gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Usain Bolt has written many pages in the history of the Olympic Games, since he became the absolute dominator of the athletics events. After repeatedly touching glory, the Jamaican decided to retire in 2017, after participating in the World Championship of his discipline in London.

Despite being far from the activity, the runner is still aware of what is happening in the sport and even dared to ensure that he would have obtained the gold if he participated in Tokyo 2020. The main reason for his statement had to do with the opaque participation of his compatriots and the general level.

“The truth is that I missed competing in the Olympics. ‘I want to be there’, was a phrase that he often told me. I live to have those moments so they were hard to watch”Said Usain Bolt in an interview with the AFP agency during his stay in Dubai, due to a commercial event.

“The moment I retired, my coach told me: ‘Your rivals are not faster, but you are the one who is slower.’ At that moment I did not pay attention”Added the Jamaican athlete.

“And it’s already a fact, because a lot of guys aren’t really fast. I pushed the limits far and when I started to slow down, hitting 9.80 in a race was perfectly doable. So far I have not seen someone who can break my records. I have several years ahead of me to enjoy them”, He indicated.

However, he detailed the reason why he ruled out participating in Tokyo 2020. “Everything that can be achieved in sport, I have achieved. The question was to understand if I still had the motivation to do it againUsain Bolt said. Let’s remember that the Olympic legend has achieved eight gold medals between Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016.