Don't know about you but I am disappointed in this news. The 100m will lose alot of its luster in London if Bolt doesn't run.
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Olympic champion Usain Bolt says he will give up running the 100m to concentrate on the longer sprints and cement his place among the legends of the track.
But the 22-year-old Jamaican's desire to be ranked alongside the likes of American super-athlete Michael Johnson means he would sacrifice the chance to defend his Olympic 100m crown at the London Games in 2012. And the absence of the fastest man in the world from the blue riband event of the Games would be a huge blow to the organisers.
Bolt, in Manchester for today's BUPA road races over a specially constructed track in the city, said: 'My coach wants me to step up to the 400m next season and I think that's what will happen. The 100m will suffer because it would be difficult to do all three, the 100, 200 and 400. But it doesn't matter that I may lose the title of the fastest man in the world because I want the 400m world record.
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http://www.football.co.uk/manchester_un ... 5140.shtml
Olympic champion Usain Bolt says he will give up running the 100m to concentrate on the longer sprints and cement his place among the legends of the track.
But the 22-year-old Jamaican's desire to be ranked alongside the likes of American super-athlete Michael Johnson means he would sacrifice the chance to defend his Olympic 100m crown at the London Games in 2012. And the absence of the fastest man in the world from the blue riband event of the Games would be a huge blow to the organisers.
Bolt, in Manchester for today's BUPA road races over a specially constructed track in the city, said: 'My coach wants me to step up to the 400m next season and I think that's what will happen. The 100m will suffer because it would be difficult to do all three, the 100, 200 and 400. But it doesn't matter that I may lose the title of the fastest man in the world because I want the 400m world record.
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