Usain Bolt Arrives in Rio to Hone Preparations For 2016 Olympics

The Jamaican landed in Rio on Wednesday night ahead of his bid to win an unprecedented “triple-triple” if he can defend the 100m, 200m and sprint relay titles he won in Beijing in 2008 and in London four years ago.

But Bolt, who has never run the 200m race indoors through his career, does not appear to be far from achieving some success in that area. Back in 2014, Bolt was the man who tumbled Fredericks’ 18-year-old 100m World indoor record of 10.5 seconds (set in 1996) when he replaced it with a remarkable 9.98 seconds. He also holds the third-fastest non-winning time for the 200m, clocking 19.68 seconds at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, USA.

As for his defence of three Olympic gold medals next month, a so-called ‘triple triple, ‘ Bolt is adamant: “I’m not going to lose one of the golds, for sure”.

Unfortunately for fans of the Olympics, the 2016 Rio Olympics will be Bolt’s last Olympic appearance for the Jamaican National Team on the track.

Bolt refused to confirm that Rio would be his last Olympics, saying that his coach had suggested that he could go on to Tokyo in 2020 if he chose. ‘So this is why he tells me to stop talking about retirement and just take it a year at a time.

“People always say to me, ‘Usain when you leave the sport, the sport is going to go down”. ‘But I’m not going to look at it like that. “There are a lot of athletes stepping up”. He’s been the most must-see athlete in track and field for the last eight years and has become a world-renowned icon because of the Olympics.

But Coe is also the man tasked with making track and field ‘more exciting, ‘ as Bolt explains. ‘Over time, with different ideas, and (with) the athletes that are coming up, the sport will stay current.

“But I think always, in 200, there’s room for running faster”.

Unless he decides to continue, Bolt’s glory era is due to end after the 2017 World Championships in London.

To answer the question fully: Usain Bolt is the fastest man alive.