Usain Bolt’s future race against time

Dear Editor,

The 29-year-old double Olympic gold medallist and record holder, Usain St Leo Bolt, is looking forward to break his 200m record set at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin in a time of 19.19 seconds.

But the question is, can he? Is age a factor? Or will he run that perfect race.

In order for him to break the world record again he has to run a perfect race from leaving the blocks to crossing the finish line.

Age is definitely a factor. To meet his goal Usain Bolt has to train harder than ever before and stay healthy and be more focused than ever before.

In comparison, we have witnessed athletes over 30 years old running personal bests, like Kim Collins with a time of 9.97 seconds in Lausanne at the Diamond League in 2014 and Justin Gatlin 9.74 seconds at the Diamond League 2015 in Doha, Qatar. By this we know he can do it.

The reality is, however, Bolt has had injuries in the past season. Will he stay fit enough to break his own world record or will it be that time is against him.

Rusheed Edwards

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