Usain Bolt : The Six-times Olympic champion Mr Usain Bolt has decided not to race again in the year 2015 after his triple gold medal haul at last month’s World Championships in China.
Usain Bolt wrote on his Facebook page “After the excitement of the last few weeks at the World Track and Field Championships in Beijing, I have planned not to race again in the year 2015”.
The 29-year-old fastest man swept all three sprint titles for the fifth time at a major global championships he going back to the 2008 Beijing Olympics after an injury-disrupted season year.
He said, “I am already thinking about my next year and the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio where I will attempt to defend to keep my titles in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m.
Usain Bolt’s decision exposes he will miss Friday’s Diamond League finale in Brussels where he was due to race in the 200 metre race.