Usain Bolt tried two other Olympic sports and the results were fascinating

Usain Bolt will always be remembered for his time on the track and for sprinting in particular - but the Jamaican did once attempt to try two other Olympic sports.

Bolt has been retired for several years now after hanging up his sprinting shoes back in 2017 but has cemented his reputation as potentially the greatest sprinter ever after claiming gold medals at three different Olympic Games in a row.

The 38-year-old truly announced himself on a global stage at Beijing 2008 by claiming gold in both the 100m and 200m events.

The Jamaican then competed at London 2012 to win gold in both events once again, as well as being part of the victorious 4x100m Jamaican relay team to take his tally to five medals.

And Bolt helped to secure his legendary status as the GOAT sprinter by achieving another clean sweep in the same three events four years later at Rio 2016 to take his tally to an extraordinary eight Olympic golds.

Though Bolt will always be known for his exploits as a sprinter, there are attributes of his running which could lend themselves naturally to other Olympic disciplines.

And it turns out that the Jamaican did indeed give two other Olympic sports a go.

One of them was the javelin, where he was able to use some of his running skills during the approach.

Usain Bolt tried two Olympic sports other than sprinting. (Image: Getty)

Footage from Rio 2016 - which proved to be Bolt's final Olympics - shows him giving the javelin a try, while he has also attempted the long jump at a meeting in Ostrava in Italy, with his sprinting background being a natural help to him in that discipline.

Indeed, the man himself admitted before Rio 2016 that he wanted to try the long jump.

Speaking to Sky News in 2012, via the Standard, he said: "It's just about making different goals, there's a lot of things I can do in the sport.

"My coach wants me to do 400 metres, I want to try long jump.

"I could always try to aim for the records again, so there's different things but after the season we'll decide what we want to do and work on that next season."

Ultimately, Bolt did not go on to emulate the likes of Carl Lewis - who won gold medals in sprinting and the long jump - and try multiple Olympic track and field events, but the Jamaican's actions at Rio 2016 underlined once more his credentials as the GOAT sprinter.