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Usain Bolt breaks his silence with one-word social media message amid claims he could lose 100m world record

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Updated 14:37 31 Mar 2025 GMT+1Published 14:07 31 Mar 2025 GMT+1

Usain Bolt breaks his silence with one-word social media message amid claims he could lose 100m world record

Usain Bolt took to social media amid claims he could lose his long-standing world record.

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

Usain Bolt has issued a one-word social media message amid claims he could lose his long-standing 100m world record.

Bolt enjoyed a legendary career, winning an impressive eight Olympic gold medals, which includes three triumphs in the 100m.

He won gold in each of his three Olympic appearances in London, Beijing and Rio de Janeiro.

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But Bolt recorded his best 100m time at the World Athletics Championships in 2009.

He recorded a stunning time of 9.58 seconds in Berlin, which is still a world record almost 16 years on.

No one has come close to Bolt's 100m world record, but it could be beaten if a controversial rule change gets the green light.

Amid claims he could lose his 100m world record, he took to social media to reflect on his iconic career.

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Usain Bolt celebrates setting a new 100m world record in 2009. Image: Getty
Usain Bolt celebrates setting a new 100m world record in 2009. Image: Getty

On X, Bolt shared an image of himself against a backdrop of himself crossing the finish line during a race, accompanied with the caption: "W I N N I N G S."

Italy's Marcell Jacobs and USA's Noah Lyles won the 100m Olympic event in 2021 and 2024 respectively following the Jamaican sprint icon's retirement.

Jacobs took gold after his performance at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, which were postponed until 2021 due to COVID-19, while Lyles won the race in last summer's Games in Paris.

Bolt believed he could have won a fourth successive Olympic gold medal in the 100m event if he participated in Tokyo.

"My coach said something to me at the end of my career. He said, 'People are not getting faster. I was getting slower'. I never looked at it that way," he said.

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"And it's the facts because a lot of guys don't really get faster. Because I have pushed the barrier so far and then I started going backwards time-wise, so for me 9.80 was possible to get done."

The 38-year-old added: "I always show up ready because I think this is the highest level, but I've already done everything in the sport so it was all about motivation."

Featured Image Credit: YouTube/Yendi Phillipps

Topics: Usain Bolt, Athletics

Nasir Jabbar
Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and Darren Till. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.

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