Usain Bolt, the most decorated sprinter of all time, is oozing with confidence as he edges closer to realizing his “Triple-Triple” gold medal dream at the Olympic Games in Rio.
The world’s fastest man, who turns 30 on August 21 – the final day of the Olympics – is certain he’ll finish in top spot in the 100-meter race, 200m, and 4x100m relay.
“I’m going to win the 100m,” says Bolt, who is aiming to become the first athlete to win all three titles at three consecutive Games. “I never try to predict times, I avoid that because you never know. I’ll win all three gold [medals], there’s never anything else for me when it comes to a championship.”
But he’s not only intent on winning gold at Rio 2016.
“I think I can definitely break the 200m world record and I definitely want to,” Bolt said. “I said I wanted to go under 19 seconds and I don’t know if that will be possible but nothing tried, nothing done, so I will go out there and push myself.
“The moment you start thinking about [not winning] then you start going the wrong way, so for me, I always think positive. I always think of winning, always.”
Bolt has been the ultimate showman since winning his first trio of Olympic titles at the 2008 Games in Beijing, so there was little chance the 1.95m tall sprinter would make a quiet entrance in Rio.