Bolt targets sub-19 seconds in 200m

Usain Bolt made his first major appearance in Rio de Janeiro leading up to the Olympics, talking about his desire to break 19 seconds in the 200m.
In the lead up to the Rio Olympics, his legs haven’t fared as well.
He pulled out of his national championships last month with a sore hamstring, which he has been trying to rehabilitate in time to put on a show in Brazil.
Bolt takes to the track on Saturday for the early rounds of the 100m.
If he wins the 100, 200 and 4×100 relay, the way he has at the last two Olympics, he’ll close his Olympic career with nine gold medals.
“I’m definitely a sprinter first, but I like to entertain,” he said. “That’s what people come out to see. They like it when I do crazy stuff. I try to entertain and make it different, help people enjoy it.”
The sprinter has also offered a much-needed breath of fresh air in a sport devoured by doping scandals that have dominated the lead-up to the Olympics.
“I think we’re going in the right direction,” Bolt said. “I must say, we’re weeding out the bad ones. I think people should have faith. We have to go through the rough times before we get to the good times.”
Speaking of which, Bolt hasn’t ruled out a goal he set a long time ago – to better his record of 19.19 seconds in his favourite race, the 200.
He has long said he’d like to take the record, which stood at 19.32 for 12 years before he first broke it at the Beijing Olympics, into the 18-second range.