China Youth Daily client news (intern Gai Jiaoyi, China Youth Daily, China Youth Network reporter Guo Jian) According to a report by Reuters news agency from Kingston, Jamaica, on July 17, Yusaine? Bolt was disappointed with the development of Jamaica's men's sprint since his retirement and predicted that his compatriots would suffer "tough times" at the Tokyo Olympics.
In the men's 4×100m finals at the Rio 2016 Olympics, Jamaica celebrated winning the championship. Screenshot of the Reuters report
Bolt told Reuters that Jamaica's female track and field athletes remain strong, but he was disappointed by the current situation in Jamaica's men's sprint. "It's hard for men's sprinters... I think we do have talent, but in order to get the Olympic results, people have to take training seriously. ”
Bolt used his superhuman talent to win Jamaica a total of nine finals at the 2008 Beijing, 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympic Games, achieving the glory of three consecutive men's sprint three-time championships – although he was later stripped of the gold medal in the men's 4×100m relay at the Beijing Olympics because his teammate Nesta Carter tested positive for doping samples, but this did not prevent Bolt from breaking the Monopoly of the United States and creating a sprint era of his own and Jamaica.
John Blake, 30, is now Jamaica's leading men's sprinter, but Reuters commented that Blake, who had a best of 9.95 seconds, still needed to sharply improve his results to challenge the 100m medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
"The Jamaican men's team is really a bit green and yellow right now." Olympic silver medalist and track and field commentator Ato Bolton agrees with Bolt that at the Tokyo Olympics, whether it's the men's 100m, 200m, or 4×100m relay, "I don't see any hope of a Jamaican athlete winning the medal".
Bolton believes that the overall strength of Jamaica's men's sprint has dropped significantly, and the biggest beneficiary will be the United States team. The Americans have not won the Olympic 100m since 2004, but this year Bromel finished first in the world in 9.77 seconds. For now, only South Africa's Arkani Simbin (with a season best of 9.84 seconds) has the ability to stop the sweep of Americans Ronnie Baker (9.85 seconds) and Fred Klee (9.86 seconds). "I think the U.S. team has the ability to win 2 of the 3 medals in Tokyo," Bolt said.
U.S. male athletes will also dominate the 200m. 2019 world champion Noah Lyles' 19.74 seconds was the best in the world this season, while Kenny Bednarek set a career-best time with 19.78 seconds.
American Arian Knight, who broke the under-20 world record in 19.84 seconds, also won Olympic tickets — Bolt has held the record under 20 since 2004. Bolt said: "I was so impressed by the 17-year-old in the American Trials that we wanted to see what he would do in the near future. ”
Source: China Youth Daily client