• Athletics

Bolt fears for his legacy

ESPN staff
July 28, 2011
Usain Bolt's recent times have been sluggish by his standards © PA Photos
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Triple Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt claims that medals, not world records, will define how he is remembered as an athlete.

Bolt has struggled of late to recapture the blistering pace he displayed in Beijing, and in his most recent outing he won the 100 metres by just 0.02 seconds in a time of 9.88s.

As a result, few are expecting Bolt to rewrite the record books when he takes to the track in London for the 2012 Games.

But the Jamaican says that records are unimportant to him - his motivation is keeping his hands on the sport's prestigious titles.

"Everyone knows by now I'm all about the gold medals," said Bolt, the world record-holder at 100m and 200m. "I'm going [to the World Championships in Daegu in August] to defend my titles, and that's the only aim.

"I want to be a legend, and if I want to do that I have to defend my titles successfully."

Bolt is in action at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm on Friday.

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