• London Olympics 2012

Bolt sets sights on time of 9.4 seconds

ESPN staff
April 18, 2012
Usain Bolt is chasing sporting immortality © Getty Images
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Sprinter Usain Bolt is hopeful he can run a time in the region of 9.4 seconds over 100 metres at London 2012 to cement his status as a "living legend".

Bolt, 25, is heading into his second Olympic Games - having made history four years ago in Beijing when he claimed all three available sprint gold medals. He holds world records in the 100m (9.58s), 200m (19.19s) and 4x100m relay, with speculation mounting as to how fast he can yet go in the two individual races.

The man himself is hopeful times of 9.4 and 19 seconds respectively are attainable in London, and is training hard to give himself the maximum chance of reaching those goals.

"People are looking forward to me running 9.4, 19 seconds, anything that's amazing," Bolt told the BBC. "So I'm working as hard as possible so I can go as fast as possible."

He added: "They want to see my personality, me enjoying it and doing crazy stuff, but they also want to see that time.

"If I dominate the Olympics, I'll be a living legend. A living legend walking around. Sounds good."

Another great Olympian, Michael Phelps, will also be racing in London later this summer. After winning eight gold medals in Beijing in 2008, he is hoping for a similarly golden haul as he brings to a close a sparkling career.

"Being able to prepare myself to look back through my career and say I've done everything I've wanted and I've been successful is something I really want to do," said the 26-year-old. "This is the last chapter of my career as an athlete and I'm just hoping it goes the way I want. I'm trying to work as hard as I can to make sure it does."

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