TOKYO, Japan, CMC – Legendary sprinter Usain Bolt is optimistic that one in every of Jamaica’s three representatives within the males’s 100 metres on the World Championships can win the marquee occasion and change into the primary Jamaican to win the occasion in a decade.
Kishane Thompson, Indirect Seville, and Akeem Blake will search to change into the primary Jamaican to say the boys’s world title since Bolt achieved the feat again in 2015, when the Championships get underway on Saturday.
Bolt, an eight-time Olympic gold medalist and 11-time World champion who’s extensively thought to be the best sprinter of all time, mentioned he’s hopeful of a Jamaican victory within the occasion.
“I’m completely satisfied. As you mentioned, it’s been some time since simply the ladies have been carrying it, so I’m glad to see this.
“I don’t really feel like they need to lose. [If any of them win, then I’ll be happy for it,” Bolt told The Gleaner.
Thompson, the world leader, has a season’s best time of 9.75 seconds, while Seville’s season’s best of 9.83 will see both men entering the championships ranked first and fifth, respectively.
Blake, who has clocked 9.88 seconds, sits just outside the top 10, ranked 11th globally.
Bolt said if either of them were to win gold, he’d be honoured to present them with the medal.
“I’m just looking forward to being in the stadium and being able to cheer them on and maybe even get to present a gold medal to one of them.
“That’s something that I’d really love, so I just wish them all the best, and I know they will do well,” Bolt said.
