Usain Bolt wants the false-start rule to be changed – Athletics news
Usain Bolt, the Jamaican sprinter and world record holder over 100m and 200m distances, has expressed his wishes for the false-start rule to be changed. While expressing his thoughts, the athlete was of the view that international athletics authorities should
reconsider their decision of disqualifying an athlete if he or she makes a false start.
While running in the 100m showdown at this year’s World Athletics Championships in Daegu, Bolt jumped the starting line ahead of the gun, and thus, was disqualified from the competition. The fastest man in the world is now of the view that authorities should
now ponder upon reverting back to previous false-start rules, which only gives a warning to the field on the first offense and subsequent false starts result in brining punishment for the offending athletes with an ejection.
Expressing his thoughts, the stellar performer from Jamaica said, “They (IAAF) really should go back to one false and charge it to the field. It’s easier. Somebody makes one mistake and everybody can relax.”
The sprinting star, who has planned to spend his vacation in Las Vegas this time, will resume his training for the London Olympics 2012 from October. After being punished by an ejection from the 100m contest in Daegu, which, in words of Bolt, ‘he simply
wanted to win’, the Jamaican has a resolve to leave his spectators stunned with his performance in London.
The athlete who has always had the desire to be remembered as a legend, reiterated this wish of his and said, “I want to go to the Olympics and wow the people. I want to be a legend.”
While responding to a question regarding his remarks on Yohan Blake’s 19.26 seconds finish in the 200m contest, at which Bolt had said, ‘all the tutoring stopped’, the athlete added that it was just a joke, and he was actually laughing when he said it.
Commenting upon Blake’s performance which was the second fastest in history, (0.07 seconds slower than Bolt), he said that the people who were still talking about his statement wished to create a controversy. Bolt said that he and Blake were countrymen and
thus, he believed that it was Blake who would give him toughest competition in the next year’s Olympic Games in London.
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