In the illustrious realm of the sprinting world, one name is often considered to reign supreme-Usain Bolt; from starting a humble journey to becoming an undisputed king of track and field, Bolt’s journey is a saga of sporting glory, unwarranted determination and high. Despite his retirement in 2017, Bolt is seen making headlines each day.

Nowadays, Bolt is again under the spotlight not for his sprints but for the records he registered a few years back. Interestingly, Often dubbed as the “fastest man alive”, is now finding himself in the unique position of passing the touch of glory to a new generation. But how is this possible when his records still need to be fixed??

Reliving Usain Bolt’s track and field journey

8 Olympic gold medals owner Bolt has been the face of the last Olympic Games. Bolt made his first appearance back in 2001 at the IAAF World Youth Championships held at Debrecen, Hungary. Although he failed to qualify for the finals, he somehow managed to achieve the personal best of 21.73s. 

To reminisce about his incredible sprinting journey from 2001 to 2017, UsainBolt.28, took to Instagram and posted a video of him running in multiple races. The post was penned “From Nothing To King“. After his first race, Bolt marked significant improvement and ran record-breaking races in 100 meters, 200 meters, and 4X100 meter relays. 

Eventually, by 2007, Bolt became the fastest man in history, setting his first world record in a 100-meter race at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, which helped him rise to international fame. Following his Beijing Olympics win, he triumphed in 100 meters, 200 meters and relay to accomplish a legendary triple while breaking world records. 

However, as Usain Bolt retired in 2017, he is no longer running to break records at national or international events. Therefore, there are possibilities that a new generation of sprinters take up the task and shatter the records set by Bolt. 

Will a new generation of athletes break Bolt’s records?

Currently, Usain Bolt holds the record for the fastest run of 9.58 seconds that he made in a perfect race at the IAAF World Championships in Germany. Even though Bolt holds the records for both 100 meters and 200 meters, the 200 meters is likely to be broken as it has more time and is longer. 

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In an interview with World Athletics, Usain Bolt said, “I think the hundred is going to be harder because its quicker, and if you make a mistake during the race, you are not gonna get it. So it’s a lot more technical; so I believe a hundred metres is gonna go last,” the Trelawny native told World Athletics in a recent interview.”

There are many incredibly talented sprinting stars who may take up the opportunity to shatter previously set records this season. Will Usain Bolt’s 200-meter record be broken this season at the 2024 Paris Olympics?  

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