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‘When I walk up stairs, I get out of breath:’ Usain Bolt on how |
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retirement made him feel human again |
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN |
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6:19 AM EDT, Tue September 16, 2025 |
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Source: CNN |
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Eight-time Olympic champion is human just like the rest of us, |
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admitting retirement sees the famed sprinter now getting out of breath |
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after walking up the stairs. |
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Widely regarded as the greatest sprinter of all time, the 39-year-old |
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– who still holds the world records for the 100m, 200m and the 4x100m |
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relay – told reporters at the that due to a ruptured achilles, he no |
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longer runs. |
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“No, I mostly do gym workouts. I’m not a fan, but I think now that |
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I’ve been out for a while, I have to actually start running because, |
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when I walk up stairs, I get out of breath,” he told assembled media |
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in , including and The Telegraph. |
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“I think when I start working on it fully again, I will probably have |
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to do some laps just to get my breathing right.” |
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The Jamaican announced his retirement from elite sprinting in 2017. |
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When asked about his daily routine nowadays, he said now he spends much |
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of his time with his children. |
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“Well normally, I wake up just in time to see the kids off to school, |
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and then it depends on what I have to do. If I have nothing to do, I |
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just chill out. I might work out sometimes if I’m in a good mood. I |
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just watch some series and chill until the kids come home. |
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“I spend some time with them, hang out, until they start annoying me |
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then I leave. And then afterwards, I just stay at home and watch movies |
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or I’m into Lego now, so I do Lego.” |
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When asked why the current cohort of runners haven’t yet caught up |
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with his generation, in spite of technological advancements including |
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such as spikes, he replied: “You want the real answer? We’re just |
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more talented. |
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“That’s all I’m saying. Of course, it shows when it comes to the |
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men. You can see the women are different. They’re running faster |
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times and faster times. So it shows – it has to be the talent.” |
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He nodded to fellow Jamaican sprinting legend times post-spikes. |
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“You have Shelly, who has got the new spikes, and she ran faster. So |
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it’s just the talent. We’re just way more talented men over that |
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time. It shows if you look at it.” |
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