10 h. ago World's fastest man Usain Bolt now gets tired walking up stairs and reveals unusual hobby

It turns out the eight-time Olympic champ Usain Bolt is human just like the rest of us after admitting his eight-year retirement has left him more unfit

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35 h. ago Oblique Seville backs current sprint crop to get down to 9.6sec but says Bolt will always be best

World champion says ‘only matter of time’ to reach 9.6secSeville dismisses effect of Noah Lyles’ mind gamesOn Sunday night, Oblique Seville became the first Jamaican to win the men’s 100m world title since Usain Bolt. But it turns out the 24-year-old’s mind is just as quick as his blistering leg speed.In an interview to celebrate his victory, Seville is asked if he were to design a sprinter what would he look like? The questioner expects a long answer. Perhaps Justin Gatlin’s start, Michael Johnson’s mentality, and Bolt’s leg speed? Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Usain Bolt makes startling admission on his fitness eight years after retirement

Usain Bolt will go down as an Olympic great but after dealing with an injury post-retirement the Jamaican now struggles to walk up the stairs without getting out of breath

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61 h. ago I get out of breath walking up the stairs these days, admits Usain Bolt

He says his generation ‘just more talented’ than today’sLegendary sprinter no longer runs and is ‘into Lego now’Usain Bolt made his comeback to the world of track and field on Sunday night and, for a moment, it was like the good old days. There was his trademark To Da World pose before the 100m finals. The cheers and adulation of 60,000 fans in Tokyo’s National Stadium. A reminder of glories past.The Jamaican had not watched athletics at all since retiring in 2017 until watching Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Oblique Seville win gold. And, as he also admitted, he now spends his time streaming movies and building Lego, and even gets out of breath when he walks up stairs. Continue reading...

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65 h. ago Teen sensation Gout Gout aiming for personal best over podium at first World Championships

Gout, 17, is already earning comparisons to Usain Bolt

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68 h. ago Usain Bolt on his track greatness: "I wanted to set high standards and I did"

On the night track turned to Jamaica once again to find the World’s Fastest Man, the greatest Jamaican sprinter was in a sky box in the stadium — his presence literally hovering over a sport that hasn’t been the same since he left

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3 d. ago Jamaica’s Oblique Seville powers to world 100m glory in front of Usain Bolt

Bolt, the last Jamaican to win this title a decade ago, was in attendance at the Japan National Stadium and was treated to a Jamaican one-two.

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3 d. ago World Athletics Championship: Jamaica’s Oblique Seville wins men’s 100m gold

Seville led home a Jamaican one-two as Olympic champion Noah Lyles had to settle for bronze.

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3 d. ago Oblique Seville rips 100m field apart to deliver worlds glory and gold to Jamaica

Kishane Thompson takes silver with Lyles landing bronzeUsain Bolt watches on in delight with Jamaican one-twoWhen Oblique Seville was 10, he told his mum that he wanted to be coached by Usain Bolt’s coach Glen Mills. That came to pass when he joined the famous Racers Track Club in Jamaicas. And, on a night of twisting drama, so did his dream of becoming the 100m world champion.To make an extraordinary night even better, the greatest performance of his career came in front of Bolt himself, who was cheering and punching like a superfan as Seville ran down his fellow Jamaican Kishane Thompson to take gold in 9.77 sec. “It’s a pleasure to have Usain watching me,” Seville told the crowd. “We’re the next generation.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago World Athletics Championships 2025: 100m finals, men’s 10,000m and more – live

Updates from the evening session on day two in TokyoWomen’s marathon drama | And you can mail DanielEr, BBC are showing us highlights of the morning sesh, and there’s nowhere to watch the stadium live. I’m sure we’ll catch up soon, but in the meantime, Josh Kerr is safely through to the next round of the men’s 1500m.First up this morning/evening, we’ve got the heats of the men’s 400m. Matt Hudson-Smith, the Olympic silver medallist goes in those for GB – he’s fourth-fastest in the world this year. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Davina McCall credits unusual hobby for 'saving her' during her brain tumour diagnosis

TV presenter Davina McCall has opened up about the darkest days of her brain tumour diagnosis before she thankfully got the all clear in April of this year

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5 d. ago Usain Bolt fires warning to Gout Gout ahead of World Championships debut

There is plenty of excitement about Australian sprinter Gout Gout, with hopes the 17-year-old can follow in the footsteps of Olympic legend Usain Bolt, but man himself has issued a warned to the teenager

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6 d. ago Study predicts Usain Bolt would have run 100m in 9.42 seconds in super spikes

Data showed Bolt would have knocked 0.16sec off recordLegend backs Jamaicans to beat Lyles in Tokyo 100mA new scientific study has predicted that Usain Bolt would have run the 100m in 9.42 seconds in super spikes – an astonishing 0.16 faster than his current world record set in 2009. But one man who isn’t arguing is the legendary Jamaican himself.Bolt, who is in Tokyo to present the medals for the 100m final at the world athletics championships on Sunday, said he wasn’t surprised with the findings. “I fully agree with it,” he said. “Because one athlete that continued after I retired was Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and she got faster with the new spikes. I probably would have run way faster with them too.” Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Study predicts Usain Bolt would have run 100m in 9.42sec in super spikes

Data suggests Bolt would have knocked 0.16sec off recordLegend backs Jamaicans to beat Lyles in Tokyo 100mA new scientific study has predicted that Usain Bolt would have run the 100m in 9.42sec in super spikes – an astonishing 0.16sec faster than his current world record set in 2009. But one man who isn’t arguing is the legendary Jamaican himself.Bolt, who is in Tokyo to present the medals for the 100m final at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, said he was not surprised with the findings. “I fully agree with it,” he said. “Because one athlete that continued after I retired was Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and she got faster with the new spikes. I probably would have run way faster with them too.” Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Usain Bolt issues warning to teen sensation Gout Gout about step up to seniors

Gout makes his World Championships debut in Tokyo next week

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6 d. ago Usain Bolt warns ‘very talented’ Gout Gout about step up to seniors ahead of worlds

‘The transition to senior from junior is always tougher,’ says retired starSeventeen-year-old Gout has earned comparisons to the JamaicanUsain Bolt has warned Australian schoolboy sprint sensation Gout Gout that translating teenage talent into world and Olympic titles is a tough process.Gout has earned comparisons with the Jamaican sprinting great after a string of fast times over the last year, and some in Australia have already installed him as favourite to win gold on home soil at the 2032 Brisbane Olympics. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Usain Bolt 'not worried' about records being broken by today's cast of sprinters

In the 16 years since Usain Bolt posted his world records in the 100 and 200 meters, nobody has really come close to toppling them

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8 d. ago Tom Brady's hot megafan shows off 'nice staircase' and reveals vital statistics

Tom Brady megafan Veronika Rajek stunned her fans with an astonishing Instagram display, but her fans were too busy admiring something else eye-catching

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8 d. ago Between Moon Tides: hacking nature to save the saltmarsh sparrow documentary

Sea levels are rising in New England at some of the fastest rates in the world. On a quiet ribbon of saltmarsh in Rhode Island, septuagenarian Deirdre isn’t prepared to accept the loss of her beloved saltmarsh sparrow - the species is facing extinction before 2050 due to elevated high tides inundating nests and drowning fledgling birds. Leading a team of citizen scientists, Deirdre unravels the secret to finding delicate nests amid thick marsh grass, while they design and deploy a low-cost ‘ark’ to try to raise the sparrow nests to safety. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘You’ve grown’: Gout Gout reaches new heights in his bid to emulate Bolt

Sprinter’s coach has noticed recent change in 17-year-oldTeenager could still add more height to his gangly frameSprint sensation Gout Gout is already the fastest Australian to have run the 200m, and Usain Bolt has described the 17-year-old’s appearance “like young me”. While he’s beginning to catch up with Bolt’s times, the teenager is also catching up to the towering Jamaican in height.Gout’s running style has an uncanny resemblance to Bolt’s, with long strides and an upright stance supporting his ability to reach a high top speed, even if he continues to work on his starts. Continue reading...

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