Usain Bolt says recent drugs revelations involving Jamaican sprinters have set the sport back. Photo: Martin Rickett / PA
Usain Bolt has insisted that he is not a cheat and that the recent doping scandals in sprinting have set the sport back.
Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson are among a number of athletes to fail recent tests ahead of the world championships next month.
Bolt admitted “It’s going to set us back a bit,” adding that he hopes to “help people forget what has happened” with his own performances. But he stressed: “I am clean.”
He said: “If you were following me since 2002 you would know that I have been doing phenomenal things since I was 15.
“I was the youngest person to win the world junior title at 15, I ran the world junior record at 18, the world youth record at 17.
“I have broken every record there is to break, in every event I have ever done. For me, I have proven myself since I was 15. “For me, I have shown I was always going to be great.” – The Guardian
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