{"id":22421,"date":"2013-09-05T02:06:01","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T00:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/bolt-plans-to-retire-after-rio-olympics\/"},"modified":"2013-09-05T02:06:01","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T00:06:01","slug":"bolt-plans-to-retire-after-rio-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/bolt-plans-to-retire-after-rio-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolt plans to retire after Rio Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/bolt-says-that-he-is-clean\/usain-bolt\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10745\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10745 \" alt=\"Usain Bolt. Photo: Martin Rickett \/ PA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/d7c46_Usain-Bolt-010.jpg\" width=\"368\" height=\"221\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Usain Bolt. Photo: Martin Rickett \/ PA<\/p>\n<p>Usain Bolt plans to retire after the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.\u00a0Bolt said Wednesday he wants to win more gold in Rio, set another world record in the 200 meters next year, and perhaps win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far, (it) is after the Olympics in Rio,\u201d Bolt said of his retirement plans. \u201cI think if I am in great shape, I\u2019ll go there and do what I have to do. I think it will be a good time to retire on top.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Winning another three golds in Moscow last month made him the most decorated athlete in world championship history with eight gold and two silvers. He has six gold medals from the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I want to be among the greats of (Muhammad) Ali and Pele and all these guys, I have to continue dominating until I retire,\u201d Bolt said ahead of his final race this season in the 100 at Friday\u2019s Van Damme Memorial.<\/p>\n<p>Bolt won the 100, 200 and 4\u00d7100 relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and at last year\u2019s London Games. <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/bolt-moves-ahead-of-carl-lewis-after-three-golds\/\" target=\"_blank\">He won the same triple at the 2009 worlds before repeating that feat in Moscow last month<\/a>.\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">AP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more Usain Bolt news,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/tag\/usain-bolt\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more breaking sporting news and views, visit MySport24 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySport24\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mysport24?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/c5b2d_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Usain Bolt. 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