{"id":22548,"date":"2013-09-11T14:18:29","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T12:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/bolt-confesses-to-ignoring-sex-ban\/"},"modified":"2013-09-11T14:18:29","modified_gmt":"2013-09-11T12:18:29","slug":"bolt-confesses-to-ignoring-sex-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/bolt-confesses-to-ignoring-sex-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolt confesses to ignoring sex ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=16307\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16307\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16307 \" alt=\"Usain refused to give up partying as it was his way of letting off steam. Photo: Getty Images\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/ea795_24733-600x399.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"279\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Usain refused to give up partying as it was his way of letting off steam. Photo: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt revealed that he ignored a sex ban imposed by his coach because he needs to \u201clive fast\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old has written in \u2018Faster than Lightning: My autobiography\u2019, which is being serialised by The Times, that he failed to listen to his coach\u2019s advice because he needed to let off steam in between training.<\/p>\n<p>Bolt wrote: \u201cOne time he even told me to avoid sex. If I had followed coach\u2019s advice, though, I would have driven myself insane. I knew that every now and then I had to live fast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old Jamaican explains in his book how he coped with the pressure that comes from being a global brand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoing out occasionally, dancing and chilling with friends was <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/bolt-to-retire-after-rio-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\">a release valve from the pressures of living in the spotlight<\/a>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt helped me to work properly on the track and nobody, nobody was going to tell me otherwise.\u201d \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sports Mole<\/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\/ea795_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Usain refused to give up partying as it was his way of letting off steam. Photo: Getty Images Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt revealed that he ignored a sex ban imposed by his coach because he needs to \u201clive fast\u201d. 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