As Usain Bolt fuels retirement talk we should 'cherish' him

Jamaican sprint king says he is only 50-50 to make it to London in 2017 and could retire after Rio Olympics

Usain Bolt
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Where would we be without Usain Bolt? A day after his 200m triumph and run-in with a Segway in Beijing the Jamaican sprinter is once again being hailed as the greatest ever, but we should "cherish" him while we can because his reign could come to an end sooner than expected.

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