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Usain Bolt can break more records, says mother

Updated on: 05 August,2010 07:15 AM IST  | 
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Usain Bolt, the fastest man on Earth, will smash his world records yet again if he listens to his mum, she told AFP.

Usain Bolt can break more records, says mother

Usain Bolt, the fastest man on Earth, will smash his world records yet again if he listens to his mum, she told AFP.


Jennifer Bolt, the Jamaican sprinter's mother, said she had tried simply telling her son to run even faster, but gentle encouragement combined with hard work in training would see him break his already incredible record times.





Jennifer said she was very close to her 23-year-old son and talks him through the challenges of staying ahead of his rivals when he needs a mother's reassuring advice. "If he trains well, continues training, he will run faster," she said.

Bolt's 9.58 seconds in the 100m and 19.19 seconds in the 200m, set in Berlin, are the world records by a comfortable margin.

His three gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics transformed him into a global sporting icon. But Jennifer was not surprised by the way her son rolls back the frontiers of human speed.

"I'm not astonished. I know he can do it. So when the time is right, he'll go out and do his best.

"When it's a good day, I know he'll go out, and the record time will come, if he has a good day. I don't know how fast he can go."

Jennifer Bolt, a former sprinter herself, said she cannot simply pull rank and order her boy to run even quicker.

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