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Bolt rules out 2012 triple individual target

Published:Wednesday | June 3, 2009 | 11:07 AM

Usain Bolt, the 100 and 200 meters Olympic champion and world record holder, has ruled out running for three individual gold medals at the 2012 London games; acoording to reports on ABS-CBNNEWS.COM.



It was suggested earlier this week that organizers could rearrange the schedule to allow Jamaican Bolt to defend his titles, as well as run in the 400 meters race in London.



Bolt told reporters at the launch of his track club late Tuesday \"I never actually said that I could run three events, because that\'s a lot of load and I really doubt whether I can do that. I don\'t think that I could do that at one track meet, so somebody got it wrong along the line. I may be doing 100 and 200, or 200 and 400, but not all three.\"



The 22-year-old is the main attraction at the Racers Track Club, which lists his coach Glen Mills as founder and president. Bolt said the club would \"do wonders\" for Jamaica and that Mills would push the athletes to great things. \"I know a few of them come prepared every day to win, some are here because of me, but they are targeting me and want to beat me, which is something that I welcome and I look forward to them coming here,\" Bolt said.