Bolt Aiming to Crack 19 Seconds in 200 Meters

Published by EuroSport on October 13, 2015

Six-times Olympic champion Usain Bolt has already strated his preparations for next year's Rio Games and has sent a warning to his competitors - he thinks he is capable of breaking 19 seconds in the 200 metres.

Bolt's record of 19.19 seconds for the 200 has stood since Aug. 20, 2009, four days after he set the 100m record of 9.58 seconds, both at the world athletics championships in Berlin.

"I really want to run under 19 seconds," Bolt told Reuters from his training base at the University of West Indies in Kingston as he began preparations for next year's Rio Olympics. "It's one of my major goals.