Usain Bolt eyes Olympic triple ‘threepeat’ and sub-19 200m

Sprint king Usain Bolt aims to crown his legacy with an unprecedented Olympic threepeat at the Rio Games, and to top that off by running the first ever sub-19 seconds 200 meters.

The long-striding Jamaican suggested he might not stop there, leaving open the chance he could extend his career beyond the 2017 season he has said would be his last.

Bolt has already swept the 100 and 200m sprints at the last two Olympics and added gold in the 4x100 relays in both Beijing (2008) and London (2012) with his Jamaican team mates.

“Just to defend my titles, to do the threepeat. That’s my main goal. That’s my main focus,” Bolt told Reuters on Tuesday after helping sponsors Hublot open their biggest U.S. fine watch store with a grand opening on Fifth Avenue.

“My secondary goal is to try and run sub-19,” added Bolt, who set the world 200m record of 19.19 in 2009. “That’s something I really want and I hope that everything goes smoothly and I can get it. That would be a big step for me.”

Bolt said he has been gradually rounding into shape after dealing with ankle problems.

“I’m feeling OK,” he said. “My coach says my fitness is not where he wants it to be. Starting out this season I had a problem with my ankles and it was a setback but not that bad. We’re getting back on track and he’s happy with the progress I’m making.”

The 29-year-old said his coach, Glen Mills, wanted him to leave the retirement door open.

“Coach says I shouldn’t say I want to retire just yet... Personally, I don’t really want to continue for years and years because it’s getting hard. I have to sacrifice more and more. It takes up so much of your time,” he said.