Usain Bolt said the only thing that he “missed out on” during his unrivaled career was breaking 19 seconds in the 200m.
Bolt, who owns the 200m world record of 19.19 from 2009, finally gave up on his goal of lowering the mark at an interesting time and place — during the Rio Olympic 200m final.
“In my mind, I genuinely thought I could run under 19 seconds until I came off that corner and my legs decided that we weren’t going to do anything about this,” Bolt said Friday in Monaco for the annual IAAF awards gala.