自尤塞恩·博尔特创下100米和200米世界纪录以来的16年间，尚未有人真正接近打破这些纪录。

东京——自尤塞恩·博尔特（Usain Bolt）在100米和200米项目中创下世界纪录以来的16年间，尚未有人真正接近打破这些纪录。

这位田径史上的传奇人物，或许至今仍是该项目最具辨识度的明星表示，他观察当今顶尖短跑选手后，认为这一局面短期内不会改变。

“不，我一点也不担心，”博尔特在周四的彪马活动上说道，当时距离世界锦标赛开幕还有两天。“我认为人才是存在的，会有优秀的运动员涌现并表现出色。但在目前这个阶段，我没有看到任何运动员能够打破纪录，所以并不担心。”

博尔特在2009年柏林世锦赛上同时创下两项纪录——100米9.58秒和200米19.19秒。

自那时起，仅有另一位短跑选手——尤罕·布雷克（Yohan Blake）在100米比赛中跑进9.7秒大关，且200米项目中突破19.3秒的纪录保持者亦仅有布雷克一人。

美国短跑选手诺亚·莱尔斯是唯一公开宣称以博尔特纪录为目标的运动员。2023年，他因谈及9.65秒和19.10秒的成绩目标引发轰动，并表示“我有充分理由相信自己将实现前所未有的突破”。

莱尔斯（Lyles）当年在世锦赛上包揽短跑双冠，上演了博尔特式的壮举，但他在2022年世锦赛跑出的19.31秒成绩尚未打破迈克尔·约翰逊（Michael Johnson）长期保持的美国纪录。

今年男子100米最好成绩由牙买加选手基肖恩·汤普森（Kishane Thompson）创造，其9.75秒的佳绩使他成为本周日决赛的夺冠热门。预计参加决赛的选手还包括美国名将诺亚·莱尔斯（Lyles）、肯尼·贝德纳雷克（Kenny Bednarek）及牙买加选手奥布里克·塞维尔（Oblique Seville）。

博尔特预测牙买加选手将包揽冠亚军，汤普森和塞维尔将站上最高领奖台。

“关键在于他们能否专注执行——屏蔽外界干扰，坚决落实行动。”博尔特说道。

澳大利亚17岁短跑选手高特·高特（Gout Gout）凭借挺拔的跑姿和1米83的身高，常被拿来与博尔特相提并论。部分原因在于，从同龄时期的成绩来看，高特已略微领先当年17岁的博尔特。

古特会成为打破博尔特纪录的那个人吗？

“年轻时总是更容易，”博尔特说道，“从青年组转到成年组的过渡期往往更艰难。关键在于找到合适的教练，以及身边有对的人。”

博尔特表示，跑道表面和跑鞋的改进——例如彪马发布的一项研究结果显示，若穿上如今的跑鞋，他在柏林（奥运会）的百米成绩可达9.42秒——这注定会让他的纪录在未来某天被打破，只是现在还为时过早。

“生活中的一切都在进化，人们追求进步，追求更快，”他说道，“如果这真的发生了，也不足为奇。”

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In the 16 years since Usain Bolt posted his world records in the 100 and 200 meters, nobody has really come close to toppling them

TOKYO -- In the 16 years since Usain Bolt posted his world records in the 100 and 200 meters, nobody has really come close to toppling them.

One of track's all-time greats and maybe still its most-recognizable star said he looks at today's top sprinters and doesn't expect that to change anytime soon.

No, Im not worried," Bolt said at a Puma event on Thursday, two days before the start of world championships . I think the talent is there, there will be talented athletes coming up and they will do well. But at this present moment, I dont see any athete able to break the record, so not worried.

Bolt set both records 9.58 in the 100 and 19.19 in the 200 at worlds in Berlin in 2009.

Since then, only one other runner, Yohan Blake, has cracked 9.7 in the 100, and only Blake has run faster than 19.3 in the 200.

American Noah Lyles is the only sprinter to be outspoken about putting Bolt's marks in his sites. Lyles caused a stir in 2023 when he said he was thinking about times of 9.65 and 19.10, saying I have a good reason to believe I'm going to do something I've never done before.

Lyles pulled off a Bolt-like feat by winning both sprints at worlds that year, but he has yet to surpass the 19.31 he ran at the 2022 worlds to break Michael Johnson's long-held American record.

This year's fastest 100 meters was posted by another Jamaican, Kishane Thompson, whose 9.75 makes him a favorite heading into Sunday's final expected to include Lyles, American Kenny Bednarek and another Jamaican, Oblique Seville.

Bolt predicted a 1-2 Jamaican finish, with Thompson and Seville at the top of the podium.

It's all about if they can execute not listen to the noise and go execute, Bolt said.

With his upright stride and 6-foot frame, Australia's 17-year-old Gout Gout has drawn comparisons to Bolt, in part because Gout is slightly ahead of where Bolt was, time-wise, when he was 17.

Could Gout be the man to break one of Bolt's records?

It's always easy when you're younger, Bolt said. The transition to seniors from juniors is always tougher. It's all about getting the right coach, getting the right people around you.

Bolt said improvements in track surfaces and shoes Puma, for instance, released results of a study that concluded he would've run 9.42 in Berlin wearing today's shoes make it inevitable his records will fall someday. Just not now.

Everything evolves in life, people trying to get better, trying to get faster, he said. It's not going to be a surprise if it actually happens.

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