Usain Bolt has not ruled out his 100m world record being broken in the future.
The sprinting icon has also revealed what prevented him from breaking the record again during his career.
YouTube / The FixBolt has revealed what stopped him breaking the 100m world record again[/caption]
Bolt’s time of 9.58seconds at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin has stood for over 15 years.
The Jamaican also set the current 200m world record just four days later before completing the set with a 4x100m best at London 2012.
However, he believes he would have gone even quicker in 2011 had it not been for injuries.
Appearing on The Fix podcast, Bolt explained: “If I hadn’t got injured in the season, I would have broken the record again.
“That year, I was floating. I was running very well and the coach was excited. It was the first time I heard him say we were going to race and break the world record.”
Bolt would ultimately end 2011 with a season’s best of 9.76seconds in the 100m, faster than anyone else in the world that year.
He also missed out on the chance to break his world record in the World Championships final in Daegu.
A false start saw Bolt disqualified from the race, with compatriot Yohan Blake winning gold in his absence.
As for whether anyone will break Bolt’s record in his lifetime, he added: “Anything is possible.
“Track and field is evolving fast with the new spikes, everything changes. It’ll take some work but records are records.”
YouTube / The FixBolt has also tipped a current Jamaican sprinter for stardom[/caption]
GettyOblique Seville has been highlighted by Bolt for the future[/caption]
Bolt’s 200m world record of 19.19seconds also remains intact eight years on from his retirement.
Meanwhile, he clocked 36.84seconds alongside Blake, Michael Frater and Nesta Carter in the 4x100m final at London 2012.
Jamaica won just one medal in men’s sprinting at last summer’s Olympics in Paris, though.
Kishane Thompson took silver behind Noah Lyles in the 100m final.
However, Bolt has tipped another athlete, Oblique Seville, to take Jamaica back to the top of men’s sprinting.
He continued: “Oblique can do it. If he can stay fit through the season and get it right, he can do it because I’m sure there’s something there, the ability to do it.
“Some of the time, Oblique is kind of fragile. I don’t know if it’s the work situation, if he’s doing enough work, but he can do it. He’s not missed a final yet, so he has to just to get over the hump.
“The coach believes in him, it’s up to the athlete now to put it all together. Let’s see what he does this season. He’s on the right path, he should get better and better.”
Seville qualified second-fastest behind Thompson for the Olympic final in 2024, where he finished eighth.
The 23-year-old’s current best time in the 100m came in the French capital as he clocked 9.81seconds in his semi-final.