Confident His Record Will Not Be Broken At The Tokyo Olympics, Usain Bolt: They Are Not Yet At 9.58 Seconds Or 19.19 Seconds

JAKARTA - Former Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt believes his record series will not be broken when athletics is competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics starting next Friday.

Bolt is the world record holder for the 100 meters with a time of 9.58 seconds and 19.19 seconds for the 200 meters, both of which he scored at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Germany.

Both records were sharpened from the 9.69 seconds and 19.30 seconds he set when Bolt won the men's 100 meters and 200 meters gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Later, Bolt also won the men's 100 meters gold at the 2012 London Olympics, to raise his Olympic record time to 9.63 seconds.

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"I'm very confident," Bolt said during a talk hosted by the Olympics' official Instagram channel, @olympics, on Wednesday.

"I'm not saying it won't happen. But looking at those who will appear, I don't think they are at the level of 9.58 seconds or 19.19 seconds. We'll see," he added.

Among the runners who will compete in Tokyo later, Bolt highlighted American sprinter Trayvon Bromell.

The 26-year-old is currently the fastest in the world ahead of the Olympics, when she clocked 9.77 seconds for the 100 meters on June 5.

"He's really stepped up and shown that he's ready and fit," said Bolt.

"As long as he maintains his condition, he will be at the front," he concluded.

Athletics will begin on Friday, July 30, with the men's 100 meters contested on August 1 and the men's 200 meters three days later.