Usain Bolt in pictures: Fastest Man Alive aims for gold at IAAF London 2017
USAIN BOLT is en route to make history this month when he retires after his final race in the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London. Here is a look at the sprinter’s best photographs to commemorate his incredible career.
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The 4x100m relay race on August 12, will be Usain Bolt’s last ever professional race, the reigning Olympian announced in 2015.
Usain was a initially set to retire after the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, but his sponsor convinced him to make one last effort at the Athletics Championship in London.
"My sponsor has asked me to go on for another year; to 2017 and London," he announced.
"But I'll be doing one event, the 100. I've already discussed it with my coach. I can concentrate on that, and on retiring on a winning note."
Usain “Lighting” Bolt is arguably the greatest sprinter in the history of the sport, having achieved the ‘Triple Treat’ of three consecutive gold medals at three consecutive Olympics.
He holds the world record in the 4x100m relay, is the first person to hold both the 100 metres and 200 metres world records and is the fastest human alive.
His undefeated records are 9.8 seconds in the 100m, 19.19 seconds in the 200m and 36.84 seconds in the 4x100m.
The 30-year-old eight-time Olympian from Sherwood Content, Jamaica, first appeared on the radar during the 2008 Beijing Olympics where he scored a triple-whammy in record times.
The legendary sprinter already demonstrated his talent for running at the age of 14, when he broke out onto the regional Jamaican circuit.
From then on he worked his way up the competitive ladder, entering the IAAF World Junior T&F Championships in Kingston in 2002.
Usain Bolt holds three world records to his name
Usain broke onto Jamaica's athletic scene in 2014
The Jamaican sprinter won three consecutive races in three consecutive Olympic events
My sponsor has asked me to go on for another year; to 2017 and London
Soon after he broke the Word Junior Record in the 200m with a time of 19.93 seconds at the CARIFTA Games in Hamilton, Bermuda.
His incredible career has earned him four Laureus World Sportsman of the Year awards as well six IAAF Male Athlete of the Year titles.
Outside of sports he has a lucrative clothing line deal with Puma and runs his restaurant ‘Tracks & Records’ in Kingston, Jamaica.
The sports legend owns a restaurant in Kingston
His final 4x100m race in London this month will be his final ever
After retiring, Usain wants to settle down and have a family of his own
After his professional athletic career comes to an end, he plans to settle down and start a family with his partner Kasi Bennett.
Speaking to the Sun in November 2016, Bolt said: "After my retirement we will move on to that step.
“I am moving steady with my girlfriend. It is getting there, I am getting to know her better and we are working together very well.”