Usain Bolt warns fellow professional athletes: quit doping or the sporting activity will certainly pass away

Usain Bolt has issued a stark warn to his fellow athletes that they must stop doping otherwise track and field will die

Usain Bolt has issued a stark warn to his fellow athletes that they must stop doping otherwise way and field will die. The triple Olympic 100 m and 200 m champion was of the view that the athletic was on the mend in accordance with the staggering revelations of state-sponsored doping in Russia but confessed more needed to be done to tackle the scourge of performance-enhancing drugs.

I dont think it gets any worse than that, he said, referring to the problems in Russia which he concurred had left the sport at rock bottom. But its on its way back up now. Hopefully, athletes will see whats going on and understand that if they dont stop what theyre doing the sport will die. And hopefully they will understand what the sport is going through and what they need to do as athletes to help it move forward.

But Bolt, who will hang up his spikes after the world championships in London which start on Friday, said he was still optimistic that these perennial problems could be tackled. You cant be happy about doping at all, its not good for the athletic, he added. But over the years were doing a better task, its get clean and were catching up to a lot of athletes. Theres an understanding that, listen, if you cheat you are able to get caught. Over hour the sport will get better.

I said a couple of years ago it had to get really bad, when theres nowhere else to go but up. The only route track and field has left to go is up.

Bolt has raced only three times this season, and last month appeared to be struggling with a back injury, but he insisted he was still the man to beat in the 100 m, the qualifying rounds for which start on Friday. For some reason I am the underdog, he told. That is what my team keep telling me so I have to prove myself once more. But I am confident in my abilities, always. When I go out there I am fully confident and ready to go 100%.

The last 100 m race I operated was a 9.95 sec which proves I am going in the right direction. It is all about who can keep their nerves. I have been here many times and I know I am ready. It is go time.

Bolt, who turns 31 later this month, also gave an emphatic answer when asked how he would feel on Saturday night after the 100 m final. Unbeatable, he said. Usain Bolt has retired unbeatable over that event. For me this is gonna be the biggest headline. Unbeatable and unstoppable.

The Jamaican also insisted that he had been provided with extra motivation to win yet another world title in accordance with the tragic death of his close friend Germaine Mason, the Olympic silver medal winning high jumper, in a road accident in April.

It was a rough time, he told. I have never had someone who passed away so close to me. I didnt train for three weeks. My coach gave me my space, he gave me my time to get over it. But at some point the close net of people I was with said: Listen to us, Usain, I know it is hard but you need to get back educate because Germaine would have wanted it he was looking forward to coming to your last race and seeing you compete and finishing off your legacy.

That actually helped me get going again. It was hard. But now I genuinely want to do it for him and his family and all the friends that supported me in the hard times.