<p>Jamaican track star Usain Bolt is considering retiring after the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he said on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>But any plans for going out to grass at the age of 30 would come after three more years of domination that might include a pop at the Commonwealth Games next year and another shot at bettering his own 200m world record.<br /><br />Bolt has dominated the competitive world of sprinting since claiming three gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games but hinted ahead of Friday’s season-ending Diamond League meet in Brussels that Rio would be his third and last.<br /><br />“After the 2016 Olympics: that seems to be a good idea, retiring when I’m still on top of my career,” said the six-time Olympic gold medallist.<br /><br />“But again, if I want to continue to dominate on the track I can’t afford an off season, that is a lesson that I have learned. This wasn’t a perfect season for me. I won but it was not in a ‘Usain Bolt fashion.’”<br /><br />‘Usain Bolt fashion’ or not, the 27-year-old Jamaican still claimed a treble gold at last month’s world championships, taking his world gold medal haul to eight.<br /><br />“Now that I’m getting a bit older, I know that I have to stay injury free, maintain focus and act responsible,” he said. Bolt added that any plans for the 2014 season, a year with no global championships, would be taken in October after he had taken some time off.<br />“I will prepare for the next season very well. First, I encouraged my coach (Glen Mills) to turn it down a bit but he convinced me that that is a bad option,” he said.<br /><br />“You need to continue working hard, reduce the risk to get injured and not having to pick it up from scratch.,” he said.</p>
<p>Jamaican track star Usain Bolt is considering retiring after the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he said on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>But any plans for going out to grass at the age of 30 would come after three more years of domination that might include a pop at the Commonwealth Games next year and another shot at bettering his own 200m world record.<br /><br />Bolt has dominated the competitive world of sprinting since claiming three gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games but hinted ahead of Friday’s season-ending Diamond League meet in Brussels that Rio would be his third and last.<br /><br />“After the 2016 Olympics: that seems to be a good idea, retiring when I’m still on top of my career,” said the six-time Olympic gold medallist.<br /><br />“But again, if I want to continue to dominate on the track I can’t afford an off season, that is a lesson that I have learned. This wasn’t a perfect season for me. I won but it was not in a ‘Usain Bolt fashion.’”<br /><br />‘Usain Bolt fashion’ or not, the 27-year-old Jamaican still claimed a treble gold at last month’s world championships, taking his world gold medal haul to eight.<br /><br />“Now that I’m getting a bit older, I know that I have to stay injury free, maintain focus and act responsible,” he said. Bolt added that any plans for the 2014 season, a year with no global championships, would be taken in October after he had taken some time off.<br />“I will prepare for the next season very well. First, I encouraged my coach (Glen Mills) to turn it down a bit but he convinced me that that is a bad option,” he said.<br /><br />“You need to continue working hard, reduce the risk to get injured and not having to pick it up from scratch.,” he said.</p>