<p>Usain Bolt laughed off suggestions he may be ‘past it’ and said he is looking forward to defending his world titles at 100 and 200 metres in Moscow in August.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Bolt, who will run the 200M at the Bislett Games on Thursday, said he has his “eye on the prize” of the worlds and is not overly concerned after coming off a rare defeat in the 100M last Thursday.<br /><br />Bolt lost by one-hundredth of a second to American sprinter Justin Gatlin in Rome, the Jamaican’s first significant international loss since the false-start disqualification at the worlds in South Korea in 2011. “I’ll just point something out. In ’08, I lost one race and I won the Olympics that year,” Bolt told a news conference. <br /><br />“(The loss to Gatlin) doesn’t say much. All I’m concerned about really, is the championship. Running the runs, getting into shape, figuring out what I need to do to get to the championship.”<br /><br />His dominance is also being questioned as rivals Gatlin, Tyson Gay of the US and Jamaican teammate Yohan Blake begin to look like they could threaten him this season.<br />Bolt respects them all.<br /><br /> “Never try and single out one person to see who’s the strongest, because in track and field people get injured all the time,” Bolt said. “If I focus on one person and they get injured, then what?”</p>
<p>Usain Bolt laughed off suggestions he may be ‘past it’ and said he is looking forward to defending his world titles at 100 and 200 metres in Moscow in August.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Bolt, who will run the 200M at the Bislett Games on Thursday, said he has his “eye on the prize” of the worlds and is not overly concerned after coming off a rare defeat in the 100M last Thursday.<br /><br />Bolt lost by one-hundredth of a second to American sprinter Justin Gatlin in Rome, the Jamaican’s first significant international loss since the false-start disqualification at the worlds in South Korea in 2011. “I’ll just point something out. In ’08, I lost one race and I won the Olympics that year,” Bolt told a news conference. <br /><br />“(The loss to Gatlin) doesn’t say much. All I’m concerned about really, is the championship. Running the runs, getting into shape, figuring out what I need to do to get to the championship.”<br /><br />His dominance is also being questioned as rivals Gatlin, Tyson Gay of the US and Jamaican teammate Yohan Blake begin to look like they could threaten him this season.<br />Bolt respects them all.<br /><br /> “Never try and single out one person to see who’s the strongest, because in track and field people get injured all the time,” Bolt said. “If I focus on one person and they get injured, then what?”</p>
