Track King Usain Bolt to end his career after London

Usain Bolt is considering his options after retiring from sprinting, which could come as early as the London 2012 Olympics.

On Friday, the world and Olympic 100- and 200-meters champion said he’d assess his career options after London, and could switch to the long jump.

This month, the 24-year-old Jamaican told British media he’d like to pursue a professional football career and gave himself another four years in track and field.

“Definitely I will go one more Olympics … and from there I will decide what I want to do,” Bolt was quoted as saying on Friday by the Australian Associated Press.

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Only the best from the respective continental championships have been invited in Croatia for the track and field event that will be held on Sept. 4-5.

Rudisha trimmed 0.02 of a second from Wilson’s Kipketer’s world 800m record with a stunning 1:41.09 run in Berlin on August 22 before running an astonishing 1:41.01 in Rieti last Sunday; he will be expected to claim maximum points for Africa in Split.

Rudisha’s main opposition will be European champion Marcin Lewandowski (1:44.30) of Poland and Michael Rimmer of Britain (1:43.89. US champion Nick Symmonds of the Americas (1:43.76) could also be a threat.

Africa’s boast a powerful three-man team in the 1,500m led by Olympic champion Asbel Kiprop of Kenya, who will be confident of adding another title to his already impressive list.

African Championships silver medallist Amine Laalou of Morocco (3:29.53) is the second fastest on the 2010 World Lists and is another danger as is Ethiopia’ s consistent Mekonnen Gebremedhin (3:31.57).

The main challenge to African dominance could come from 20-year-old Australia prodigy Ryan Gregson, who set a national record 3:31.06 in Monaco.

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Commonwealth Games an exposure to Olympics

SOUTH Africa’s chances of winning more medals at the 2012 London Olympics are slim after a small team was named for the Commonwealth Games in October.

This is according to athletics great Sam Mlangeni, speaking after the SA Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee president Gideon Sam named the team yesterday.

Sascoc are sending a team of 11 track and field athletes, with no room for the marathoners, including top runners like Hendrick Ramaala. Mlangeni said he could not believe that potential medallists like Rene Kalmer, Lebo and Lebohang Phalula are not in the team.

“I still can’t believe we are sending such a small team to the Commonwealth Games, I thought we were going to send just over 20,” Mlangeni said. “Most of the countries are using the Commonwealth Games to expose their athletes to int

ernational competition and prepare them for the Olympics.”

Sascoc president Gideon

Sam said they were confident that the athletes and swimmers would continue taking the lead in terms of winning medals.

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