Bolt is retiring after his final 100 metres at August's world championships in London and Gatlin, who is competing in the U.S. trials this weekend, hopes to be in the race. "It's going to be a changing of an era," Gatlin told Reuters. Although he has beaten Bolt only once, Gatlin said the race would also be fun. "When I came back into the sport, my goal was to be...I said to myself 'I just want to be shoulder to shoulder with him'," Gatlin told reporters at the U.S. nationals/world trials. While London will be the last race for the 30-year-old Bolt, Gatlin, more than four years older, hopes to continue running.

Source: The Star June 23, 2017 18:11 UTC