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Usain Bolt blasts "attention-seeking" Carl Lewis over doping comments

Jamaica's Usain Bolt (left) next to bronze medallist Justin Gatlin on the podium after the men's 100m at the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 6, 2012 (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/GettyImages)
London 2012 Olympic Games hero Usain Bolt has declared he has “no respect” for Carl Lewis, saying the American’s recent comments on doping were attention-seeking.

Bolt targeted the former Olympic 100m and 200m champion, whose Olympic feats he eclipsed by becoming the first man to retain both sprint titles with another scintillating performance in the 200m final.

The Jamaican was referring to recent comments from Lewis, whom he said had appeared to question the validity of his achievements.

“I want to say I have no respect for Carl Lewis. It’s looking for attention - for an athlete out of the sport to be saying things is really upsetting,” said Bolt.

“He was talking about doping and for me he was just looking for attention.”

Bolt had earlier declared himself the greatest athlete of all time after winning the 200m to retain both short sprints, something Lewis did not achieve in his prime.

The 25-year-old led a Jamaican clean sweep of the medals with Yohan Blake collecting his second silver medal of the Games and former hurdler Warren Weir taking bronze in a personal best of 19.84secs.

Bolt’s winning time of 19.32secs was the joint fourth fastest of all time and matched the time clocked by Michael Johnson in Atlanta in 1996. Bolt said he managed to equal it despite having a bad back.

Asked if the Jamaican track team were drug-free, Bolt insisted they were running clean. 

He also dismissed comments from BALCO founder Victor Conte suggesting 60% of the athletes in London are doping and criticised Carl Lewis for hinting his success may not be as it seems.

Bolt said: “It’s really annoying when people on the sidelines say stupid stuff. If you want attention then go and do something. A lot of the people who are trying to taint our sport, like Lewis…people don’t even remember who they are.

“Without a doubt we are drug-free. We train hard. I see us all train together - we throw up every day, we take ice baths, we end up flat out on the track. When people taint us it’s really hard, but we are trying our best to show the world we are running clean.”

The Jamaica 4x100m relay team are a best-priced 1/4 with Ladbrokes to provide Bolt with a third London 2012 gold medal and sixth in total at the Olympic Games.

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