'I get out of breath walking up the stairs these days,' says Bolt

Usain Bolt made his comeback to the world of track and field on Sunday night and, for a moment, it was like the good old days.

- Sean Ingle

There was his trademark To Da World pose before the 100m finals. The adulation of 60,000 fans in Tokyo’s National Stadium. A reminder of glories past.

The Jamaican had not watched athletics at all since retiring in 2017 until seeing Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Oblique Seville win gold. And, as he also admitted, he now spends his time streaming movies and building Lego - and even gets out of breath when he walks up stairs.

However, when asked why the new crop of sprinters isn’t as quick as his generation, despite the advances in spike and track technology, Bolt’s competitive instincts fired back to life. “You want the real answer? We’re just more talented,” he said. “That’s all I’m saying. Of course, it shows when it comes to the men. You can see the women are different. They're running faster times and faster times. So it shows - it has to be the talent.”