Bolt to ease training load in bid to prolong career

 Bolt to ease training load in bid to prolong career

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Sprint¹ champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica has revealed plans to diminish his training program in a bid to prolong his career.

Bolt, 26, said on Tuesday his best chance of adding to his haul of six Olympic gold medals was to avoid over-exerting his body between now and the Rio Games in 2016.

"I'm going to try to not train too hard and not force my body more than I need to," Bolt said during a promotional visit to Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday.

"Right now I'm at my physical peak and as you get older it gets harder to maintain that level. But my goal is to reach a peak that is even higher than what I have achieved."

Having previously² expressed his desire to compete in the long jump in Rio, Bolt revealed he was still unsure whether the move could be detrimental³ to his performances in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay.

"The idea was to compete in the long jump but I've spoken to my coach (Glen Mills) about it and he is concerned," Bolt said.

"Jumping causes problems in the knees and hips⁴. We will make a decision soon but I won't do something that is going to negatively affect my performance in the other events."

Bolt admitted his intention to break his own 100m and 200m world records at the Rio Games and reiterated⁵ his desire to be classified alongside Michael Jordan and Pele is the greatest athletes of all time.

"I want to be the best in my sport," Bolt said. "If the media and my fans compare me to those great icons⁶ then I will be happy. I will continue working as hard as I can so that I can be considered in their company."

1 sprint   

n.短距离赛跑；vi. 奋力而跑，冲刺；vt.全速跑过

参考例句：

• He put on a sprint to catch the bus.他全速奔跑以赶上公共汽车。
• The runner seemed to be rallied for a final sprint.这名赛跑者似乎在振作精神作最后的冲刺。

2 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

3 detrimental   

adj.损害的，造成伤害的

参考例句：

• We know that heat treatment is detrimental to milk.我们知道加热对牛奶是不利的。
• He wouldn't accept that smoking was detrimental to health.他不相信吸烟有害健康。

4 hips   

abbr.high impact polystyrene 高冲击强度聚苯乙烯，耐冲性聚苯乙烯n.臀部( hip的名词复数 )；[建筑学]屋脊；臀围（尺寸）；臀部…的

参考例句：

• She stood with her hands on her hips. 她双手叉腰站着。
• They wiggled their hips to the sound of pop music. 他们随着流行音乐的声音摇晃着臀部。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 reiterated   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。

6 icons   

n.偶像( icon的名词复数 )；（计算机屏幕上表示命令、程序的）符号，图像

参考例句：

• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons. 用图标来区分重要的文本项。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Daemonic icons should only be employed persistently if they provide continuous, useful status information. 只有会连续地提供有用状态信息的情况下，后台应用程序才应该一直使用图标。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓