Usain Bolt has decided to end his 2014 season and will not compete in
the 100m in the IAAF Diamond League final in Zurich on Thursday,
organisers for the Swiss meeting said on Sunday on the IAAF website.
Bolt's background training this year was disrupted by injury and while
his coach Glen Mills is satisfied with his performances in the three
competitions he took part in, he feels it is now time to bring an end
to the season while the sprinter is healthy and injury free, with a
view to his preparations for the 2015 season.
Bolt will now take a period of rest, do some sponsor activities, and
then resume training in October.
Patrick Magyar, Meeting Director of Weltklasse Zurich, regrets but
understands Bolt and his coach's decision: "Usain's body has delivered
tremendous performances over the last years but it is a body and not a
machine. If an athlete of that level and his coach feel more rest is
needed, we are certainly not going to question this and fully support
this decision."
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