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They probably would Asafatize him. Money would become more important than racing and medals and he would retire rich but with only one Wold Championship medal. MVP would demand lots of money for a Bolt/Blake clash but wait they not clashing now!
Track Club head coach Glen Mills has dismissed speculation that his two world champions, Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake, can't coexist in the same camp because of the impending rivalry expected at this year's London Olympics.
"They are talking rubbish. They are rivals on the track; they are not rivals in their lives," Mills asserted.
Yohan Blake (left) and Usain Bolt celebrate Jamaica’s sprint relay victory at the IAAF World Athletic Championships in Daegu, South Korea last summer. (Photo: Bryan Cummings)
Yohan Blake (left) and Usain Bolt celebrate Jamaica’s sprint relay victory at the IAAF World Athletic Championships in Daegu, South Korea last summer. (Photo: Bryan Cummings)
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"The fact that you compete against each other is not a criteria for you to be enemies," Mills, yesterday's guest speaker at the launch of the Camperdown Classic, told the Observer.
Bolt, the double world record-holder over 100m and 200m, has been the top man in Mills' camp for years, but the emergence of Blake after winning the 100m at the 2011 Daegu World Championships and running an astonishing 19.26 over 200m has positioned him as the main threat to Bolt's sprinting dominance.
With that in mind, some experts believe that for Blake to step out of Bolt's shadow, he must find a new camp to be really focused on conquering his training partner Bolt.
"I am a professional. I carry out my duties with each athlete to the best of my ability, whether you are fast, slow or a champion," Mills reiterated.
Mills, who was asked by Bolt to become his coach shortly after the 2004 Athens Olympics, has since guided the athletic phenomenon to dizzying heights.
Bolt was initially a 200-metre specialist, but Mills suggested his young charge improve his stamina to run over 400 metres. However, with Bolt much keener on running the 100 metres, Mills promised the former William Knibb star he could run in the short dash provided that he break the national 200m record.
Bolt broke Donald Quarrie's 36-year-old record by 0.11 seconds, clocking 19.75 seconds at the Jamaican Championships in June 2007, and Mills acceded to Bolt's demands and allowed him run the 100m.
The rest is history.
Bolt then took the world by storm and is the double sprint record-holder with 9.58 seconds over 100m and 19.19 over 200m.
But Blake, 22, has risen to be one of Bolt's main challengers after winning the 100m World Championships title in Daegu last year in 9.92 after Bolt was disqualified for false-starting.
Blake, the former St Jago star, lowered his personal best over 100m to 10.82 in Zurich last year while beating former world record-holder Asafa Powell.
He also clocked a mind-boggling 19.26 for 200m in Brussels, Belgium — the second fastest time ever, behind Bolt's world record and faster than the 19.41 Bolt ran in landing the gold medal in Daegu last year.
American Olympic champion Maurice Green has tipped Blake to beat Bolt at this year's London Olympics. Green, who won the Olympic 100m title in 2000 in Sydney, argues that Bolt has "trouble in close races".
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport...#ixzz1lKNS4B5m
Track Club head coach Glen Mills has dismissed speculation that his two world champions, Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake, can't coexist in the same camp because of the impending rivalry expected at this year's London Olympics.
"They are talking rubbish. They are rivals on the track; they are not rivals in their lives," Mills asserted.
Yohan Blake (left) and Usain Bolt celebrate Jamaica’s sprint relay victory at the IAAF World Athletic Championships in Daegu, South Korea last summer. (Photo: Bryan Cummings)
Yohan Blake (left) and Usain Bolt celebrate Jamaica’s sprint relay victory at the IAAF World Athletic Championships in Daegu, South Korea last summer. (Photo: Bryan Cummings)#slideshowtoggler { FILTER: none !important; ZOOM: normal !important}#slideshowtoggler A { FILTER: none !important; ZOOM: normal !important}#slideshowtoggler IMG { FILTER: none !important; ZOOM: normal !important}
1/1 "The fact that you compete against each other is not a criteria for you to be enemies," Mills, yesterday's guest speaker at the launch of the Camperdown Classic, told the Observer.
Bolt, the double world record-holder over 100m and 200m, has been the top man in Mills' camp for years, but the emergence of Blake after winning the 100m at the 2011 Daegu World Championships and running an astonishing 19.26 over 200m has positioned him as the main threat to Bolt's sprinting dominance.
With that in mind, some experts believe that for Blake to step out of Bolt's shadow, he must find a new camp to be really focused on conquering his training partner Bolt.
"I am a professional. I carry out my duties with each athlete to the best of my ability, whether you are fast, slow or a champion," Mills reiterated.
Mills, who was asked by Bolt to become his coach shortly after the 2004 Athens Olympics, has since guided the athletic phenomenon to dizzying heights.
Bolt was initially a 200-metre specialist, but Mills suggested his young charge improve his stamina to run over 400 metres. However, with Bolt much keener on running the 100 metres, Mills promised the former William Knibb star he could run in the short dash provided that he break the national 200m record.
Bolt broke Donald Quarrie's 36-year-old record by 0.11 seconds, clocking 19.75 seconds at the Jamaican Championships in June 2007, and Mills acceded to Bolt's demands and allowed him run the 100m.
The rest is history.
Bolt then took the world by storm and is the double sprint record-holder with 9.58 seconds over 100m and 19.19 over 200m.
But Blake, 22, has risen to be one of Bolt's main challengers after winning the 100m World Championships title in Daegu last year in 9.92 after Bolt was disqualified for false-starting.
Blake, the former St Jago star, lowered his personal best over 100m to 10.82 in Zurich last year while beating former world record-holder Asafa Powell.
He also clocked a mind-boggling 19.26 for 200m in Brussels, Belgium — the second fastest time ever, behind Bolt's world record and faster than the 19.41 Bolt ran in landing the gold medal in Daegu last year.
American Olympic champion Maurice Green has tipped Blake to beat Bolt at this year's London Olympics. Green, who won the Olympic 100m title in 2000 in Sydney, argues that Bolt has "trouble in close races".
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport...#ixzz1lKNS4B5m
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