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Usain Bolt doesn't believe his world record in the 100 metre sprint will be beaten any time soon ahead of the Paris 2024 Games.
The iconic Jamaican sprinter broke the record for the sprint at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
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He then shortened that time of 9.69 seconds to 9.58 as he won World Championship gold in 2009.
No one has been able to edge that since - and Bolt doesn't see that changing in the near future.
Speaking to talkSPORT Drive ahead of this Sunday's Soccer Aid, where he will be competing, the 37-year-old was asked if he sees anyone beating his record.
"Not now," he said. "I've not seen the talent yet to get there."
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Tyson Gay and Yohan Blake have come the closest to breaking Bolt's record with a time of 9.69 seconds in 2009 and 2012 respectively.
Marcel Jacobs won the men's 100m at Tokyo 2020 with a time of 9.80 seconds.
Now, a new generation of stars are looking to beat that and Bolt's record at Paris 2024 this summer.
American Noah Lyles is the reigning world champion and recently declared his ambition to go one better than Bolt and win four gold medals at one Olympic Games.
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"One thing I respect about Lyles is his confidence," Bolt added.
"That's the thing he has over most of these athletes. Last year, he wasn't supposed to win the 100m, but he has the confidence that he's going to win.
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"The others guys are going in there fearing him. He's not worried. He's like, 'I'm going to beat you'. But the other guys are worried.
"He's good, but he's not that good, at the level, yet. I think he will get better over the years. So the fact he is winning now is crazy."
Meanwhile, Bolt suggested he could have been even faster in his prime.
"My coach said you haven't seen the best of Usain Bolt," he said.
"And I thought it was crazy when he said it to me. I think I'm different.
"I was never the type of person who could go 100 per cent and train all year. I was never that person.
"I needed breaks to have fun and go and relax, then come back to track and field.
"My coach hated it, but he understood it. I needed to take time off to go and be a human. But we understood each other.
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"He would say, these next two months are very important so you need to lock in, and I would say, cool - let's go."
Bolt and plenty of other big-name stars will be in action at Stamford Bridge for Soccer Aid this Sunday, live on talkSPORT.