Usain Bolt on his track greatness: "I wanted to set high standards and I did"

TOKYO (AP) — On the night track turned to Jamaica once again to find the World’s Fastest Man, the greatest Jamaican sprinter was in a sky box in the stadium — his presence literally hovering over a sport that hasn’t been the same since he left.

Oblique Seville might be the new 100-meter world champion. Usain Bolt remains the only track star of this century whose fame cascades well beyond sports.

Eight years since his retirement, nobody has come close to matching his times or his presence. In an interview before Sunday night’s races at the track worlds, he said he feels great about that, because “that’s what I worked for.”

“When I was competing, I was working to break the benchmark,” he said. “Now that I’ve retired, it’s a great feeling to know that I’m the benchmark if you want to be th