Former Olymic Gold medalist and chairman of the London Organising Committee for the 2012 Olymics Game, Sebastian Coe, said triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt could get set for another world record. Because of the emergence of Yohan Blake and the return of American Tyson Gay all performing at the London Olympics this could push Bolt to even higher accomplishments.

Bolt, who holds world records in the 100m (9.58) and 200m (19.19), has been head of the pack on the international sprinting stage, losing only once since dominating the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games where he claimed three gold medals, all in world record time.

His one loss came all the way back in August 2010 – when Gay got the better of Bolt in Stockholm.

Sebastian Coe as reported in The Times of India newspaper said on Wednesday (29), “I do think it’s possible (for Bolt to run 9.4), but also having watched the extraordinary performances of Yohan Blake, his countryman, and Tyson Gay in the States it is not going to be a pushover either. I’m absolutely convinced that Usain can run faster, but this will be a Games that’s very competitive at 100 and 200.

“I do seem to remember scientists telling people if they tried to break the four-minute mile, they would probably die in the process. I remember scientists telling me it was probably unlikely that anybody would run significantly under 1:43 for 800 metres.”

Coe’s world record of 1:41.73 for the 800 stood for 16 years.

The former 800m and 1500m star athlete, who himself broke 13 world records and won two Olympic titles, also weighed in on the global fight against doping while warning against becoming suspicious towards every outstanding achievement.

“Nobody comes from nowhere. Usain Bolt has been around a long time working very hard. It’s far too easy to simply say ‘they’ve made rapid and dramatic progress and therefore they’re on some kind of illegal supplement’. That’s rarely the case,” argued Coe.