Usain Bolt has made his feelings very clear as three teenagers smash his sprinting records.

Usain Bolt has been witnessing a new wave of young track stars surpass the records he set in his youth.

The 38-year-old retired Jamaican sprinting icon, an eight-time Olympic gold medalist, left an indelible mark on athletics with his astonishing world records, including a blistering 9.58 seconds in the 100m and 19.19 seconds in the 200m at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. Even as a teenager, Bolt was rewriting the record books, setting world-best times across various junior categories. However, these longstanding benchmarks are now being eclipsed by emerging talents.

Last May, 16-year-old Nickecoy Bramwell made headlines by breaking Bolt’s U-17 400m record at the Carifta Games in Grenada. Bramwell shaved 0.07 seconds off Bolt’s 47.33s mark from 2002, achieving the feat with a time of 47.26s. Reflecting on his achievement, he said, “It’s a wonderful feeling to break the record. Since last summer, I’ve been aiming for it, and I’m looking forward to even better things.”

Rather than lamenting the loss of his record, Bolt welcomed the rise of new talent in athletics. He expressed optimism about the sport’s future, telling ‘Express’, “After me, things slowed down a bit because of my personality and how big I was in the sport. But I see young athletes coming up, and some of them have the charisma the sport needs. Hopefully, things will change in the coming years.”

Bramwell isn’t the only one rewriting Bolt’s records. Australian teen sensation Gout Gout stunned the athletics world by running a remarkable 20.04 seconds in the 200m at the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships in the U-16 category, surpassing Bolt’s 20.13s mark from 2003. Additionally, Gout Gout broke the all-age Australian record of 20.06s, set by Peter Norman at the 1968 Olympics. Reflecting on his unexpected success, he said, “I didn’t think I’d get the record this year maybe next year or the year after.”

Meanwhile, British sprinting prodigy Divine Iheme sent shockwaves through the athletics community by clocking an extraordinary 10.3 seconds in the 100m at just 14 years old. His time obliterated Bolt’s 10.57s mark at the same age and even outpaced the career trajectory of current Olympic champion Noah Lyles, who was nearly a full second slower at that stage. Iheme’s mother, Nkiruka, recalled the moment with ‘The Telegraph’, saying, “When I saw 10.3 on the timer, I started screaming, running around, and jumping up and down in excitement. The commentator went crazy it was an unforgettable moment.”

As a new generation of sprinters continues to push the limits, Bolt’s legacy remains as a source of inspiration, proving that records are made to be broken.