Usain Bolt announced that he will retire from track & field after the 2017 World Championships in London, which he confirmed in an interview with the Daily Mail on Sunday.
 

He had previously hinted that he would retire after the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, but Bolt acknowledged to the Daily Mail that his sponsorship commitments have forced him to continue sprinting until 2017.
 

“That was the initial plan [to retire after the Rio Games],” Bolt told the Daily Mail. “But my sponsor has asked me to go on for another year, to 2017 and London.”
 

“I’ll be doing one event, the 100. I’ve already discussed it with my coach. I can concentrate on that, and on retiring on a winning note.”
 

The world record-holder in the 100m and 200m has won six Olympic gold medals and five World Championship gold medals during his career while representing Jamaica.