BRAZILIAN football star Pele has named world’s fastest man Usain Bolt as the best Olympic athlete of a generation.The Jamaican will look to become the first man in history to claim victory in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m events in three consecutive Olympic Games. Despite the fact that a slight hamstring strain has hampered his preparations for Rio, Bolt is heavily favoured to repeat the feat.
The Brazilian football superstar Pele has never taken part in the Olympic Games and joked that he would definitely have been the best Olympian to have ever participated in the showpiece.
“I have never participated in the Games. Otherwise I would have said myself,” Pele quipped with Le Parisien.
“But, seriously, right now, there is Usain Bolt. He is the man who imposes his style. He is already a legend. The Olympics is different for football and it is difficult to compare. But Bolt is above everyone else. I was the master of football, he is the master of the new generation,” he added. (Sportsmax.com)