In Bolt's defense no sprinter could ever race in that many events. A body can only take so many sprinting events over a one week period. If he were to race in that many events he would likely destroy his body in short order. That and there is very little relation to begin with between sprinting events, and the longer distance one's.
I don't think there has ever been (or ever will be ) a sprinter capable in racing that many events.
Meanwhile many swimmers do race in 5+ events at every Olympics. Swimming is a lot easier on the body than track.
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