RALEIGH, North Carolina,  (Reuters) – A fatigued  Usain Bolt will wait until this weekend to decide whether or  not to compete in China and South Korea later this month, his  agent told Reuters yesterday, rebuffing media reports the  world’s fastest man had canceled his Asian trip.

“I have informed both organisers in Shanghai and Korea  (Daegu) that we will continue to analyse his performance until  after the world athletics final (in Thessaloniki, Greece on  Sunday), and see how he is,” Ricky Simms said in a telephone  interview from London.

Triple Olympic and world champion Bolt is scheduled to run  100 metres races in Shanghai on Sept. 20 and Daegu on Sept. 25  after competing in a 200 metres at Thessaloniki.

The 23-year-old Jamaican said after recent meetings in  Zurich and Brussels the long season in which he broke both his  100 and 200 metres world records has left him fatigued.

“He’s a jewel in the crown of athletics… he’s the golden  man… and hopefully can run for 10 years, so we don’t need to  over race him this year,” Simms told Reuters.

“Yes, he could earn good money (in Asia) but it is very  important that he not over do it this year.
“It will be pretty much after Sunday, when we make a  decision,” Simms said.
The trip to Asia, if he makes it, would be Bolt’s first  since his eye-catching, triple gold performance at the 2008  Beijing Olympics in which he set world records in the 100 and  200 metres and led Jamaica to a world mark in the 4×100 metres  relay.

Bolt shattered both individual world records with another  stunning performance at last month’s world championships in  Berlin, running 9.58 seconds in the 100 metres and 19.19 in the  200. He also led Jamaica to the world 4×100 metres relay gold.

“We have been analysing his performances and everything  since the world championships — Coach (Glen) Mills and myself  — and everyone saw he was very, very tired in Zurich,” Simms  said.
Bolt needed a late surge to win the 100 metres in 9.81 at  Zurich on Aug. 28, but looked much stronger a week later in  racing 19.57 seconds over 200 metres in Brussels.

“He ran well in Brussels, but was also complaining that it  was very tough, he was getting tired,” Simms said. “So we are  analysing what he does the rest of the season.”
Bolt made obvious after Brussels what he would like to do.

“Oh my God, I can’t wait. I’m really looking forward to  going home,” said the sprinter, who has been on the road since  July 1.