Usain Bolt may well go for four gold medals at the 2012 Olympic Games in London - but it won't be his decision.

"For me, I don't know," Bolt said, when asked about the possibility of chasing four golds. "I always leave the decisions up to my coach."

Speaking ahead of tomorrow's Van Damme Memorial athletics meet, Bolt said that if it were up to him, he would favour adding the long jump to the 100, 100-relay and 200-metre sprints, rather than the 400, which many observers believe he is ideally suited for.

In Beijing, his coach Glen Mills did not confirm Bolt for the 100 until the last moment, despite the fact that he was the world record holder in the blue riband event.

Of course, the rest is history as Bolt went on to win the 100, 200 and 100-relay golds, all in world record times.

Four Olympic golds

After a second golden triple at the Berlin World Championships last month, everyone seems convinced that Bolt could be the first track athlete to capture four Olympic golds at the same Games since Carl Lewis achieved the feat in Los Angeles in 1984.

It would also place Bolt - who has declared his desire to become "a legend" - in the most exalted company. Aside from Lewis, the only other male athlete to have won four Olympic track and field golds was Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Games.

Bolt said if he does decide to go for four, it would take meticulous preparation.

"You don't want to try something new and then something goes wrong."

Bolt has such faith in his coach that he said he would happily go against his own wishes if Mills thought it would be better for him to tackle the 400 rather than the long jump - Owens and Lewis both added the long jump to their three sprint events.

Bolt already runs some 400s early in the season to boost his stamina for the 200.

Natural speed

"It really gives you speed and endurance," the Jamaican sprinter said. "The 400 I don't want to do, but I think I'll do it in the future because my coach can be very convincing and he'll find some argument for me to do it."

Bolt himself would prefer to add the long jump, relying on his natural speed to send him flying.

"I think I would be pretty good. I tried it when I was young, just messing around."

For the moment though, he's focusing on the 200 at the Van Damme. He tried out the new Mondo track yesterday and wants to beat the 19.79 seconds stadium record set by Tyson Gay three years ago.

"19.70 is my goal on Friday," said Bolt, who had a blistering run of 19.19 in Berlin to shatter his own world record.

Gay will be running the 100 because a lingering groin injury would be put under too much pressure during the opening curve.