The 28-year-old six-time Olympic gold medalist also says that he will just focus on the 100m in 2017.
Bolt had suggested that the Rio Games in 2016 would be his last major championship but he now appears to have changed his mind to make a return to London.
Bolt's achievements in sprinting have earned him the media nickname "Lightning Bolt", and awards including the IAAF World Athlete of the Year, Track & Field Athlete of the Year, and Laureus World Sportsman of the Year (three times). He is the highest paid athlete ever in track an d field. He has been called the world's most marketable athlete. By winning three gold medals at the 2013 World Championships, Bolt became one of the most successful athletes in the 30-year history of the athletics world championships.On 14 February 2015, Bolt announced that he intends to retire from athletics after the 2017 World Championships in London
Bolt's main focus for 2015 will be the World Championships in Beijing from 22-30 August where he will be looking to add to his haul of eight world golds and the 28-year-old also has one eye on breaking his own 100m world record of 9.58 seconds, set in Berlin in 2009.
"If everything goes well this season...in my life anything is possible. If I can get myself in good shape, it should be wonderful this season," he added.
"I live for competition. I thrive on competition. I live to compete against the best."
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