Bolt proved to be in a class of his own in Rio yet again, winning all three sprint gold medals to complete an unprecedented triple triple.
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He led the Jamaican 4x100m relay team to victory on Saturday night, pulling off a triple triple – three gold medals in three events at three consecutive Olympics.
Taking the baton from Nickel Ashmeade after Asafa Powell and Yohan Blake had made the early running, Bolt charged home to secure the relay’s time of 37.27. The U.S. team was disqualified. “I am just relieved”.
“I knew it was going to be done and I’m definitely going to miss the crowd and the energy, and I’m going to miss the competition”.
He later paid tribute to fans for their support on Twitter, writing: “You guys never doubted me a min and for that I belong to you guys forever”.
Despite competing in Lane One, the American women’s 4×100 metre relay comfortably won gold. “I’m the greatest.” In media interviews after winning his last gold medal, Bolt clarified that this was in fact his last Olympics. I told the guys: ‘don’t give me too much work to do!’
The US team were forced into a solo re-run of their qualifier on Thursday, having overturned a disqualification for a dropped baton exchange between Felix and Gardner.
“It felt like we were really strong tonight”.
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In the eight years since Beijing, the 11-time world champion has become one of the best known sportsmen on the planet and with the “triple-triple” has a legitimate claim to the title of greatest Olympic track and field athlete ever.
Apart from criticism in the United States, Lochte and three other swimmers with him face an International Olympic Committee disciplinary inquiry. “I am the greatest”. He won this medal two days before his 30th birthday.
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The United States’ NBA stars beat Spain 82-76 to go into a men’s basketball final on Sunday against Serbia, who beat Australia 87-61. In an all-European final at the Maracana Stadium, the Germans defeated Sweden 2-1. There’s no one on the anchor leg going to out-run me.
