Rio de Janeiro: The fastest man on earth, made his final Olympic bow here in Rio on Friday with the pleasure of remembering all that has come before tinged with regret that there will be no more.Three Olympics, three gold medals in each.
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As for the future for Bolt himself, he said he was looking forward to getting “a lot of love” when he gets back to Jamaica and would then start thinking about his post-athletics life. We get to know the women that owns the heart of the fastest man alive a little better. “But he’ll learn. He’s still a young man”. To see what he has accomplished, it is phenomenal.
“It’s just one of those things, but the key thing is that I won and you guys know that the only thing that matters is the gold medal”.
While Lawrence was lost for words, Bolt summed it up perfectly.
The 29-year-old put on a show, anchoring Jamaica ahead of Japan and the Canada to complete the “triple-triple”, having swept the 100m, 200m and 4x100m in Rio, just like he did at the Games in Beijing and London previously.
He ran the race with Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake and Nickel Ashmeade to take the gold medal in 37.27 seconds altogether and praised his team who “came through for him”. This promoted Canada to the bronze medal.
USA Track and Field, the body that governs the sport in America immediately filed an appeal against the disqualification, USA Today reports.
“I’m the greatest.” In media interviews after winning his last gold medal, Bolt clarified that this was in fact his last Olympics.
“I’ve got to do it twice at these Olympic Games and they kind of got robbed of that experience”, De Grasse said of his teammates.
That gave Cheruiyot revenge for her second-place finish behind the Ethiopian in the 10,000 a week ago.
Skelton appeared on the verge of tears at the culmination of so many years and injuries finally landing him on top of the medal podium.
“He deserves all of the accolades”, Lawrence said.
Usain Bolt is the world’s number one. He has the talent, the skill, the charisma, he’s very playful.
To say the Americans have a baton problem is an understatement.
“Continue being who you are, continue being humble, continue being that being that effervescent person that you are”, Lawrence replied. He is the only Olympian to ever accomplish this feat.
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“My team came through for me tonight”, said Bolt after the race. But I’m definitely going to miss the crowd and the energy and just the competition.
