The victory gave Bolt a total haul of nine gold in three Olympic Games, a record he now shares with Finnish distance runner Paavo Nurmi and American sprinter and long jumper Carl Lewis.
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The world’s fastest man is now a ideal nine-for-nine in Olympic finals. In each Olympic, he won the gold medal in the three events he competed in.
“I’m happy I’ve accomplished so much”. Bolt is now a flawless nine-for-nine in Olympic finals.
“There you go”, he said.
Felix had been bumped in the preliminary heats and lost the baton, but the US team protested and got a second chance – a solo re-run that allowed them to qualify on times.
“There’s no one on the anchor leg who can outrun me when we get the baton”.
“I told the guys that if they didn’t come through for me I’d beat them up!”
Asafa Powell, who ran the opening leg of the relay, said he was thrilled by Bolt’s accomplishments.
The world’s fastest man blew kisses to the stands.
It’s the end of an era. But it’s been a great career, I’ve done all I can do.
Reigning Olympic champion Jennifer Suhr finished equal-seventh, having been badly hampered by illness following her arrival in Rio. He declared after his 200m success on Thursday night that his legs refused to go faster and he felt exhausted.
“It’s hard work, sweat and sacrifice”, he said on what was behind his achievements.
He remains, though, utterly dominant. That is all relative, though. Its 37.27 seconds was the fourth fastest in history.
― Reuters picRIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 20 ― Usain Bolt said a ferocious dedication to his sport lay behind his incredible Olympic career yesterday after capturing his unique “triple-triple”.
He retained both titles in London 2012, but the times, 9.63 (100m) and 19.32 (200m) were off the world’s best marks. “I’m proud of myself”.
Bolt’s journey to greatness was not without doubt and early questions were raised as he sluggishly won in his opening 100m race.
The U.S. men’s basketball team was pushed once again by Spain before prevailing 82-76 on Friday to earn a shot at a third straight gold medal. “It was a nightmare”, said Gatlin, who, along with his teammates, found out about the DQ while parading the USA flag around the track. “You work so hard with your teammates, guys you compete against nearly all year long”.
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With most of the lights turned off in the Olympic Stadium, Usain Bolt celebrated his ninth Olympic gold medal by organising his own javelin competition.
