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Bolt eyes 200m world record in race to immortality

Usain Bolt has done it again.

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Manchester United signing Paul Pogba has hailed Usain Bolt following the superstar sprinter’s 100m gold at the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Justin Gatlin dismissed the booing of fans after being beaten by Usain Bolt in the Rio Games 100m final as the two-time doping offender insisted he had the respect of his peers. Ben Youssef Meite also went through with an Ivory Coast national record time of 9.97.

Victory on a warm night at the Olympic Stadium left Bolt a 200m victory and a 4x100m relay success away from completing his mission.

“After the semifinals I felt extremely good and, as I said, I wanted to run faster”, he told BBC Sport.

Bolt, the 2008 and 2012 Olympic champion, had already earned the right to be regarded as the greatest sprinter in the history of athletics after accumulating more golds on the track than anyone else. “But just the turnaround time they gave us, normally we get two hours to two hours 20 minutes, [but] we got like an hour and 20 minutes”.

“I was surprised. It’s the first time I ever came into a stadium and they actually booed somebody, so for me it was shocking”, Bolt added.

“Man, at the end of the day being the oldest guy in the field and to say I’m going to be the oldest guy to get on the podium, it’s a victory within itself”, said the 34-year-old. “But for me I didn’t care about that”.

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The image, snapped by Australian photographer Cameron Spencer for Getty, pretty much sums up Bolt’s dominance and will probably go down as the most memorable of the Rio Olympics.

Van Niekerk added a world record and Olympic gold to his world title