There’s no one on the anchor leg going to out-run me.
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Bolt, who has now won an astonishing 20 Olympic and world titles, matched American sprinter and long jumper Carl Lewis and Finnish long-distance runner Paavo Nurmi with nine Olympic golds.
“There you go. I’m the greatest”, said the Jamaican, who kissed the finish line as he played to the crowd and the cameras.
“I’m trying to be one of the greatest”.
The United States originally finished third but were disqualified for an illegal baton change. That promoted Canada to the bronze medal.
“It was the twilight zone”. I have to give thanks to the guys, they really came through for me and I’m really happy about that. “All that hard work just crumbles”.
Meanwhile, the US team was disqualified – again.
“I would hope he’ll settle down, get married and start his family”, she recently told CNN’s Don Riddell “I know he’ll settle down because he has said it”.
Usain Bolt insisted it was “mission accomplished” after signing off with a “treble-treble” in his final Olympic race, predicting that his achievements may never be broken. Nobody’s done that before, and nobody’s on the horizon to do it again soon.
Along for Bolt’s final trip down the track were Nickel Ashmeade, training partner Yohan Blake and the Jamaican elder statesman, former world record-holder Asafa Powell. No world record, but he still has a piece of that one, too – it’s 36.84 seconds, set four years ago at the London Games. He also owns the records in the 100 (9.58) and 200 (19.19).
“I am just relieved”.
Bolt, who said at the start of the week that he would be an “immortal” if he claimed the ‘triple triple, ‘ had no doubt that he deserves more acclaim. It’s come true. The pressure is real.
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“It’s a relief because I’ve had all this pressure over the years to achieve gold medals, back-to-back all the time”.
