The American men, who have had chronic problems handling the baton in this event in recent Olympics, finished third. “I have proved to the world that I am the greatest”.
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Usain Bolt just threw the javelin 56 meters while messing around with volunteers in a darkened Olympic Stadium. A world record over 100m, a world record over 200m, a world record in the sprint relay.
The world’s fastest man said that he “wanted to run faster” following Thursday’s 200-meter gold medal run, but his girlfriend never doubts his greatness.
When asked how he would celebrate his historic performance in Rio, Bolt replied, “I’m to stay up late and have fun. Hopefully whoever the next Canadian is, they can come for my record, and the next decade from now, I’m looking at the next Andre De Grasse”.
A team of Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake and Nickel Ashmeade all made life much easier for the superstar and he was grateful for their efforts. The last throw saw it travel 50m, which would have won him a sixth-place finish at this year’s Jamaican national championships.
“I’m 34. You guys [the media] thought I couldn’t run this fast at 34”. Hopefully, younger athletes can understand that the sport is looking for people who are full of energy. That’s what gets them going, the hype. They dropped the baton in their heat and appeared to be out of the competition. “Not just watching it”. At the same time, silver for Jamaica allowed Veronica Campbell-Brown to win a medal at a fifth Olympics dating back to the 2000 Sydney Games.
The handover between lead-off runner Mike Rodgers and Justin Gatlin was adjudged to have started before the exchange zone and the Americans were disqualified as they were on their lap of honour.
He intends to retire after the 2017 World Championships in London and will not compete at Tokyo 2020, at which point he will be almost 34.
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American Tyson Gay was the last man to beat Bolt in a major championship final – in the 200 metres at the 2007 worlds in Osaka – and, like numerous other sprinters in the final, he had nothing but praise for the Jamaican.
