“I’m a big deal, everybody loves me and for me to be compared to Bob Marley, it says it all”, Bolt said.
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Andre de Grasse was the other athlete in the group to book a spot in the final with 9.92 seconds.
But Bolt told reporters Monday night that, under the right circumstances, besting his own time in the 200-meter wouldn’t be outside the realm of possibility.
The Puma-sponsored Jamaican sprinter became the first person to win three straight gold medals in the 100-meter event.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Usain Bolt rarely complains about going too fast.
Not only did he set a new personal record in the event with his time of 9.91 seconds, he took the bronze medal in the process in a field that wound up being unbelievably tight.
Gatlin has twice been suspended and twice came back to the sport.
Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt streaked into the final of the men’s 100 metres at the Rio Olympics with a cheeky mid-race grin at his rivals.
Four men have run quicker over the distance this season, with LaShawn Merritt of the United States leading the times with a best of 19.74sec, set at the US Olympic trials in Eugene on July 8.
It was the seventh Olympic gold medal of Bolt’s career as he confirmed his status as the greatest sprinter in history.
Victory on a warm night at the Olympic Stadium left Bolt a 200m victory and a 4x100m relay success away from completing his mission. “It was ridiculous. I felt so good in the semifinals”. “But it’s a position I’ve never been in before”.
American Justin Gatlin, fastest in the world this year with 9.80 and likely to be Bolt’s main threat in the final, also looked strong and controlled his semi-final in clocking 9.94. “Two more medals to go and I can sign off. Immortal”.
Justin Rose won the first golfing gold medal at the Olympics in 112 years Sunday, beating Henrik Stenson by two strokes, and Simone Biles added a third gold in gymnastics, capturing the women’s vault title. “He delivered, and credit to him”, Gatlin said.
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“I really want [the] 200m world record”. I just ask people, when they come out here, they’re getting enthralled in the excitement, I understand that.
