Bolt says achieving his “triple triple” – three consecutive Olympic golds in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m – will make him immortal.
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To a man, all three mentioned after their heats the mental challenges of advancing through Tuesday’s heats into Wednesday’s semifinals with a goal of gold in Thursday’s final. Gatlin of the USA also went through to the final with a time of 9.94 seconds in the third semi-final while fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake also went through with 10.1.
Bolt’s season fastest is 19.89sec, set in London last month, but few would bet on the Jamaican not defending his 200m title for a third successive time. At the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow, photographer Oliver Morin captured an wonderful photo of Bolt sprinting just as lightning flashed above the stadium.
After having won the 100-meter sprint earlier in the Olympics 2016, Bolt will now start his run for the medal in the 200-meter sprint, which would be starting on 16th August 2016. The first Canadian to do it was Donovan Bailey, who won the gold medal in at the 1996 Olympics.
A photograph snapped by an Australian is being heralded as one of the greatest ever taken of Jamaican sports star Usain Bolt.
With Bolt conserving his energy at the end, he wasn’t close to the world record, but could he break his own world mark of 19.19 seconds in these Olympics?
“I’m happy that I keep winning, and that’s my focus right now, to keep it going”, Bolt said.
‘It’s the first time I’ve had to jog to the warmup area to get ready for the final, ‘ Bolt said. “I’m exhausted now, but happy to be through”. However, the seven-time Olympic champion felt a slightly shorter race against Van Niekerk would be a good one.
“I wanted to win the heat but the bends are really tight coming out of there”, Gemili told the BBC.
“I really want the 200-metre world record”, Bolt said.
Canada’s Andre de Gasse, bronze medalist in the 100, ran the quickest time of the session, clocking 20.09 to cross first in the final heat.
‘If I can get good night’s rest after the semifinals, it’s a possibility I can do it, ‘ Bolt said.
“I’m really proud of him”. He told THR that he was supposed to be getting field events, but he decided at the last second to try to get a slow-motion shot of Bolt.
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“I expected to go faster”, he said.
