Master splinter Usain Bolt made history yet again after winning a third consecutive Olympic 200m gold on Thursday to keep alive his hopes of an unprecedented “triple triple” in Rio.
The victory in his favored event was Bolt’s 13th individual world or Olympic sprint title from a possible 14 since he took athletics by storm at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The 29-year Jamaican timed 19.78 seconds for gold. Canadian Andre de Grasse took silver with 20.02sec and France’s Christophe Lemaitre winning bronze 20.12.
However, Bolt is not satisfied with his time of finishing, hopes to improve in his last race in this Rio Olympic.
“I wasn’t happy with the time,” he acknowledged. “My body just wouldn’t respond in the straight,” According to AFP.
“No, I can’t grasp what I’ve achieved, definitely not,” he added
Bolt admitted that he hadn’t felt great down the back stretch, timing what was the slowest 200m of all his individual victories.
While expressing his feeling over his victory Bolt added: "It is something you work so hard for and when the moment comes when you are happy and also relieved. The fact I came here and everything worked out is a brilliant feeling."
Asked about his future in the 200m at a major championship, Bolt, who has stated his intention to retire after next year's World Championships in London, said: “I’m getting older and my body is ageing. Personally I think this is my last 200 but my coach may beg to differ.”
To put Bolt’s greatness in perspective, no male athlete before him had won the sprint double at Olympic Games or World Championships more than once. Bolt, staggeringly, has now done so six times. If he can anchor the Jamaican quartet to victory in tomorrow night’s 4x100 metres, he will become the first-ever athlete to complete the ‘triple triple’ (three gold medals in as many disciplines and Olympics).
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