Three-time Olympic 100m champion Usain Bolt recorded one of his slowest time at the 2016 Olympics explains why explains why it wasn’t his best performance.
Three-time Olympic 100m champion Usain Bolt will remain the greatest sprinter in history until maybe his records get broken someday.
The fastest man alive first came into the spotlight at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The Jamaican disappointed a stacked field that was composed of compatriot Asafa Powell, Richard Thompson, Walter Dix, Churandy Martina among others.
Usain Bolt has reflected on overcoming fear and intense pressure during pivotal moments in his career.
The then 22-year-old cut the tape in 9.69 seconds to win his first Olympic gold medal. Four years later, Bolt would lower his own record in the London Olympics, taking 0.06 seconds off to emerge victorious in 9.63 seconds.
In his last Olympic appearance, Bolt’s winning time of 9.81 seconds was his slowest at the Olympics, but a season’s best and the second fastest of the year behind Gatlin. De Grasse’ 9.91 was a new personal best, and Meite set a new national record of 9.96 for 6th.
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Following his retirement from professional athletics, Usain Bolt has not been in the lime light more often and here are some things you might be curious to know about him since then.
Remembering his performance in Rio while comparing all his three Olympic performances, Bolt previously told the Independent: “It wasn’t perfect, but I got it done and I’m pretty proud of what I’ve achieved,” said Bolt, who beat Gatlin by 0.08seconds. “I expected to go faster, but I’m happy that I won. I did what I had to,” he added.
Bolt was slow to get out of the blocks, slower than Gatlin, but Bolt had the power to surge through in the final 60 metres and win what was then his seventh Olympic gold medal – though he would later be stripped of his 2008 relay gold due to a doping violation by team-mate Nesta Carter.
Bolt gained worldwide fame for his double sprint victory in world record times at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which made him the first person to hold both records since fully automatic time became mandatory.
An eleven-time World Champion, he won consecutive World Championship 100m, 200m and 4×100 metres relay gold medals from 2009 to 2015, with the exception of a 100 m false start in 2011. He is the most successful male athlete of the World Championships.
