Olympics: Bolt makes history with third 100m gold

Bolt thundered into Olympic history here Sunday, catching an uncommon third back to back 100m crown to affirm his place in the pantheon of the best competitors the world has ever seen.

The 29-year-old Jamaican legend, contending in his last Olympics, controlled over the line in 9.81sec, vanquishing drug-corrupted American opponent Justin Gatlin who brought silver with Andre De Grasse of Canada guaranteeing bronze.

Gatlin, who had been booed by the Rio swarm as he was presented, crossed in 9.89sec with De Grasse only behind in 9.91.

Jolt jogged away in festivity after a heavenly win, lolling in the praise of the stadium and notwithstanding bringing selfies with fans amid his lap of honor.

He then enchanted the fans with his customary "lightning jolt" posture as reggae impacted out of the stadium sound framework.

The triumph allowed Bolt remaining to sit unbothered in the 120-year history of sprinting in the present day Olympic amusements.

No other competitor — man or lady — has ever won three back to back individual Olympic sprint titles.

It likewise leaves Bolt on track to finish a unimaginable "triple-triple" of securing 100m, 200m and 4x100m hand-off titles for a third successive Olympics.

Jolt, the 2008 and 2012 Olympic champion, had effectively earned the privilege to be viewed as the best sprinter in the historical backdrop of games subsequent to amassing a greater number of golds on the track than any other individual.

In any case, the Jamaican's most recent triumph deletes any last waiting questions that he should be positioned nearby any semblance of Muhammad Ali, Pele and Michael Jordan as the sort of once-in-an era competitor who rise above their games.

Jolt's win — his eighteenth gold in Olympic and World Championships since 2008 — turned away what may have been an advertising calamity for the medication discolored universe of olympic style events.

A debasement outrage including the game's previous rulers, who were blamed for tolerating rewards to conceal positive medication tests, and an examination which charged an intricate state-supported doping framework in Russia have dove olympic style events into the most exceedingly terrible emergency in its history.

A gold decoration for Gatlin on Sunday would have made uncomfortable survey for some — world games boss Sebastian Coe among them — who have pushed that serial doping wrongdoers ought to be banned forever.

Be that as it may, those fears were cleared away by the grinning, giggling figure of Bolt, for so long the game's most appealling actor.

Gatlin, who has served two medication bans amid his long profession, made an effective begin to lead once again the initial 50 meters.

Be that as it may, when Bolt's head came around the midpoint the American was in a bad position and the protecting champion surged home around a meter clear of the field.


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