Usain Bolt has on Sunday, at Rio 2016, emerged the first ever athlete to win three Olympic 100m titles back to back.
The 29-year-old Jamaican sprinter achieved this feat after he edged out American Justin Gatlin to claim the gold medal, finishing in 9.81 seconds in his final Olympics.
This is coming years after he won Gold at Beijing 2008 and London 2012.
Bolt remains on target to leave Rio with a third successive Olympic treble after winning the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay titles in 2008 and 2012, said in February he would retire from athletics after the 2017 World Championships.
“I expected to go faster, but I’m happy that I won. I’m here to perform. I did what I had to. Somebody said I can become immortal. Two more medals to go and I can sign off immortal,” he said.
Gatlin, who had been twice banned for doping offences, finished 0.08 seconds behind Bolt to take silver at 9.89 while Canada’s Andre de Grasse took bronze in a personal best of 9.91.
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