Bolt cements legacy with 200M victory in Rio

Usain St Leo Bolt, has now firmly cemented his legacy in world history, by being the first athlete to win three consecutive Olympic gold medals in the 200 metre race.

 

He did so last night following his victory in the 200M at the Rio Olympic games. Despite not achieving his objective of breaking the world record, Bolt still ran an impressive 19.78 seconds to win his second gold of  the games. He finished ahead of  Canada's Andre de Grasse in 20.02 and France's Christoph Lemaitre in 20.12. Bolt says things are going as planned and he was looking forward to the 4X100 relays.

 

With his victory Jamaica becomes the first country to sweep the sprint double for both men and women.