Bolt Thursday night (Aug. 10) ran the 200 meters in 19.32 seconds to finish ahead of fellow countrymen Yohan Blake, like he did in the 100 meters on Sunday, and Wallace Weir at the London Games to become the first man to win the two sprint titles in back-to-back Olympics.
Surely nobody can question his status as the greatest sprinter in history.
"It's what I came here to do. I'm now a legend," Bolt said.
Bolt had complained of slipping on the blocks as he won the 100 meters, but he got off to a flying start in 200 meters, springing out of the blocks and running an excellent bend.
To his credit, Blake, who ran 19.44 seconds, was still in contention as they came off the bend and for a moment it looked as if he could close. But Bolt is Bolt and he maintained a lead of just over a meter which he stretched out in the closing strides, looking across to Blake as if to say "I'm still number one."
Blake finished 0.4 second ahead of Weir to highlight that at almost any other time he would be a great champion and maybe one day he will be, but for the moment, Bolt is the king of sprinting.
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