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London 2012: Usain Bolt takes gold in the 200
Jamaican super star athlete Usain Bolt secured the gold medal after winning the 200 meter final. PHOTO/Julia Vynokurova/Getty Images
Usain Bolt secured his place in sports history and backed up his billing as a “living legend” by winning the Olympic 200 meters and becoming the first athlete to repeat as double Olympic sprint champion.
Undaunted by the first world record of the Olympic track meet run by 800-meter winner David Rudisha less than an hour before his final, Bolt was not going to be upstaged by anyone.
From the starter’s gun, he dominated his favorite event and had enough of a lead to slow down at the line, bring his left index finger to his mouth and “ssssshhh” the crowd.
That was never going to work. The 80,000-capacity crowd at the Olympic Stadium went wild as Bolt delivered on his promise of winning when it counts – as he almost always does.
His 19.32-second winning time was just .02 seconds outside his winning mark at the Beijing Olympics.
Just like Sunday’s victory in the 100, his junior training partner Yohan Blake was the runner who could stay closest, and Warren Weir made it a full Jamaican medal sweep before Wallace Spearmon of the United States crossed in fourth place.
“The guy is just on another planet right now,” Spearmon said of Bolt.
