Usain Bolt was not about to be denied in the 200-meter dash Thursday night at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
After getting out of the blocks in brilliant fashion, Bolt built a sizable lead, maintained his separation through the finish and rolled to his second gold medal of the Games with a time of 19.78 seconds.
Andre De Grasse of Canada finished second to the Jamaican, but he was never able to mount a serious challenge.
Bolt has won the event in three consecutive Olympics, and if he can get another gold in the 4x100-meter relay Friday, it will give him the sport's first-ever "triple-triple" and nine gold medals in his Olympic career.