RIO DE JANEIRO — Usain Bolt did it again. Of course he did. There was no world record, because the damp, cool, Olympic Stadium track took that out of the equation.
u200bBut in his last individual Olympic race Bolt grabbed his eighth gold medal and his third in a row in his beloved 200 meters. More than anything, he did it in his own inimitable style.
There was the laughter, the showmanship, the exhilarated, joyous, infectious celebrations. And there was the raw speed, the kind of natural yet finely honed pace that no one has matched.
The Jamaican sprint king blitzed the field with a lightning start, a seamless turn and a powerful finish to come home in 19.