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Rio Olympics 2016: 'There you go, I am the greatest', says Usain Bolt

After completing a clean sweep of sprinting golds for the third successive Olympics, a jubilant Usain Bolt proclaimed: "There you go, I am the greatest."

Bolt improved his perfect record in Olympic finals to nine wins from nine by anchoring Jamaica to victory in the 4x100-meter relay on Friday.

The peerless Jamaican will therefore depart Rio 2016 having once again claimed gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay, as he did in the previous Games in Beijing and London.

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Bolt had stated an ambition to be ranked alongside sporting greats such as Pele and Muhammad Ali following his 200m win and was understandably triumphant following his latest success.