Star Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt kept his hopes of winning three gold medals at Rio Olympics alive by winning the 200m gold in 19.78 seconds.
He becomes the first man in history to win both 100m and 200m titles at three consecutive Olympics but failed in beating his own world record of 19.19 he set at the Berlin world championships in August 2009. This was the Jamaican’s 13th individual world or Olympic sprint title from a possible 14 since the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Canada’s Andre De Grasse claimed the silver medal and Frenchman Christophe LeMaitre took bronze.
As expected Twitterati went berserk after yet another Bolt show. Here are some of the reactions:
Usain Bolt wins the #200m Olympic #Gold medal! Congrats the fastest man alive!https://t.co/sa89vrSVw8 pic.twitter.com/LuY2PIRQWL
— 9GAG ❤️ Memeland (@9GAG) August 19, 2016
Fastest man on earth,Greatst track athelete of all time #UsainBolt breezes thru #200m Eyes set on Triple Triple Gold pic.twitter.com/uJaS9Mz5Hl
— Dr. Ragini Nayak (@NayakRagini) August 19, 2016
The World Stops for 19.78 seconds to Cheer the Legend that is #Usain #Bolt #Rio2016 #Lightning #Gold #200m pic.twitter.com/pr5qYhuQIZ
— Sean Og D (@seanogd) August 19, 2016
The world's fastest man does it again! Usain Bolt wins 3rd straight 200m gold.
No one else has won more than one. pic.twitter.com/kUPb6YBTMd
— ESPN (@espn) August 19, 2016
Rio struck by #200m Boltage. Definitely the greatest and by miles the coolest athlete in history @usainbolt #19.78
— Feroz Khan (@feroz_khn) August 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/GarrPhillips/status/766452058769727488
https://twitter.com/tjholmes/status/766449923483205633
Fastest people on the planet and he makes them look average. #UsainBolt pic.twitter.com/WS2JtxZq0o
— Dom F. Kennedy (@pwasondavril) August 19, 2016
#UsainBolt is a legend now. (And the future is Canada's #DeGrasse)
Well done!— Elias Toufexis (@EliasToufexis) August 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/chinmaybhogle/status/766449613461135361
https://twitter.com/shyam__bala/status/766457339595534336
The wild part is that the rest of these guys are the fastest men in the history of the world – #Bolt is just faster. pic.twitter.com/NmIk5iBiNZ
— Dwayne David Paul (@DwayneDavidPaul) August 19, 2016
Wow! Incredible. He just BAM! And gone! #Bolt ⚡️
— Ros Gold-Onwude (@ROSGO21) August 19, 2016
Name another athlete that makes this kind of dominance look this easy?? #bolt
— Kevin Negandhi (@KevinNegandhi) August 19, 2016
He's playing with the rest of the world in the sprints. The greatest. #Bolt
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) August 19, 2016
Not even competitive. Amazing #Bolt
— Benjamin Watson (@BenjaminSWatson) August 19, 2016