The final race for 100 meters of rio. Usain Bolt: “Gatlin is Aging
In the final, Usain Bolt ran the distance in 9.81 seconds. Justin Gatlin, who had served the doping suspension twice, was eight hundredths of a second behind. Canadian Andre de Grasse won the bronze - 9.91.
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Before the start, the fans stoned the American. Sprinters had to prepare for the race under the deafening whistle of the stands. After the finish, Gatlin noted that he did not care about the position of sports fans.
“At the end of the day you hear everything, but you should be able to distance yourself from such things. The audience is excited, I understand that. There are many Bolt fans in the stands. They did not know me, but now they recognize me. You should not focus on the whistle addressed to me. I I look at the stands and see a lot of American flags at any tournament. Respect from rivals on the track is all that excites me, "the R-Sport runner quotes.
Bolt emphasized that he was struck by the reaction of the stands. “For the first time, I went to the stadium, and they began to whistle at Gatlin. I was surprised,” he said.
Speaking about his result, the Jamaican said that the absence of a pause after the semi-finals prevented him from breaking the world record. The current achievement belongs to Bolt, who in 2009 ran a hundred-meter race in 9.58 seconds.
“I knew that the start was not very successful for me, but I told myself: okay, listen, don’t panic, just use your time and push-ups. I knew that everything would be alright, the rivals often start a little better, I just told myself to relax and I didn’t rush. I did so. I really thought that in the finals I’ll run faster than in the semifinals. But I was tired after the first run today, and usually I am never tired, because we always have enough time to recover. But I I knew that I came here only to win, ”the athlete summed up.
Note that Bolt won the seventh Olympic gold. At the Games in Beijing (2008) and London (2012), he won a total of six medals of the highest standard in three disciplines: in the 100 and 200 meters race, as well as in the relay race (four in 100 meters).
11 photos of how a person lives who is going to win three gold medals in Rio 2016.
Last year, Bolt almost lost the status of the fastest person in the world. He was gloomy, rarely started and lost several important races. By August, the best seconds of the season were recorded in the name of Gatlin, but from the World Cup in Beijing, Bolt again took away three golds (100 meters, 200 and the relay). In 2016, he met the best athlete of the year (according to the Association of Sports Journalists) and the sixth ranking number of the most valuable Forbes athletes. Bolt was valued at $ 18 million, more expensive - only two golfers, LeBron, Federer and Mahendra Singh Dhoni from cricket. Usain announced the plans for the summer of 2016 in advance - to perform at the Diamond League stage in London in July, and to win three gold medals in Rio in August. The Match TV photo gallery shows how he is preparing for this.
In January, Bolt became the godfather - the son of his best friend and personal assistant, Jay Walker.
In February, he worried about his beloved Manchester United, which at that time had not yet lost the chance of a championship. Later, Bolt allowed himself some harsh remarks about Louis van Gaal, but the assigned Jose Mourinho Usain was not happy either: “They say he prefers a defensive game. It's boring. I hate boring football. ”
In April, he visited the New York Auto Show, fulfilling obligations to one of its sponsors.
Together with Pele, he attended the opening of a new watch boutique on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street in New York.
Hanging out with friends and musicians: on the left in the photo is Kiz Differentialler from the Caribbean band Kes The Band, on the right is the popular soca music artist Machel Montano.
He studied the photo capabilities of the drone.
I flew a lot. And, as always, together with the team - NJ Walker (left), manager Ricky Simms (behind Walker) and massage therapist Everald Edwards.
And trained even more. Every third post on Bolt’s personal Instagram is a photo or video of his training: in the hall, at the stadium, with a “guru” (as Usain calls his coach) Glen Mills and so on. With short motivating comments like “Keep on chatting and I'll keep working hard” or “Success is not the way to happiness. Happiness is the way to success. Love what you do and you will be successful. ”
A couple of weeks ago, Usain had a great time at a children's press conference hosted by one of Jamaica's mobile operators as part of the brand’s promotional campaign.
Bolt was so beautifully greeted at the Golden Spike tournament in Czech Ostrava. On May 20, he won a hundred-meter race there with a score of 9.98 seconds, although a few days before he received minor hamstring damage during a race in Georgetown.
On June 12th, Bolt won the 100m at the Jamaica Racers Grand Prix. His result (9.88) is still not the best of the season (24-year-old Frenchman Jimmy Vico ran a hundred meters on 9.86 on June 7), but he’s still a month and a half before the Olympics in Rio.
Immediately after the semifinal race, Bolt was asked what he would say about the departure of Justin Gatlin, whom he had previously beaten in the finals by 100 meters.
"No seriously? Everything, I think, is in shock. According to the 100-meter mark, it could be said that he, of course, is aging, ”said the Jamaican sprinter.
The second place in the semifinal race was taken by Andre de Grass, who crossed the finish line almost simultaneously with Usain.
“At the finish Andre had to slow down!” But for some reason he did not. And I’m like: “What are you doing, this is just the semifinal ?!” He replied that he had to strain me. Yes in FIG.
I was a little lazy that day, I don’t even know why. But I did it anyway, ”Bolt quotes The Mirror.
- The Jamaican showed a result of 19.78 seconds in the semifinal, losing to his world record of almost 0.6 seconds (19.19). The final at the 200-meter will be held on Thursday.
- At the Olympics in Rio, Bolt has won so far one gold medal - at the hundred-meter race.
