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Usain Bolt's win broke 2 records; becoming the first person to win the 100 meter race 3 times and also to medal 3 times in the 100 meter race. Previously, only Carl Lewis had won two gold medals in the 100m, a feat which Bolt had matched at the London 2012 Summer Olympics.
The photo finish revealed Tebogo in second, one one thousandth ahead of Hughes for bronze with Seville only three thousandths behind him. Tebogo's version of 9.88 improved on his own Botswana national record for the seventh time; his silver medal was the first won by an African man in the 100m at the world championships. [2]
Bolt retired after the 2017 World Championships, when he finished third in his last solo 100 m race, opted out of the 200 m, and pulled up injured in the 4×100 m relay final. Early years Usain St. Leo Bolt was born on 21 August 1986 to parents Wellesley and Jennifer Bolt [ 10 ] in Sherwood Content , [ 17 ] a small town in Jamaica.
Bolt set a new Olympic record (beating his own record set at the 2008 Olympic Games) of 9.64 seconds, later rounded down to 9.63 seconds. Blake edged past Gatlin, who in turn held off a closing Gay at the finish line. [11] [12] Usain Bolt was the second athlete after Carl Lewis (1984, 1988) to retain the men's 100m championship. His winning ...
Jamaica's Usain Bolt won his third consecutive Olympic gold medal in the 100 meters with a time of 9.81 seconds.
For the third Olympics in a row Usain Bolt had won the 100 metres and 200 metres. In the previous two Olympics the Jamaican team with Bolt had won the gold in the relay. Jamaica with Bolt; his predecessor as world record holder Asafa Powell; and the equal second fastest man in history, Yohan Blake, were favourites. Powell had been on the 2008 ...
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Men's 100 metres at the 2015 World Championships 100 m final moment Venue Beijing National Stadium Dates 22 August (preliminary round & heats) 23 August (semifinal & final) Competitors 69 from 51 nations Winning time 9.79 Medalists Usain Bolt Jamaica Justin Gatlin United States Trayvon Bromell United States Andre De Grasse Canada ← 2013 2017 → Video on YouTube Official Video Events at the ...