Usain Bolt insists he cannot be considered a legend until he wins gold in the 200m final
.
Bolt smashed the field in Sunday night’s 100m final to retain his
title, clocking an Olympic record of 9.63 seconds to see off a stellar
line-up, with every man bar the injured Asafa Powell going under 10
seconds.
Reigning world champion and training partner Yohan Blake took silver
in 9.75s and 2004 champion Justin Gatlin the bronze in 9.79.
“This gold means I am one step closer to being a legend so I’m
working toward that,” Bolt – who confirmed he was unaware of an incident
which saw a bottle thrown on to the track just before they starting gun
fired – said. “That’s just one step, I have the 200m to go so I can’t
celebrate.”
The bottle incident saw a Dutchman arrested and Bolt said he did not
hear the bottle land just metres behind him just before he launches
himself down the track to glory.
“No, I keep hearing that,” he said. “I don’t know who would have done
that. The atmosphere was wonderful. I knew it was going to be like
this. There wasn’t a doubt in my mind that it was going to be loud and
it was going to be great and you can feel that energy.”
He admits he enjoyed Sunday night’s triumph even more than Beijing:
“The reason it’s sweeter is because a lot of guys doubted me so I had to
show the world I am the greatest.
“It means a lot because there were a lot of people doubting me, it
was great to come out and show I am still number one, I am still the
best.
“I’ve said it from the start, people can talk, all they can do is
talk. I tell you people that when it comes to the championships it’s all
about business to me and I brought it.
“The trials woke me up. Yohan gave me a wake-up call. He knocked on
my door and said ‘Usain, this is an Olympic year, wake up’, so I am
grateful for that moment because after that I got my head together, got
my head in the game.
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