Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates winning the gold medal. Gatlin, the 2004 champion who came into the race with the season's fastest time of 9.80sec, took second in 9.89sec. Victory took Bolt a step closer to his goal of winning a historic "triple-triple" combination of gold in the 100m, 200m and the 4x100m relay in three consecutive Olympics. Other than the 2011 world championships, when he was disqualified for a false start, Bolt has won every other global championship individual sprint race since 2008. Bolt, in contrast, brought the spectators to a fever pitch of excitement as he strolled in, smiling and waving, to chants of "Bolt, Bolt, Bolt."

Source: Otago Daily Times August 15, 2016 00:22 UTC