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Thursday, July 28, 2016

Usain Bolt targets third olympic sprint sweep at Rio

Jamaica's Usain Bolt creates his 'Lightening Bolt' pose as he celebrates winning the men's 200m at the IAAF Diamond League Anniversary Games athletics meeting at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park stadium in Stratford, east London on July 22, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Ben STANSALL
Usain Bolt is keenly aware of the narrative of his extraordinary career and, for the fastest man who ever lived, the only fitting way to close its Olympic chapter is with a third sprint sweep at next month’s Rio Games, writes Reuters.
Bolt is already assured of a place not only in the pantheon of his own sport but alongside the likes of Muhammad Ali, Pele, Michael Jordan and Jack Nicklaus – men whose names alone conjure up the notion of sporting excellence.

It is company the confident Jamaican covets and he is determined to concrete his legacy by capping eight years of sprint dominance by defending his 100, 200 and 4×100 metres relay titles in what he has said will be his final Olympics.

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