'Black Lightning' won the Olympic gold medal for the third time

Jamaican "Black Lightning" defeated rival Justin Gatlin to finish first in the final race with a time of 9.81 seconds.

Gatlin finished second in 9.89 seconds. Third was Andre De Grasse (Canada) with a time of 9.91 seconds.

Usain Bolt started in lane six while Justin Gatlin was in lane four. Gatlin is this year's 100m record holder with a time of 9.80 seconds.

Bolt finished first but did not show superiority over his opponents. Photo: Reuters.

Bolt's 9.81 seconds was well off his world record of 9.58 and Olympic record of 9.63. It was also 0.01 seconds off Justin Gatlin's season best. In this year's 100m final, Bolt did not show the superiority over his opponents that he showed in the previous two Olympics.

As usual, the Jamaican star started slow compared to his opponents. It was not until the last 50m that Bolt accelerated and overtook Gatlin. This was Bolt's best result of the year but this was the worst 100m world championship result of his career.

After finishing the race, Bolt performed his familiar lightning-like celebration. His name was chanted repeatedly in the stands and even other famous athletes such as Jessica Ennis-Hill rushed to ask for a photo with the fastest runner on the planet.

This is Usain Bolt's third Olympic 100m gold medal and his seventh Olympic gold medal. After this event, the Jamaican star will continue his campaign to defend his 200m and 4x100m relay gold medals.

According to VNE