Olympic Games: Usain Bolt’s absurd CV, records and moments
The greatest sprinter in history and it’s not even close.
The Paris 2024 Olympics didn’t disappoint. It proves that there is, in fact, life after Usain Bolt.
Usain Bolt is the greatest sprinter of all time
Usain Bolt did the unthinkable by winning the treble-double of sprinting at the Olympic Games. The Man United fan born in Sherwood Content, Jamaica, scooped golds in the 100m and 200m events at three consecutive games in Beijing, London and Rio de Janeiro.
Letsile Tebogo carries the torch for Botswana
21-year-old Letsile Tebogo produced the run of his life to claim gold in a much-anticipated 200m event. He was the fastest qualifier and the only man to go under 20 seconds in the semi-finals, so he was certainly expected to medal. However, 100m champion and American superstar Noah Lyles was the overwhelming favourite to claim gold alongside his compatriot Kenny Bednarek. However, Tebogo ripped up the script and stormed to the line first in 19.46 seconds ahead of Bednarek in 19.62 and Lyles in 19.70. Tebogo is the first African man to win this event and it’s the first gold medal in Botswana’s history at the Olympic Games. Touchingly, Tebogo revealed the birthdate of his late mother on his running shoes in the moments after claiming what must have been a truly emotional victory.
Tebogo is the fifth-fastest man over the 200m distance in history. Usain Bolt’s mark of 19.19 still sits at the top of the pile, followed by his fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake with 19.26, Noah Lyles who ran 19.31 in Eugene last year and the legendary Michael Johnson’s 19.32 set in 1996.
Who’s the greatest Olympian in history? What was your highlight of the Paris 2024 Olympics?
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