“Usain Bolt gave the crowd a wave in the manner of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain before racing to the finish line of the 200 meters to seal a historic sweep of the track sprints at the London Olympics.”
“I’ve done it, this is what I wanted; I’ve wanted to become a legend,” he told reporters after his race. “You can bask in my glory now.”
Before yesterday I thought Bolt was a pretty classy guy. A few days ago when he stopped an interview so he wouldn’t interrupt a medal cermony going on nearby…pretty cool move.
Then yesterday he rambles on about how he’s the greatest athlete of all time and how Carl Lewis sucks. Not classy.
Bolt still responded poorly. No reason to bring it up. Could have just let his times speak for themselves. That’s not to say Lewis should have said anything to begin with. You shouldn’t just throw around accusations like that. Both without class IMO.
^ the ironic thing is that Lewis said Bolt’s 0.34 second improvement in the 100m in about a year was suspicious, but Lewis himself dropped 1/2 a second off his personal best in a year while at Houston and cut another 1/4 second the following year. Even more ironic, he was caught using banned stimulants himself and was allowed to compete anyway.
Yohan Blake got class. Respectful, and always puts up with the immature Bolt and his silly antics. Blake is the future. Also want to big up my homeboy David Rudisha from Kenya for winning the 800m final and breaking the world record…