Jamaica's Usain Bolt wins the men's 100m final at the athletics event during the London 2012 Olympic Games Jamaica's Usain Bolt sealed his status as the greatest sprinter of all time after retaining the men's Olympic 100m title with an electrifying display on Sunday.
The world record holder turned on the after-burners at 60m to clock an Olympic record of 9.63sec, the second fastest time in history.
Bolt banished the doubts that had surrounded him in the build-up to the Olympics after he was beaten by training partner Yohan Blake in the Jamaican trials, but the young pretender was left trailing two metres behind.
"I executed and that was the key," Bolt said. "When it comes to the championships, it's all about business for me and I brought it.
"I feel extremely good and I'm happy."
Blake, long tipped as Bolt's successor as the fastest man in the world, claimed silver after equalling his personal best of 9.75sec.
After Bolt crossed the line, he immediately set off on a lap of victory, a Jamaican flag draped over his shoulders and Blake in tow. Bolt revealed afterwards that his false start in last year's world had been worrying him before the race, but his coach Glen Mills put him straight.
"My coach told me 'stop worrying about the start, the best part of your race is at the end," he said.
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