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Usain Bolt storms to 100m gold in Rio

Usain Bolt blasted to his third straight Olympic 100 metres title as he took gold in 9.81 seconds in Rio.

Paris 2024 • 15 Aug 16

Usain Bolt celebrates after crossing the line

Take 9.81 seconds to watch lightning Bolt win gold

Take 9.81 seconds to watching lightning Usain Bolt win the men's 100m final at the Rio Olympic Games.

Paris 2024 • 15 Aug 16

Usain Bolt competing against James Dasaolu of Great Britain and Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago in Rio

Bolt 'feeling good' ahead of 100m semi-final

Usain Bolt has his eyes on retaining gold when he lines out for the 100m semi-finals at 1am tomorrow morning, followed by the final at 2.25am.

Paris 2024 • 14 Aug 16

Usain Bolt is going for the 'triple triple'

Usain Bolt: No guarantee my rivals are clean

Usain Bolt admits he cannot be completely sure that his sprint rivals at the Rio Olympics are all clean.

Paris 2024 • 08 Aug 16

Usain Bolt won on his final outing before Rio

Bolt proves Olympic fitness with London triumph

Usain Bolt proved his fitness for the Rio Olympics in emphatic fashion by clocking 19.89 seconds to win over 200 metres at the Muller Anniversary Games in London on Friday night.

Paris 2024 • 22 Jul 16

Gillick urges Bolt to take stronger doping stance

Former European indoor 400m champion David Gillick has urged Usain Bolt to take a stronger stance on doping to help rid the sport of the stigma currently weighing it down in the run-up to the Rio Olympics.

Athletics • 21 Jul 16

Bolt says lightning can strike again in Brazil next month

Bolt targets return to record-breaking form at Rio

Usain Bolt set his sights on breaking his 200 metres world record at the Rio Olympics after declaring himself fit and ready to race following a visit to his controversial German doctor.

Paris 2024 • 21 Jul 16

Usain Bolt has given a thumbs up to the decision to ban Russia from Rio 2016

Usain Bolt backs Russian Olympic ban

Usain Bolt has given a "thumbs up" to the decision to ban the Russian athletics team from the Rio Olympics because of widespread doping.

Paris 2024 • 21 Jul 16

Usain Bolt has been sidelined with a hamstring injury

Usain Bolt to compete at London meet

Usain Bolt has allayed fears he could miss the Rio Olympics by confirming he will race at the Muller Anniversary Games in London later this month.

Athletics • 08 Jul 16

Usain Bolt: 'I think it's rough for track and field...'

Bolt prepared to return Olympic relay gold

Usain Bolt has said he would have no problem giving back one of his six Olympic gold medals if a Jamaican relay team mate is confirmed to have failed a drugs test.

Athletics • 12 Jun 16

Bolt steps up Rio preparations in Ostrava

Usain Bolt continued his Rio Olympics build-up by breaking the 10-second barrier to win the 100 metres at the Golden Spike event in Ostrava.

Athletics • 20 May 16

Usain Bolt (l): ' you feel let down as an athlete'

Usain Bolt found WADA IAAF report 'shocking'

Six-times Olympic champion Usain Bolt said he felt shocked and let down by the scandal-hit IAAF, but the Jamaican sprinter was against resetting athletics world records.

Athletics • 16 Jan 16

Usain Bolt has won gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay at the last three World Championships

Bolt cuts season short as focus shifts to Rio 2016

Usain Bolt has decided not to race again this year after his triple gold medal haul at last month's World Championships in China.

Athletics • 07 Sep 15

Usain Bolt crosses the line first for Jamaica

Bolt wins third gold as Jamaica win relay double

Usain Bolt secured a sweep of the sprint golds at a world championships for the third time when he helped Jamaica's relay team to a fourth successive 4x100 metres title on Saturday.

Athletics • 29 Aug 15

Usain Bolt wins the 200m at the World Championships for the fourth time

VIDEO: Bolt in bizarre accident after 200m win

Usain Bolt stormed to the World Championship sprint double on a night when a runaway segway proved more problematic than Justin Gatlin.

Athletics • 27 Aug 15

Usain Bolt had time for a chat as he crossed the line in his 200m semi-final

Bolt and Gatlin set up 200m showdown

Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin looked in fine form as they ran the fastest times of the 200 metres semi-finals to set up a second sprint showdown at the World Championships.

Athletics • 26 Aug 15

World record holder and defending world champion Usain Bolt has said he prefers the 200m to the 100m

Bolt determined to fend off Gatlin in 200m

Usain Bolt has warned Justin Gatlin that he is even more determined not to give up his 200 metres world title than he was his 100m crown.

Athletics • 24 Aug 15

Usain Bolt ran a season-best time of 9.79 to edge Justin Gatlin in the 100m final

Bolt takes gold at World Athletics Championships

Usain Bolt rode to the rescue of his beleaguered sport once again as he dashed Justin Gatlin's hopes of 100m gold at the World Championships in Beijing.

Athletics • 23 Aug 15

Usain Bolt of Jamaica (c) wins the Mens 100m Heat B

Usain Bolt back to his blistering best

Usain Bolt blew away any fears about his fitness and fired a major warning to Justin Gatlin as he blasted to his two fastest 100 metres of the year on his return to the Olympic Stadium on Friday night.

Athletics • 24 Jul 15

Usain Bolt confident he can shake off rust

Usain Bolt insists he has no concerns about his fitness ahead of next month's World Championships in Beijing.

Athletics • 23 Jul 15

Usain Bolt: 'I love running at these meetings but at the moment I am unable to compete at 100%'

Usain Bolt pulls out of Paris Diamond League

Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt's troubled season continued on Tuesday when he pulled out of the Paris and Lausanne Diamond League meetings due to a leg injury.

Athletics • 30 Jun 15

Asafa Powell took victory ahead of Nickel Ashmeade and Kemar Bailey-Cole

Powell strikes in 9.84 at the Jamaican nationals

Former world record holder Asafa Powell surged to the 100m title at the Jamaican national trials on Friday in a time of 9.84 seconds, while 2011 world champion Yohan Blake failed to make it out of his semi-final.

Athletics • 27 Jun 15

Usain Bolt has struggled for form this year

Bolt management look to ease fitness concerns

Usain Bolt's management have moved to allay fitness concerns following his decision not to compete at this week's Jamaican National Senior Championships.

Athletics • 25 Jun 15

Usain Bolt (2L) runs to win the 'Mano a Mano' Men's 100m challenge at Copacabana beach last August

Injury free season the priority for Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt declared himself virtually unbeatable today but downplayed expectations for 2015, saying his main priority was staying injury free ahead of next year's Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

Athletics • 17 Apr 15

Usain Bolt reveals his retirement plan

Multiple world record-holder and six-time Olympic gold medal winner Usain Bolt will retire after the 2017 World Championships in London, the Jamaican has claimed.

Athletics • 14 Feb 15