Usain Bolt won his third consecutive gold medal in the 100 meters on Sunday night. He’s the first person ever to do that.
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That’s cool for Usain Bolt, but for everyone else the struggle of running with the world’s fastest man is so rough.
1. He started the evening by jogging his way through the semifinal with a huge smile on his face.
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2. Look at this! The disrespect!
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Bolt:"you running hard huh lol? This ya shot huh? Eminem playing in ya head huh?
— Thigh Tat Enthusiast (@AskWhy05) August 15, 2016
Canadian(not Drake) : "fuck you" pic.twitter.com/l5TdXjukZW
3. In the final, he thumped his chest before the finish line and still beat the field with a 9.81 ...
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4. Look at him, sauntering across the finish line while everyone else is selling out for second.
What an awesome finish-line photo from USA Today. All others: leaning/looking. Bolt: upright, knocking his chest. pic.twitter.com/iwEl84IkBp
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) August 15, 2016
5. He didn’t even have the heart to make it look like he was trying.
Justin Gatlin looks like he gave everything he had.
— Andrew Joseph (@AndyJ0seph) August 15, 2016
Usain Bolt is hardly exercising. pic.twitter.com/CtiMMASdbe
6. He tweeted so soon after crossing the finish line I’m counting it as before the end of the race for the purposes of this story.
Jamaica Stand Up!!!
— Usain St. Leo Bolt (@usainbolt) August 15, 2016
This for you my people
So either (A) Usain Bolt planned for someone on his team to tweet this when he won (B) He ran the 100m with his phone in his pocket (C) He scheduled a tweet to drop about when he figured the race was over. Honestly, any of these options is hilarious and baller.
Bonus! Usain Bolt stole a mascot!
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... and I don’t think he’s giving it back.
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