It was a cruel and unimaginable farewell. The fastest man in the history of mankind crossing the lame goal, head down, with his retinue of sprinters behind like a defeated army. Actually staged that: the defeat of an empire, that of Jamaican speed, which is empty of the London World Championships in the sector that have dominated with a steel fist throughout the century. None of the titles of 100, 200 and 4x100 relay went to the Caribbean island. The blow is considerable.
Bolt took the witness from Yohan Blake when the sinking of Jamaica was divined at the London Olympic. I was third, with surprising Britain, gold at the end (37.47) and the United States, which ran on 4th Street, next to Bolt, in second position. The Jamaican giant grabbed the iron and started what looked like a progression. For a long distance I had to cut everything was possible. He began to move his long legs, which have rearranged the concepts of world speed (41 strides where others give 44, just friction with the ground ...), one, two, three ... But at 20, something failure. It gave the feeling of a jerk and something was out of control in the machine. A ¡ooooh! Was heard throughout the stadium, which barely sighted as his relay won the gold. US (37.52) was silver and Japan (38.04), bronze.
Assistance came and a wheelchair. But Usain refused to abandon the battlefield that has given him 11 World Cup and eight Olympic medals. He got up and walked with his gaze on the horizon toward a goal that was the last. "It is a cramp in the left ischium, but a lot of the pain he feels is the disappointment of having lost the race, the last three weeks have been hard for him. "We were sorry but we told him he did not have to apologize, that the injuries are a part of the sport," said one of the members of the Jamaican quartet, Julian Forte. Omar McLeod "We were all surprised by the injury, but the name Usain Bolt will live forever," said the 110-meter hurdles world champion. BoltBolt's overexertion had prepared a farewell unlike any other. the rest. He ran the series in the morning, something he had never done before since he first lined up in a Jamaican 4x100 at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Olympic gold he was later stripped of by Nesta Carter's positive. And that cold morning, like all those who have lived in the Olympic Stadium in London, which has weighed the speed marks, it was guessed that the United States, with Rodgers, Gatlin, Lee and Coleman ((37.70) would be a Fierce enemy had beaten by six hundredths to Great Britain, who did not seem a pretender to the gold.Bolt crossed in the camera of calls with Mo Farah.the last time that they agreed before the cameras, in Rio 2016, Bolt in the podium did The gesture of the heart with the arms type of English and this his daily celebration of lightning, in a photo that had already been seen in London.However, this time they were not for jokes.The landlord had just lost the gold in 5,000 meters, Bolt was more tense than usual.
