Usain Bolt roared into Olympic history here Sunday, capturing an unprecedented third consecutive 100m crown to confirm his place in the pantheon of the greatest athletes the world has ever seen.
Gatlin, who had been booed by the Rio swarm as he was presented, crossed in 9.89sec with De Grasse only behind in 9.91.
Jolt jogged away in festivity after a brilliant win, lolling in the hero worship of the stadium and notwithstanding bringing selfies with fans amid his lap of honor.
He then charmed the fans with his customary "lightning jolt" posture as reggae impacted out of the stadium sound framework.
The triumph allowed Bolt remaining to sit unbothered in the 120-year history of sprinting in the present day Olympic diversions.
No other competitor — man or lady — has ever won three back to back individual Olympic sprint titles.
It additionally leaves Bolt on track to finish a mind boggling "triple-triple" of securing 100m, 200m and 4x100m transfer titles for a third back to back Olympics.
Jolt, the 2008 and 2012 Olympic champion, had officially earned the privilege to be viewed as the best sprinter in the historical backdrop of games subsequent to aggregating a greater number of golds on the track than any other person.
In any case, the Jamaican's most recent triumph deletes any last waiting questions that he should be positioned nearby any semblance of Muhammad Ali, Pele and Michael Jordan as the sort of once-in-an era competitor who rise above their games.
Jolt's win — his eighteenth gold in Olympic and World Championships since 2008 — deflected what may have been an advertising calamity for the medication discolored universe of olympic style events.
A defilement outrage including the game's previous rulers, who were blamed for tolerating fixes to conceal positive medication tests, and an examination which charged an intricate state-supported doping framework in Russia have dove olympic style events into the most exceedingly awful emergency in its history.
A gold decoration for Gatlin on Sunday would have made uncomfortable review for some — world games boss Sebastian Coe among them — who have upheld that serial doping guilty parties ought to be banned forever.
In any case, those fears were cleared away by the grinning, snickering figure of Bolt, for so long the game's most appealling player.
Gatlin, who has served two medication bans amid his long profession, made a capable begin to lead once again the initial 50 meters.
Be that as it may, when Bolt's head came around the midpoint the American was stuck in an unfortunate situation and the protecting champion surged home around a meter clear of the field.
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