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Usain Bolt - Unbeatable 100m final in Rio de Janeiro● Rio 2016

Bolt beat American Justin Gatlin, who fans greeted with raucous boos, by .08 seconds. Andre de Grasse of Canada won the bronze. He shoved Michael Phelps aside to take center stage for Week 2 of these troubled Rio Games. He pushed his total to seven Olympic gold medals, with a chance for two more — in the 200 and 4x100 relay — later in the week. Bolt wasn't the only one putting on a show. A few minutes earlier, South Africa's Wayde van Niekerk eclipsed what many thought was the most-unbreakable record in the book — Michael Johnson's 17-year-old mark of 43.18 seconds in 400 meters. Running out of Lane 8, where the lag puts him well in front of the rest of the field, van Niekerk never saw a soul — crossing in 43.03 and only glancing to his left when he approached the line to peer at the clock, which showed him what he had done. "Usain Bolt will be retiring soon, but this could be the next star of the sport," Johnson said during his commentary on TV...