The current crop of 100m runners produced a fine final, but the Jamaican legend and world record holder has left big shoes to fill
Welcome, once again, to the greatest show on earth. As first steps into the post-Bolt Olympic universe go, this men’s 100m final was a strange affair, an occasion that seemed somehow a little less vivid than those images of the recent past. So this is what it feels like when the future stops happening.
There are always details in sport that get lost once we know the final outcome. Let the record show that for two and a half hours there was a genuine possibility the heir to Usain Bolt’s 13-year residency as the fastest human on the planet would turn out to be a 5ft 8in Chinese man who turns 32 this month.
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