By his personal specifications, Usain Bolt is now not just a legend, but the best athlete to have ever lived.

Despite what millions of other individuals could have currently thought, the Jamaican insisted he could not be referred to as a legend until finally he grew to become the 1st man to win the 100m and 200m titles at consecutive Olympics.

He knew what was necessary, and he did it with this kind of dominant brilliance.

Bolt eased down at the end to win the 200m at the London Olympic Stadium on Thursday night, four days immediately after he claimed the 100m gold in similarly convincing fashion and 4 years right after he lit up the Beijing Video games.

“This is the 1 I needed and I obtained it,” stated Bolt.

“I am now a legend, I am also the biggest athlete to live.

“I’ve acquired nothing left to demonstrate. I’ve showed the planet I am the finest.”

No matter what one particular thinks of his boast, he’s achieved some thing the likes of Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis couldn’t.

In winning the 200m final in 19.32 seconds – the equal fourth-quickest time ever – he also led a Jamaican cleansweep of the medals with Yohan Blake 2nd and Warren Weir taking the bronze.

But Bolt could not achieve the world record he was right after, a feat Kenya’s David Rudisha managed in the 800m final earlier on Thursday evening.

Rudisha took handle of the race early with a lightning first lap and was never ever threatened as he romped house in 1min 40.91sec to win from Nijel Amos of Botswana.

“To come here and break the planet record is a thing unbelievable,” Rudisha explained.

The 23-yr-old then came up with a delightful imagined.

“Usain Bolt is a wonderful athlete. He’s the greatest sprinter we have witnessed in the world over many many years,” he said.

“Perhaps one time if we can meet in 400 and compete it would be wonderful. It’ll be fun just to observe it.”

But IOC president Jacques Rogge suggests Bolt requirements to prove his legendary status over far more than two Olympics.

“Allow him participate in 3, 4 Games, and he can be a legend. Already he’s an icon,” Rogge stated.

In a dramatic day of athletics, double amputee Oscar Pistorius has been handed a possibility for an historic Olympic medal following South Africa was offered the spare ninth lane in the 4x400m relay last despite failing to finish their heat.

Pistorius had been left stranded at the commence of the third leg when 2nd runner Ofentse Mogawane fell on the bend into the last stretch right after colliding with Kenya’s Vincent Kiilu.

Even even though there was more than half the race to go and South Africa was battling for sixth when the incident occurred, they efficiently appealed and have been offered a location in the last.

Far more history was produced on Thursday when British flyweight Nicola Adams won the initial women’s Olympic boxing gold medal.

Jade Jones won Britain’s 1st taekwondo gold medal and equestrian Charlotte Dujardin won the personal dressage to give the British 3 gold for the day.

The United States beat Japan 2-one to win the women’s soccer gold, whilst Germany and the Netherlands will perform for men’s hockey gold immediately after beating Australia and Britain respectively in their semi-finals.

Hungary’s Eva Risztov won the 10km marathon swim by just .4 seconds from America’s Haley Anderson, while Roulin Chen continued China’s dominance of diving when she won the women’s 10m platform.

The US overtook China at the best of the medals table with 39 gold to 37, even though Britain is 3rd on 25.