Usain Bolt Defends Title as World's Fastest Man in Rio

Farewell Michael Phelps. Hello again, Usain Bolt. The 2016 Rio Olympics are now all yours.

On a pleasant Sunday night in Rio’s Olympic Stadium, Bolt, the fastest human in history, became the first to ever win the 100-m sprint in three straight Games, finishing with a time of 9.81. Justin Gatlin of the United States, the 2004 Olympic champion, took an early lead but fell just short of completing his late-career comeback with another Olympic gold, taking silver with a time of 9.89.