Usain Bolt wins third straight Olympic 100-meter title

Usain Bolt races in the men&#039;s 100-meter race in Rio. — (Image credit: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images)

Sunday in Rio, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt became the first person to win three consecutive Olympic 100-meter titles, earning the gold medal with a time of 9.81 seconds. The win gave Bolt his seventh overall Olympic gold.

Justin Gatlin of the United States came in second, 0.08 seconds behind Bolt, and Canada's Andre de Grasse won the bronze. Bolt's favorite race is the men's 200 meter, and qualifying begins Tuesday. In late June, he pulled out of the Jamaican national championship because of issues with his left hamstring, and had to go through rehabilitation.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.