Usain Bolt completes his undefeated Olympic career: 'There you go, I am the greatest'

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won his ninth Olympic gold medal for the 4x100 meters relay Friday night in Rio, completing his quest for a triple-triple win: three gold medals (for the relay plus the 100 and 200 meters) at three successive Summer Olympic Games.

With that triumph, Bolt has finished his Olympic career undefeated. "There you go," he said. "I am the greatest."

"He's a great sprinter — that's just self-explanatory," said American sprinter Tyson Gay, who in 2007 became the last man to beat Bolt in a significant championship race. "Words can't describe that type of a guy and what he's done for the sport. Everybody just appreciates what he's done."

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