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Usain runs a fast 200 meters for gold, then talks even faster

LONDON (MCT) — Just in case Usain Bolt’s resounding victory in the 2012 Olympic Games 200-meter final didn’t silence his few remaining critics, as the Jamaican crossed the finish Thursday night he held a finger up to his lips as if to say “shhhhh.”

“That was for all the people doubting me,” Bolt said later. “That was just my way of telling them to stop talking now because I’m a legend. I’ve done something that has never been done before and because of that I am the greatest. The greatest ever.”

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