editor’s comment
ONE OF the enduring memories of Rio 2016 is the chant of “Bolt! Bolt! Bolt!” as the Jamaican prepared to take to his marks in the Estádio Olímpico. Since he burst so spectacularly on to the Olympic scene in 2008, lightning has struck a total of nine times. The Games has been graced by his presence but now has to adjust to life after Bolt.
Some believe it is a bleak prospect, but decathlete Ashton Eaton disagrees. The Olympic champion says: “Usain won’t create a vacuum. He’s made a platform.