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Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates after he won the Men's 100m Final during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 14, 2016. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE (Photo credit should read FRANCK FIFE/AFP/
Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates after he won the Men's 100m Final during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 14, 2016. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE (Photo credit should read FRANCK FIFE/AFP/FRANCK FIFE/Getty Images

Usain Bolt Sends Tweet to Fellow Jamaicans After Winning 100-Meter Race

Thomas Duffy
Aug 14, 2016

That was fast.

Moments after defending his title as the world’s fastest man in the 100-meter dash on Sunday, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt sent out a tweet to his home country:

For context, Bolt's tweet came just a minute after the Associated Press':

(Of course, the author of that post might not have been Bolt, as several users pointed out.)

Oh, but his race was fast, too.

Bolt edged out Justin Gatlin of the United States to win his third consecutive gold medal in the 100-meter event, an unprecedented Olympic feat.

[Twitter]

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