Thursday, March 27, 2025

The Smiling Usain Bolt Picture Everyone Is Talking About

This year's Olympic games has had us holding onto our seats with anticipation, and sometimes a picture perfectly encapsulates the raw emotion.

Now that the athletics part of the Rio Olympics have started, the real fun has begun.

Records have already been broken, a gold medal for South Africa has been won, and the best moments have been captured on camera – and while Usain has made headlines for various of reasons – all of them good – this is definitely the cheekiest of them all.

While running his massive heart out during the 100 metre semi-final, the Jamaican runner sped past his competitors – and a Getty photographer caught the moment the runner reacted to the people he was leaving behind.

Check:

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Cheeky, right? Totally. Another photographer was able to capture the same moment from head on:

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Of course, Twitter took full advantage of the situation:

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Oh, Usain, we sure will miss you and your antics during the 2020 games.

[source:mashable]