Whilst defending the 100m and 200m Olympic titles is a first in Olympic history and hugely impressive, I'm not sure being able to run for 9.5 and 19.5 seconds quicker than everyone else makes him the greatest athlete to have lived.
Emil Zátopek for instance won the 5,000m, 10,000m and the marathon at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.
Then of course there's Steve Redgrave who won a gold in five consecutive Olympics.
Not forgetting Michael Phelps who won 8 golds in the 2008 games, setting one Olympic Record and seven World Records in the process.
Plus many, many other athletes over the years.
Undoubtedly Bolt will now forever be immortalised in the Olympic hall of fame, but greatest ever?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19204226
Emil Zátopek for instance won the 5,000m, 10,000m and the marathon at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.
Then of course there's Steve Redgrave who won a gold in five consecutive Olympics.
Not forgetting Michael Phelps who won 8 golds in the 2008 games, setting one Olympic Record and seven World Records in the process.
Plus many, many other athletes over the years.
Undoubtedly Bolt will now forever be immortalised in the Olympic hall of fame, but greatest ever?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19204226