Usain Bolt confirmed his status as one of the greatest athletes of the world, winning his third consecutive 100m Olympic race at Rio thereby creating history by becoming the first man to do so.

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The Jamaican who became the first athlete to win three consecutive gold medals in the same event finished with a time of 9.81 seconds while American Justin Gatlin came in second with time of 9.89 seconds with Canada's Neil DeGrasse rounding up the top three.

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Usain Bolt became the first man to win three consecutive gold medals in the same event at Rio 2016 Olympics Getty

Bolt has now seven gold medals at the Olympics, with him securing a treble of 100m, 200m and 4X100m golds in 2008 and 2012. The Jamaican sprinter will be looking to win those events next week and register and unprecedented "treble treble."

We at IBTimes UK look at how Twitter reacted to Usain Bolt creating history.

Usain Bolt Wins Olympic 100-Meter Dash For Third Time In A Row-I'll have what he is having:), awesome!!! https://t.co/79ZEQ7AWCN

— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) August 15, 2016

Congrats my @PUMARunning bros Ugo @usainbolt yuh guh triple GOLD & mash up di track🇯🇲 @De6rasse gr8t run 4bronze! pic.twitter.com/nVI3PLswO9

— Asafa Powell (@officialasafa) August 15, 2016

Usain Bolt wins the 100m final and even has time to troll the other runners #Bolt pic.twitter.com/DnU3PzIT0I

— Stu ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Be Best (@StuRap) August 15, 2016

Benjamin Franklin had said the two certainties in life are death and taxes. He could have added one more - an Usain Bolt #Gold #Olympics

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) August 15, 2016

Jamaica Stand Up!!!
This for you my people

— Usain St. Leo Bolt (@usainbolt) August 15, 2016
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