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What's the origin of Usain Bolt's signature celebration?

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USA TODAY Sports

RIO DE JANEIRO – They call it “To Di World” (To The World) in Jamaica but elsewhere across the planet it is known as Usain Bolt’s signature move, the “Lighting Bolt”, or just plain “Bolting.”

When the iconic sprint superstar bends one elbow and straightens the other at an angle toward the skies, crowds rise in appreciation and copy the move in numbers.

Everyone, it seems, has done it at least once, from President Obama to Prince Harry and even Mickey Rourke in a London alleyway following a late-night race after they’d met at a nightclub.