Usain Bolt taken out by Segway (video)

Usain Bolt was briefly taken down at the Bird’s Nest for the first time, by a Segway on his victory lap after winning the 200m at the World Championships on Thursday night.

“They tried to kill me. I don’t know what’s going on,” Bolt said on the BBC, adding later on Universal Sports, “accidents happen.”

A cameraman was filming Bolt interacting with fans on his victory lap when it appeared he briefly lost control of his Segway, colliding with Bolt.

Bolt tumbled to the track and somersaulted, with a smile, and quickly got back up. He said he would be fine for the 4x100m relay on Saturday.

Bolt has won all five of his races in his career at Beijing’s Bird’s Nest, three at the 2008 Olympics and two…