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Rio Olympics 2016: Usain Bolt wants to 'be among Ali and Pele'

Usain Bolt hopes his history-making performances in Rio will ensure he is ranked alongside Muhammad Ali and Pele in the pantheon of sporting greats.

Four days removed from becoming the first man to win three consecutive Olympic 100-meter gold medals, Bolt repeated the trick Thursday by comfortably winning the 200 final in a time of 19.78 seconds, ahead of Canada's Andre De Grasse and France's Christophe Lemaitre.

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Following his latest triumph, which keeps him on course for an unprecedented 'triple-triple' of sprint success — with the 400 still to come — the Jamaican reiterated he was unlikely to compete at 200 meters again at a major championship.