It was a brilliant run, I know little enough about hurdles but it was just so clean. What I liked was at the end when she couldn't decide what to do and whether she was happy to have won or just in shock.
Do you know what they were appealing about? The only thing I can think of was Mitchell-Blake on the final leg came very close to the edge of his lane when he started off but it didn't look like he'd crossed at any point plus the camera angles were terrible.
Brilliant runs by both the men's and women's teams, the women's team were at least in with a good shout of a medal based on the qualifying times but given GBs history of naff changeovers I'd not have been totally surprised if they hadn't. The men's result was something else, each man executed their leg so well and finished well deserved winners. It's a pity for Bolt and Jamaica - I couldn't decide whether I wanted a British win or a Jamaica win more to see him bow out with a final gold but it does rather sum up Jamaica's championships in terms of sprinting that they finished outside the medals and even if he hadn't broken down it looked unlikely he'd pull them to a win from that position.
Pity that Sir Mo didn't finish with a fairytale final gold medal but he's had a very fine track career and you definitely couldn't accuse him of not giving his all in that race.
How are you measuring greatest? In terms of public awareness then absolutely, he has transcended sport and you can find any number of people who don't like athletics who recognise Bolt, to some extent his personality has made him a global star as much as his sporting endeavours. In purely sporting terms and dominance over their chosen sport then you could probably make a case for a few other athletes including Mo Farah for his six golds and two silvers at World Champs, double double at the Olympic Games and you can count or not the wins at the European Championships although the best in the World typically don't compete (apart from Sir Mo). But there are more, I am in agreement that Usain Bolt is one of the greatest athletes of our generation but I think he might have some competition depending on the criteria used.
