Now that's a photo finish! Usain Bolt grabs a camera and snaps his own historic frame after becoming greatest ever Olympic sprinter

Usain Bolt showed why he's sports finest showman as well as the world's greatest ever athlete by capturing his own Kodak moments with a borrowed press photographer's camera shorty after sprinting to victory in tonight's 200m final.
After he crossed the finishing line first ahead of compatriots Yohan Blake and Warren Weir, the 25-year-old Jamaican celebrated by dancing and skipping around the Olympic Stadium, as the 80,000-strong crowd rewarded him with a standing ovation.
Victorious, Bolt dropped to the track and performed press-ups, before borrowing a photographer camera to take souvenir snapshots of the occasion.

Gold number 2: Usain Bolt admires his second gold medal of London 2012, after winning the 200m final

Grinning: The double gold medal winner grabbed a photographer's camera and started taking snaps of the crowd

Mr charisma: As thousands of cameras flashed around the stadium, Bolt grabbed a snapshot of his own

Say cheese: Yohan Blake strikes a pose showing off his muscles as his team mate Usain Bolt takes his picture after the 200m final

Cheeky: Usain Bolt grabbed photographer Jimmy Wixtr's camera, who was covering the Olympics for Swedish paper Aftonbladet, to take pictures of his team mates

Funnyman: Yohan Blake pulls a tiger impression for cameraman Usain Bolt

Bolt's victory makes him the first man to have won both the 100m and 200m at two successive Olympics.
And he did it in emphatic style, powering home in 19.32 seconds, just a fraction outside the Olympic record of 19.30.
Yohan Blake and Warren Weir made it a Jamaican one-two-three. American Wallace Spearmon came fourth.
Bolt was pushed all the way by Blake, his friend and training partner, who was tipped by many to outshine his mentor in London.

But Bolt got off to a blistering start and powered into a lead around the bend.
In the final 100m it looked as if Blake was closing him down, but Bolt found and extra push and cruised over the line.
American 400m world record holder Michael Johnson said: 'Blake found after the start that Bolt was already gone. He displayed some speed endurance that I haven't seen before. He looked at the clock, realised that he was not on world record pace and decided to celebrate a little bit early!'

I'm No.1: Jamaica's Usain Bolt storms to victory in the men's 200m final

Easy: After strolling to victory, Bolt dropped to the track and did press-ups in the shadow of the Olympic Flame

Bolt's time, 19.32, was just outside the Olympic record of 19.30 that he set himself in Beijing

Jamaica 123: Bolt eased over the line in a time of 19.32, followed by Blake and Warren Weir, making it a Jamaica 1-2-3

Trademark: Bolt rewarded the crowd by striking his famous lightning bolt pose after collecting his gold medal

And away! Bolt's start set the tone for his race, the fourth fastest 200m in history

Fast start: Bolt broke from the blocks with blistering place, building a quick lead

Icon: Bolt's achievement elevates him above Carl Lewis, who defended his 100m title in Seoul in 1988

Bolt celebrated by kissing the track, hugging spectators, dropping and performing a set of press-ups and striking his lightning pose, before embracing compatriots Blake and Weir - who secured silver and bronze.

Fastest man on Earth: Bolt powered past fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake

No world record: Bolt glances at the official clock as he powers towards the finish line

After his victory, Bolt said: 'It¿s what I came here to do. I¿m now a legend. I¿m also the greatest athlete to live.'

Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt and Warren Weir celebrate their phenomenal 1-2-3 for Jamaica

Blake said: 'Usain Bolt has been motivating me all season. Everything has been going good so far."
Third-placed Weir added: "It's a great honour to come here and do what the country wanted, to get the top three.
'The love in London is very, very good.'
The green, yellow and black flags of Jamaica were held aloft around the Olympic Stadium.

Olympic spirit: Double champion Bolt celebrates below the raging Olympic cauldron

Proud: Fans back home in Jamaica scream with joy as they watch their nation complete a 1-2-3 in the 200m

Bolt broke both 100m and 200m world records in Beijing.
He failed to better his record of 9.58 seconds in the 100m final, but predicted a fast time tonight.
After cruising to victory in last night's semi-final he said: 'There's a possibility (of a record), definitely.
'I can't say (for sure), but the track is fast. It's going to be a good race.'
Both Bolt and Blake qualified comfortably from yesterday's semi-finals.
Blake registered the fastest time from the two heats. Bolt had to settle for fifth after slowing down to a canter as he crossed the line, light years ahead of the rest of the field.

The two men are fierce rivals on the track

Usain Bolt showed why he's sports finest showman as well as the world's greatest ever athlete by capturing his own Kodak moments with a borrowed press photographer's camera shorty after sprinting to victory in tonight's 200m final.
After he crossed the finishing line first ahead of compatriots Yohan Blake and Warren Weir, the 25-year-old Jamaican celebrated by dancing and skipping around the Olympic Stadium, as the 80,000-strong crowd rewarded him with a standing ovation.
Victorious, Bolt dropped to the track and performed press-ups, before borrowing a photographer camera to take souvenir snapshots of the occasion.

Gold number 2: Usain Bolt admires his second gold medal of London 2012, after winning the 200m final

Grinning: The double gold medal winner grabbed a photographer's camera and started taking snaps of the crowd

Mr charisma: As thousands of cameras flashed around the stadium, Bolt grabbed a snapshot of his own

 

Say cheese: Yohan Blake strikes a pose showing off his muscles as his team mate Usain Bolt takes his picture after the 200m final

Cheeky: Usain Bolt grabbed photographer Jimmy Wixtr's camera, who was covering the Olympics for Swedish paper Aftonbladet, to take pictures of his team mates

Funnyman: Yohan Blake pulls a tiger impression for cameraman Usain Bolt

Bolt's victory makes him the first man to have won both the 100m and 200m at two successive Olympics.
And he did it in emphatic style, powering home in 19.32 seconds, just a fraction outside the Olympic record of 19.30.
Yohan Blake and Warren Weir made it a Jamaican one-two-three. American Wallace Spearmon came fourth.
Bolt was pushed all the way by Blake, his friend and training partner, who was tipped by many to outshine his mentor in London.

But Bolt got off to a blistering start and powered into a lead around the bend.
In the final 100m it looked as if Blake was closing him down, but Bolt found and extra push and cruised over the line.
American 400m world record holder Michael Johnson said: 'Blake found after the start that Bolt was already gone. He displayed some speed endurance that I haven't seen before. He looked at the clock, realised that he was not on world record pace and decided to celebrate a little bit early!'

I'm No.1: Jamaica's Usain Bolt storms to victory in the men's 200m final

Easy: After strolling to victory, Bolt dropped to the track and did press-ups in the shadow of the Olympic Flame

Bolt's time, 19.32, was just outside the Olympic record of 19.30 that he set himself in Beijing

Jamaica 123: Bolt eased over the line in a time of 19.32, followed by Blake and Warren Weir, making it a Jamaica 1-2-3

Trademark: Bolt rewarded the crowd by striking his famous lightning bolt pose after collecting his gold medal

And away! Bolt's start set the tone for his race, the fourth fastest 200m in history

Fast start: Bolt broke from the blocks with blistering place, building a quick lead

Icon: Bolt's achievement elevates him above Carl Lewis, who defended his 100m title in Seoul in 1988

Fastest man on Earth: Bolt powered past fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake

No world record: Bolt glances at the official clock as he powers towards the finish line

After his victory, Bolt said: 'It¿s what I came here to do. I¿m now a legend. I¿m also the greatest athlete to live.'

Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt and Warren Weir celebrate their phenomenal 1-2-3 for Jamaica

Blake said: 'Usain Bolt has been motivating me all season. Everything has been going good so far."
Third-placed Weir added: "It's a great honour to come here and do what the country wanted, to get the top three.
'The love in London is very, very good.'
The green, yellow and black flags of Jamaica were held aloft around the Olympic Stadium.

Olympic spirit: Double champion Bolt celebrates below the raging Olympic cauldron

Proud: Fans back home in Jamaica scream with joy as they watch their nation complete a 1-2-3 in the 200m

Bolt broke both 100m and 200m world records in Beijing.
He failed to better his record of 9.58 seconds in the 100m final, but predicted a fast time tonight.
After cruising to victory in last night's semi-final he said: 'There's a possibility (of a record), definitely.
'I can't say (for sure), but the track is fast. It's going to be a good race.'
Both Bolt and Blake qualified comfortably from yesterday's semi-finals.
Blake registered the fastest time from the two heats. Bolt had to settle for fifth after slowing down to a canter as he crossed the line, light years ahead of the rest of the field.