Usain Bolt gives the world the best Usain Bolt photo ever

Bolt gonna Bolt.
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Marcus Gilmer
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Jamaican runner Usain Bolt sprinted to Olympic glory on Sunday night, winning his third straight 100 meter gold medal, but it was a brilliant moment from his semi-final run earlier in the evening that will go down in history as the most Usain Bolt photo ever.

As Bolt sped past the other runners on his way to easily winning his semifinal heat, a Getty photographer caught a grinning Bolt giving a quick glance to the runners he was leaving behind.

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Usain Bolt of Jamaica competes in the Men's 100 meter semifinal on Day 9 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 14, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Credit: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images

Another photographer captured the same moment from a head-on angle.


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Athletes including Usain Bolt of Jamaica (C) compete in the Men's 100 meter semifinal of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on on August 14, 2016. Credit: Salih Zeki Fazlioglu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

The runner easily won his semi-final heat and then went on to edge out USA's Justin Gatlin for the gold medal in the finals with a 9.81 seconds run.

Bolt, who's known as something of a fun-loving occasional showboat, still charmed Twitter with the glance. He does, after all, back it all up.

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Marcus Gilmer

Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.

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