<p>The Olympics is going to miss the Lightning Bolt pose that has lit up the last three Games at a time when athletics desperately needs a hero.<br /><br /></p>.<p>When Usain Bolt crosses the finish line and starts pounding his chest, it resonates with the public around the world.<br /><br />But after his 4x100m triumph in Rio on Friday, the Rio crowd celebrated in the knowledge that they were witnessing the departure of a legend.<br /><br />From his first 100m Olympic gold in Beijing, when the Jamaican astonished the world with his 9.69sec time, Usain St Leo Bolt has been the real star.<br /><br />On top of his record-equalling nine athletics gold medals, Bolt, who will be 30 on Sunday, is confident, relaxed and supremely connected with the crowds he attracts wherever he goes.<br /><br />His mother seems to think that the young Bolt, who will retire after next year's world championships, was born to run.<br /><br />Born in Trelawny parish near Montego Bay -- where a host of sprinters including the shamed Ben Johnson also come from -- Bolt was something special from the start, according to Jennifer Bolt.<br /><br />"After three weeks he was pushing because he was so strong," the mother said. "One day, I left him on the bed and when I came back he was close to falling off, so from here I was saying, 'What kind of child he is?" she recalled.<br /><br />By the age of 12, Bolt was the fastest in his school. "He was always on top," she said.</p>
<p>The Olympics is going to miss the Lightning Bolt pose that has lit up the last three Games at a time when athletics desperately needs a hero.<br /><br /></p>.<p>When Usain Bolt crosses the finish line and starts pounding his chest, it resonates with the public around the world.<br /><br />But after his 4x100m triumph in Rio on Friday, the Rio crowd celebrated in the knowledge that they were witnessing the departure of a legend.<br /><br />From his first 100m Olympic gold in Beijing, when the Jamaican astonished the world with his 9.69sec time, Usain St Leo Bolt has been the real star.<br /><br />On top of his record-equalling nine athletics gold medals, Bolt, who will be 30 on Sunday, is confident, relaxed and supremely connected with the crowds he attracts wherever he goes.<br /><br />His mother seems to think that the young Bolt, who will retire after next year's world championships, was born to run.<br /><br />Born in Trelawny parish near Montego Bay -- where a host of sprinters including the shamed Ben Johnson also come from -- Bolt was something special from the start, according to Jennifer Bolt.<br /><br />"After three weeks he was pushing because he was so strong," the mother said. "One day, I left him on the bed and when I came back he was close to falling off, so from here I was saying, 'What kind of child he is?" she recalled.<br /><br />By the age of 12, Bolt was the fastest in his school. "He was always on top," she said.</p>