“I think it was the worst pressure you could ever be put under,” British former sprinter Allan Wells, who won 100m gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, told CNN Sport.
“You run through it in your head thousands of times – the start, the gun going off,” Wells added.
“It was the worst feeling you could ever have but still be in control of what you were hoping to achieve,” said Wells, one of only three British sprinters to win 100m gold at the Olympics.
The legendary Bolt, winner of three consecutive 100m gold medal between 2008 and 2016, said that he would try not to overthink things.
Bolt was famously relaxed on the start line, fist-bumping race officials and playing up to the crowd with gestures and poses.
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