Usain Bolt is going out in style.
What started as a press conference ended as a party Monday when Bolt took the stage at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. This will mark the final Olympics for the Jamaican sprinter, who joked, danced and entertained his way through one of the wild press conferences you’ll ever see.
Bolt played to the crowd of reporters from the second he emerged Monday, telling them they needed to make more noise. Many obliged.
https://twitter.com/Rio2016_en/status/762772859202723840
One journalist even serenaded Bolt with a unique song.
https://twitter.com/Rio2016_en/status/762772871152340996?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Another won a souvenir.
https://twitter.com/Rio2016_en/status/762765510815678464
But things really picked up when Bolt busted some moves alongside some samba dancers.
Samba do #Brasil mit @usainbolt #Rio2016 #rioARD pic.twitter.com/Eew5fnWre0
— Tim Tonder (@TonderTim) August 8, 2016
A Samba send-off for @usainbolt at his press conference #RioOlympics2016 #usainbolt pic.twitter.com/dQRCWvhpNB
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) August 8, 2016
When @usainbolt dances out of his own press conference. #rio2016 #usainbolt #perdiinrio pic.twitter.com/8EvcXjEJaW
— Perdita Felicien (@perditafelicien) August 8, 2016
None of this should come as a surprise given Bolt’s larger-than-life personality. In many ways, it was a perfect send-off, even if it was incredibly strange.
