Hits and flops

HITS USAIN BOLT

Despite coming into Rio with concerns over his fitness, the superstar crowd pleaser romped to a "triple triple" of gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m. The Jamaican also sealed his status as athletics' greatest showman, posing for numerous selfies while even trying his hand at the javelin in an eerily quiet Olympic Stadium once the crowd departed. "There you go. I'm the greatest," said Bolt, who kissed the finish line on the Olympic Stadium track after his final Games appearance. In a perfect finish, Sunday was also his 30th birthday.

MICHAEL PHELPS