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Usain Bolt was previously abused durin Olympic finals. Here is everyting you need to know about what transpired.
Usain Bolt had a plastic beer bottle thrown at him just moments before winning the 100m final at London 2012.
The worrying incident unfolded when the Jamaican sprint legend took to the start line at the London Stadium, as he prepared to defend his 100m title.
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Many will remember Bolt's heroics that summer, as he cemented his legend status by retaining his 100m and 200m gold medals, as well as triumphing in the 4x100m relay.
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But fewer will recall events in the moments leading up to his first medal of the Games, where the athletics hero was targeted by a man suffering a 'manic episode', who had gained entry to the 100m final without a ticket according to talkSPORT.
Ashley Gill-Webb, then aged 34, used an old ticket to get into the Olympic Park and then the stadium.
Gill-Webb, who has bipolar disorder, then pushed his way to the front of the exclusive seating area, where he began to hurl abuse at Bolt.
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The man from South Milford, North Yorkshire, began to taunt the fastest man of all time, shouting: "Usain I want you to lose, Usain you are bad, you are an a*******."
He also yelled in support of Bolt's leading rival, Yohan Blake: "Believe in Blake, no Usain."
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As the race began, Gill-Webb's behaviour became more alarming; he threw a plastic beer bottle onto the track as the 100m race began.
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But this did little to affect Bolt, who raced to victory in a time of 9.63 seconds, an Olympics record, ahead of compatriot Blake in second place, and the USA's Justin Gatlin, who won bronze.
And Gill-Webb soon found himself in trouble for his conduct, as he was confronted over the bottle throwing by Dutch judo bronze medallist Edith Bosch, who had been close by in the stadium.
He was escorted from the stadium and arrested, before being found guilty of public disorder in January 2013.
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