Bolt's 200m win at Games sets new Twitter record with 80,000 tweets per minute

Aug 11, 12:01 pm

London, Aug 11(ANI): Track legend Usain Bolt's historic win in the 200m race at the London Games led to a new Twitter Olympic conversation record with more than 80,000 tweets per minute.

The official Twitter account revealed the new record on Friday after Bolt became the first athlete in Olympic history to successfully defend both the 200m and 100m titles.olt tweeted to his 1.3 million followers to express his thanks and let them know that he is now a legend, and his tweet received 80,000 retweets and 2,000 likes, The Daily Mail reports.

The tweet was favourited by more than 2,000 people and retweeted more than 9,500 times. (ANI)

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