Three-time triple Olympic gold medal-winner Usain Bolt insists he was not surprised by Japan's performance in claiming silver in the 4x100-meter relay at the Rio Games on Friday.
Japan stunned the world and almost ruined Bolt's bid for a clean sweep of sprinting golds for a third straight Olympics when the team of Ryota Yamagata, Shota Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryu and Aska Cambridge pushed Jamaica all the way to the line to finish ahead of Canada for the silver medal.
But Bolt insists that he saw the threat coming after watching Japan beat Jamaica in Thursday's heats in a new Asian-record time of 37.68, and the 29-year-old paid tribute after the Japanese lowered their mark to 37.60 in Friday's final.