Wishes pour in for legend Bolt on his birthday

Bengaluru, August 21: Jamaica's champion sprinter Usain Bolt turned 31 today (August 21).

The twitter was flooded with birthday messages for the one of the greatest athletes of all times.

Happy birthday to the one and only @usainbolt! pic.twitter.com/k2ZBuV3vXg

— IAAF (@iaaforg) August 21, 2017

Happy 31st birthday to the Legend Usain Bolt pic.twitter.com/2E2P27f9Kb

— @ManUtd_HQ (@ManUtd_HQ) August 21, 2017

Happy 31st birthday to one of the greatest Athlete's ever, Usain Bolt 🇯🇲 pic.twitter.com/ryagWnEMLd

— Team FA (@TeamFA) August 21, 2017

The Jamaican had ended his international career following the London World Championships which ended in disappointment for him as he failed to defend his 100M gold and crumpled to the ground with a hamstring injury on the last leg of the 4 x 100M relay final.

Later, Bolt had revealed through a series of tweets that he was not fully fit for the global showpiece. The tweets were removed shortly after they had been posted.

Bolt had been three meters down on the two leaders as he took on the last leg of the relay, which was won by Britain, only to pull up sharply and fall to the ground, coming to a halt after a forward roll on the track.

He speculated that the injury, which ended a wretched final championships for him after he only managed to win bronze in the individual 100 meters the previous weekend, might have been caused by having a long wait before the race.

Bolt, who won 19 global championship golds, is widely considered the finest sprinter in athletics annals.

Post-retirement, the grapevine is that the sprint legend is set to open a series of Jamaican style fast-food outlets in London.