Track official Gordon Staines has two special words for Usain Bolt: Thank you!

Staines is the guy who fired the gun to start the men's 200 meter final, and he's downright thrilled that Bolt and his other competitors stayed "steady" at the start of the race and that no one had to be disqualified.

"You only get one false start," he said Friday. "I know I breathed a big, big sigh of relief when the gun went and they went and there was no recall."

Staines is one of the thousands of people who perform those anonymous tasks that make the Olympics happen. But who would want the job of potentially disqualifying Bolt?

He's been doing this for 25 years, though, and the nerves were steady. And to take part, in London no less, was "the icing on the cake."

"You can't get any higher than the Olympics," he said.

— Danica Kirka — Twitter http://twitter.com/danicakirka

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