 Bolt stated that setting a record was not a priority for him , and that his goal was just to win the gold medal , Jamaica 's first of the 2008 Games . Olympic medalist Kriss Akabusi construed Bolt 's chest slapping before the finish line as showboating , noting that the actions cost Bolt an even faster record time . IOC president Jacques Rogge also condemned the Jamaican 's actions as disrespectful . Bolt denied that this was the purpose of his celebration by saying , " I wasn 't bragging . When I saw I wasn 't covered , I was just happy " . Lamine Diack , president of the IAAF , supported Bolt and said that his celebration was appropriate given the circumstances of his victory . Jamaican government minister Edmund Bartlett also defended Bolt 's actions , stating , " We have to see it in the glory of their moment and give it to them . We have to allow the personality of youth to express itself " . 
