Column: Bolt does the Olympics a solid

LONDON (AP) — It took him longer to get down on both knees and kiss the track than it did to glide over the most important 100 meters of it.

Yet it's everyone else with a stake in this overhyped and increasingly over-budget extravaganza — the International Olympic Committee, the London organizers, NBC, his sport and even his fellow competitors — who should be kissing the ground Usain Bolt walks on.

He saved their games.