Usain Bolt frustrated by London's "weird" Olympic rules

Usain Bolt of Jamaica looks on before the start the Men's 100m Final on Day 9 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 5, 2012 in London, England. / Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images

(CBS/AP) LONDON - Being the fastest man on Earth doesn't get you through security any quicker at the Olympics.

There's no cutting the line for Usain Bolt or getting London's rigid regulations relaxed.

And the Olympic champion's not happy about it. Especially when the security guards hold him up ahead of his showpiece 100-meter event.

"I was in the line, we were waiting to run and the guy was telling me to line up straight," Bolt said early Monday. "I was like, 'Really? We're about to run and they are going to make me stand in a straight line?' There are just some weird rules here."

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Such as not being allowed to get skipping ropes past security.

"They said I can't bring it in, and I asked, 'Why?'" Bolt recalled. "They just said, 'It is the rules.' So if I have a rubber band that I need to stretch, I can't take it in. And when I asked why, they say, 'It's just the rules.'

Usain Bolt sets Olympic record in men's 100-meter

"It's just some weird small rules that don't make any sense to me, personally."

Security has been the only major problem area for games organizers. Thousands of soldiers, sailors and air force personnel had to be drafted to plug the gaps left by the failure by private security contractor G4S to supply all the guards it had promised.

Since the games began, it is mainly G4S guards manning entry and exit points.

"Every venue is different. Wherever it happens to be in the world, there are different protocols in most places," London organizing committee chairman Sebastian Coe said. "That's the nature of it."

But there will be an investigation into Bolt's frustrations, which Coe initially tried to claim had been "lost in the translation."

"I will look at this," Coe said. "I am presuming the skipping rope was there a warm-up aid, so I will, of course, look at that."

Coe pointed out the bureaucracy that baffled Bolt "didn't seem to slow him up too much."

The Jamaican defended his 100-meter Olympic title Sunday in a games record 9.63 seconds, just .05 of a second off his world mark, to beat Jamaican training partner Yohan Blake.

And Bolt has largely been impressed with the organization in London.

"Great Britain is a wonderful place. They've done so well," he said. "I've been watching the cycling and the rowing. They've done so well. It's just a great Olympics, it's just a great place."

Meanwhile the Jamaican joined an elite group in London, not just defending his 100-meter title, but passing one million Twitter followers the day after winning the showpiece race of the Olympics.

The sprinter, who describes himself as "the most naturally gifted athlete the world has ever seen" on his profile, took to Twitter to celebrate his milestone:

Big up Twitter fans - one million and counting...

— Usain St. Leo Bolt (@usainbolt) August 6, 2012

[travelers345]

@whomedoyou

You've just supported my argument. There was an article that came out recently explaining how affluence has as much to do with success in sports as anything. America can afford to feed and train it's athletes better. That's why we've done better than a country like China, which has more athletes overall than we do, but which has been a much poorer country historically.

FYI, Jamaica is a poor country.

[lesserof2evil]

glad to see Witch hunting is still alive and well.

[whomedoyou]

@travelers - Statistics has nothing to do with this - they just have good genes! If we look into statistics - then the USA should not be winning as many medals as China which has 3 times the number of people.

That's not how these things work.

[travelers345]

Statistically it's highly improbably that an island of three million people has three of the fastest men in history, all at the same time. And the fastest women too. The sport should be testing their blood inside and out.