VIDEO: Bolt stops interview to pay respect to America

For as flamboyant, brash and cocky as he can be, Usain Bolt's also a pretty classy guy. Take the video below as evidence to that effect.

You didn't see the following on TV because it didn't broadcast over American airwaves.

Amid the rush to get her questions in following Bolt's blaze in Sunday's 100-meter semi, a TV reporter with TVE, a Spanish news network, either ignored or wasn't aware that the American national anthem was about to begin for Sanya Richards-Ross' first gold medal, which she won in the 400 meters Sunday.

Think about it. It's not every day that a reporter gets a few precious seconds on TV with one of the most famous athletes in the world. In this squeeze, she might've lost herself or her place, and that's OK, really. Bolt kindly stopped the interview to turn and face the flags just as the U.S. National Anthem was set to begin. When the Anthem ends, Bolt turns back and finishes the interview.

As if the guy wasn't easy enough to love already.

(H/T, Yardbarker)