Best finished seventh in the heat and will not advance to the semifinals, but he looked happy just to be there, racing alongside Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, the fastest man in history, who easily won the heat.
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Six-time gold medallist Blake, who says this will be his last Games, nearly ambled over the line in the penultimate race of the heats despite an average start for his standards.
Bolt is going for his third consecutive gold medal in the 100 – something that has never been done before.
His time of 10.07 seconds trailed that of his longtime rival Justin Gatlin by.06 seconds, but Bolt was running into a headwind while the American had the wind on his side. And that means Usain Bolt is ready to take over the games.
Antigua and Barbuda sprinters, Daniel Bailey and Cejhae Greene, are through to the 100 metres semi-finals at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Others to go through were Nickel Ashmeade and Yohan Blake of Jamaica and American Trayvon Brommell. So now it’s all about execution and getting it right when it comes to the finals.
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The 29-year-old started slowly but recovered to finish ahead of Bahrain’s Andrew Fisher, who also qualifies for the semi-finals which take place on Monday morning from 01:00 BST. I’m not usually running this early in the morning, ‘ Bolt told reporters after the race that began at 12.42 pm local time in warm sunshine.
