The top-ranked Americans (5-0) put themselves in prime position in this Olympic tournament after rallying from a one-set deficit to beat China 22-25, 25-17, 25-19, 25-19 on Sunday.
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Two billion people worldwide were expected to watch Bolt race on television Sunday night, and while Rio has had trouble filling seats, the 56,000-seat Olympic Stadium was almost full for the 100. As Sunday’s race got underway, he was well on his way to upset, starting far ahead of Bolt in the first half of their seconds-long run.
“I was never anxious that I’d lose this”, said Sumgong. Bolt still has more he wants to accomplish at the Rio Olympics where he is also trying to win the 200 meters and the 4×100 relay for a third time.
Kenya’s Jemima Sumgong and Colombia’s Caterine Ibarguen were others to win gold medals, the former in the women’s marathon and the latter in the women’s triple jump. It was No. 7 over three Olympics for Bolt, and the odds are he will have two more before these Olympics come to a close.
“Yeah, so you know what that means, we’re going to have better funding from Own The Podium and Sport Canada, and continued support from B2ten”, Eriksson said, “so I’m looking forward to that”. “I wasn’t pleased, I wasn’t happy they changed the schedule to an hour and 20 minutes”, said Bolt, who said there was usually two hours or more between races.
The multiple Olympic champion powered to victory in 9.81 seconds. “To know about that, you will have to wait for my upcoming documentary”, Bolt quipped, before admitting: “This time I mostly ate Asian food”.
He’s the undisputed star of a sport that doesn’t produce stars anymore, a runner so popular in his native Jamaica that he is often compared to the iconic reggae master Bob Marley.
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt greets spectators after winning the men’s 100-meter final during the at …
A resident of Orlando, Florida, Gatlin served a one-year doping suspension after testing positive in 2001 for amphetamines contained in a medication he had taken for attention deficit disorder. He has been caught twice for doping.
“Well it was very hard to run fast, because the turnaround time was really, really short”.
“Yeah, that’s what I’m here to prove”.
“But the key thing, as I’ve said, is that it’s all about winning”.
Justin Gatlin of the United States celebrates his second-placing.
The outcome of the race could have been very different had it not been for the quick action by the National Force.
The 29-year-old Bolt, whose reaction time of 0.155 was second slowest of the eight finalists, is the second-oldest 100 champion in Olympic history (Linford Christie was 32 in 1992). He was concerned enough about Gatlin’s menace that he would not begin to enjoy himself until he crossed the finish line first, again.
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Bolt’s added his seventh gold to his name.
