Usain Bolt has made history as the only sprinter to ever win three Olympic gold medals in the 100 meters, but his mom wants him to chase after a wife after his running career is finished.
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The Jamaican injured a hamstring at the end of June, while Gatlin had recorded the fastest time of the year in July, clocking, 9.80.
Despite Gatlin coming out of the blocks quicker, and dominating the first half of the race, Bolt set his usual second-wind cogs in motion and steamed into the lead. Gatlin took the silver in 9.89.
The 19-year-old American will try to make it 4 for 4 as she seeks another gold Monday on the balance beam in Rio de Janeiro. After his 100m triumph in Rio yesterday, there are just two more chances for Olympic fans to take it in, the 200m and relay finale.
“It was brilliant. I didn’t go so fast but I’m so happy I won”, he said.
Max Whitlock won the men’s floor exercise to become Britain’s first Olympic gymnastics champion.
‘Bolt unstoppable… how to race you man, ‘ Pogba wrote on Twitter, with a cartoon of himself alongside a motorbike and Bolt. Ethiopia’s Mare Dibaba took the bronze.
“I was surprised by it”. “But for me, you have to tune that kind of stuff out”.
But he rocketed out of the blocks and led the entire way, finishing far ahead of Grenada’s Kiranai James, the 2012 victor in the event, and LeShawn Merritt, the 2008 victor.
In stark contrast to Bolt’s reception, Gatlin walked out to the start line to a chorus of boos, but he was unmoved.
On the women’s side, American Simone Biles continued her dominance with a gold medal in the vault – her third of gold of these games – beating out Russia’s Marika Paseka and Switzerland’s Giulia Steingruber. Because he’s determined to win three sprint golds in a third Olympics and move past legend into immortality. Van Niekerk stormed out of the blocks and kept going, holding off 2012 Olympic champion Kirani James and 2008 victor LaShawn Merritt, who both ran season-best times to finish with silver and bronze.
He looked back with sad and exhausted eyes.
The intruder leaped over the barriers, darted onto the Olympic marathon course and was caught by security. Only one Kenyan man has won the event.
Sadly, Nigeria was missing in all of the glamour of Day nine as it was more of a day to forget for the country’s athletes in Rio.
The United States made history, placing three in the top 10. The race began and ended in Rio’s Sambodromo, the parade ground where the city’s Carnival takes place every year.
It’s hard to believe anything you see on the track anymore.
Earlier Sunday, Kei Nishikori won bronze, Japan’s first Olympic tennis medal since 1920.
There was plenty of action elsewhere on Sunday. She nailed them both.
‘We really only had 30 minutes to get ready for the finals’. She could even compete until she’s 41, like this remarkable gymnast.
Klay Thompson ended an Olympic-long slump with 30 points, and the US needed nearly all of them to hold off France 100-97 in basketball.
For a team that’s won 50 straight games in global play, the American men are looking rather vulnerable.
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The U.S.is now 5-0 in Rio and advances to the quarterfinals on Wednesday. “Immortal”, Bolt said to the BBC after the race. “There’s talent around this world and they’re showcasing it. So I would just like to see everyone have the respect in the audience as well”.
