– Usain Bolt completed the stunning “triple-triple” he had yearned for, winning gold with Jamaica in the 4×100 metres relay final.
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Usain Bolt cemented his name in athletics history as Jamaica won the men’s 4×100 relay in Rio to give the sprint legend the treble treble at the Olympic Games.
“You never know what is going to happen in the relay, anything can happen”, Bolt said.
“I’m sharing with the team, so it’s very special”, she said. “I mean, considering how big our country is I’m not too surprised”, she said with a laugh. “I can’t prove anything else”.
Friday’s triumph was potentially the most awkward, with Bolt’s gold medal hopes reliant on the performances of his team-mates. The Americans had no problem with that, posting a time faster than any other relay team in the first round.
“I am going to dance and sing and it won’t matter if I’m a little bit out of key”.
Bolt needed the help of his 4x100m relay teammates to win his last Olympic gold before retirement, but not as much as they needed his help to win the medal.
With the men’s 4×100-meter relay looking tight heading into the anchor leg, the world’s fastest man pulled away nearly immediately to cross the finish line and make a little more history. “Find out who won”. But she missed all three tries at 15 feet, 5 inches, ruining her Olympic title defense. But fatigue caught up with her and Cheruiyot and compatriot Hellen Obiri, who won silver, saw their chance. Every four years, the US squad proves to be snake-bit: a disqualification in 2008, a stripped silver in 2012 after Tyson Gay’s doping violation. New Zealand’s Tomas Walsh took bronze (21.36).
She entered the games as one of just six women to have won four golds in track and field. He also owns the records in the 100 (9.58) and 200 (19.19).
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The 21-year-old De Grasse had it coming and he got it.
At the same time, silver for Jamaica allowed Veronica Campbell-Brown to win a medal at a fifth Olympics dating back to the 2000 Sydney Games.
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Britain’s Joshua Buatsi and Mathieu Bauderlique of France take home bronze.
