Rollins lead the US sweep of the 100-meter hurdles at the Rio Games on Wednesday night, winning with 12.48 seconds.
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Also parading the stars and stripes were long-jumpers Tianna Bartoletta and Brittney Reese, who finished 1-2; steeplechaser Evan Jager, who won silver earlier in the day; and Tori Bowie, who added a 200-meter bronze to her silver in the 100.
Rollins was out fast and led all the way; Ali was close up from the starting gun and a clear second to Rollins, but Castlin had to come from behind in a desperation rush to hold off Great Britain’s Cindy Ofili, who ran 12.63 in fourth.
The clean sweep was the first by any country in the 100m hurdles and the first by United States women in any Olympic event.
Fittingly, the newly crowned Olympic long jump champion went with “Awesome Hour”. Bartoletta jumped 7.17 meters on her fifth of six attempts.
The first Rio story I saw Wednesday was about Evan Jager’s second-place finish in the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase finals, and it included video of him closing the gap on eventual victor Conseslus Kipruto of Kenya, who won in an Olympic record 8 minutes, 3.28 seconds.
“I look forward to competing with these ladies, and hopefully all three of us end up on the medal stand”, She told the Los Angeles Times.
One night after Kerri Walsh Jennings suffered the first Olympic defeat of her career, she and April Ross made sure that they wouldn’t go home without medals.
Within minutes, he was joined on the medal podium by another member of team USA, Joe Kovacs (21.78), giving the country gold and silver in the discipline for the first time since the 1996 Atlanta Games.
German women beat Brazil for beach volleyball gold: RIO DE JANEIRO – On their left was the United States, the birthplace of beach volleyball and the most successful country in its Olympic history. He is aiming for a third straight sprint double at the Olympics. Bolt clipped De Grasse, 19.78 to 19.80. “No one even thought I was going to make this team”, she said.
Harrison and Harper were not the only notable absentees with world champion Danielle Williams failing to get through the Jamaican trials and Australia’s Olympic champion Sally Pearson forced to withdraw from the Games with an injury.
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FAILED TO QUALIFY: Justin Gatlin has failed to qualify for the final of the 200 meters after placing third in his semifinal heat the Olympics.
