The 400-meter final is expected to be a tight race between American LaShawn Merritt, Kirani James of Grenada and Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa. Venus Williams can become the first tennis player with five Olympic golds if she and Rajeev Ram win the mixed doubles.
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Much has been made of whether there should be a place for golf on the Olympic schedule after the sport made a long-awaited return in Brazil, with several high-profile players absent citing concerns over the Zika virus.
Rio found an easy way to boost the attendance at athletics: unleash Usain Bolt.
Gatlin was all business, fast from the start and barely letting up at the finish for a time of 9.94.
Trayvon Bromell finished second in his heat in 10.13 seconds.
Venus Williams, who won two golds at the Sydney Games 16 years ago, will team up with Rajeev Ram to face Bethanie Mattek Sands and Jack Sock in an all-United States mixed doubles final.
If it’s Sunday, there must be a golf final somewhere.
The greatest athlete on the planet will go for an unprecedented third straight 100m title on Monday morning (AEST) in Rio.
In the public’s view the Olympic 100m will deliver that promoter’s dream again when Bolt confronts Justin Gatlin on the start line in Rio.
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The first leg of the relay, the backstroke, turned out to be a world-record time by American Ryan Murphy, and that pushed the USA team toward an Olympic record time for the complete race.
Four-time Olympian Carmelo Anthony says “we’re OK”.
An eleven-time World Champion, he won consecutive World Championship 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 metres relay gold medals from 2009 to 2015, with the exception of a 100 m false start in 2011. In fact, the Americans could even end up finishing third in Group A.
Earlier, Pernille Blume of Denmark held off American Simone Manuel to win the 50-meter freestyle.
Does she really even need a vault to fly sky-high?
Gymnastics features the women’s vault, uneven bars and pommel horse.
On the uneven bars, world champion Madison Kocian posted the top qualifying score but faces strong competition from teammate Gabby Douglas and defending Olympic uneven bars champion Aliya Mustafina of Russian Federation.
Britain’s Andy Murray is going to see if he can turn his trademark menacing grimace into a smile.
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt has stressed that the sport of athletics needs him to win in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
“I’ve worked hard just like everybody else”. Nadal plays Japan’s Nishikori Kei for the bronze. With a win, the Americans gain a top seed for the quarterfinals amid questions about whether they can still dominate the field after back-to-back close calls.
Not his training partner clipping his heel in the Olympic final Saturday in Rio de Janeiro. Not three of Kenya’s best trying to wear him down with repeated spurts of acceleration. Not the final kick of rival Paul Tanui.
At the Olympic golf course, Murray’s fellow Briton, Justin Rose, is the man to catch for the first Olympic golf gold medal since 1904.
“And then the guy pulled out his gun, he cocked it, put it to my forehead and he said, ‘Get down, ‘ and I put my hands up, I was like, ‘Whatever.’ He took our money, he took my wallet — he left my cell phone, he left my credentials”.
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Bolt easily took the lead by halfway and began looking around to his right and left with around 30m to go.
