United States’ Tianna Bartoletta hugs her teammate Allyson Felix, right, as United States’ Morolake Akinosun, left, looks on after a women’s 4×100-meter relay after the USA team dropped the baton in the morning race during the. Allyson Felix and English Gardner dropped the baton during the second exchange in Thursday morning’s prelims and failed to advance. However, the Americans won an appeal because they were bumped by a Brazilian runner causing the mishap.
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But what to do?
He needed third-attempt clearances at 16-0¾ and 16-8¾ to avoid an early exit from that event and put his gold medal bid in jeopardy. We’re going to process that some, we get some time to grieve.
An Olympic race with only one competitor.
Former Oregon Duck Matthew Centrowitz qualified for Saturday’s 1500m final by running a 3:39.61 on Thursday night, good for the third-best time in the semis.
“It was different, it was really weird”. She burst off the starting blocks and didn’t tire despite her blistering pace, finishing in 53.13 seconds to take home a first-place finish in her first Olympics.
Other US winners Thursday were 400-meter hurdles champs Dalilah Muhammad and Kerron Clement, and shot-putter Ryan Crouser.
What more could the now two-time Olympic champion Eaton do Thursday night to get just a little sliver of the limelight that beams so brightly on Usain Bolt?
The 20-year-old won the men’s under 68kg, overcoming Russian Alexey Denisenko in the gold medal contest. After a bad first throw, he crept closer to the top mark of main challenger Kevin Mayer of France and made sure the concluding 1,500 meters was only a race for the Olympic record.
Will there be choppy waters ahead with a fight between four crews for the three medals? So I said, ‘Ash, you have to stay with him.
Chinese diver Ren Qian was born in this century.
The French will play Russian Federation or Olympic champion Norway in Saturday’s final.
Winning big meets isn’t new to her; she won the platform event at worlds in February.
“I know, right? Exactly”, U.S. decathlete Jeremy Taiwo said. “I think from now on I’ll train harder, I’ll work harder so I can focus on my future”. The favorite in that event – indeed, a contender to set a world record – is South Africa’s Caster Semenya, who is believed to have an intersex condition called hyperandrogenism, which could leave her with higher levels of testosterone, a potential advantage.
Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark are enjoying this trip to Rio de Janeiro much more than their last one.
In the end, however, there was no competition.
Mills was able to celebrate her victory with her mom.
Thompson’s feat was a source of inspiration for the 28-year-old American, who revelled in the achievement.
Two Olympic legends cemented their legacies on Thursday in Rio.
“Maybe I come back to Turkey with a medal, maybe my mother will say “My son is incredible”, – Yasmani Copello just wanted to please his mum, and he took home bronze in the men’s 400m hurdles. “They played a great match and I also want to congratulate our team. This is for you”.
Abughaush said: “It’s an indescribable feeling to win the first medal in the history of Jordan in all the sports”.
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De Grasse wasn’t the only Canadian to claim hardware on the track as Damian Warner, of London, Ont., took bronze in the decathlon. The Eganville, Ont., native finished second in her semifinal heat with a time of one minute 59.05 seconds in the semifinal.
