In typical Bolt style, the 30-year-old appealed to onlooking volunteers to clap his run-up, before jogging down the track and launching his attempt.
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There was no stopping Usain Bolt as he claimed another gold in the men’s 4X100m relay by running the anchor leg for Jamaica, making three out of three at Rio and his ninth gold medal overall.
Felix ran the second leg for the U.S., the same section as 100 and 200-meter gold medalist Thompson, and passed to English Gardner, who ran a powerful curve to give her team the lead. Japan who set the Asian record won silver with 37.60s.
The handover between lead-off runner Mike Rodgers and Justin Gatlin was adjudged to have started before the exchange zone and the Americans were disqualified as they were on their lap of honour.
Phelps leads the medals table by a mile. Soner Demirtas took to the podium in men’s 74kg wrestling, and Nur Tatar in women’s 67kg taekwondo.
He has now won three gold medals in three successive Olympic competitions.
Canada earned the bronze medal.
She made it to the semifinals at the Olympics. Standout U.S. bantamweight Shakur Stevenson and defending Olympic champ Cuba ‘s Robeisy Ramirez will end that drought at 2:15 p.m.in a fight that could resonate through boxing for years. The Italians beat the Americans in group play earlier in the tournament. It is the one he raced as a junior and the bond remains strong. “I just have to make new goals and a new bucket list but first I just want to go on vacation and relax”.
China’s Lu Xiuzhi took bronze, only seven seconds behind her teammate. It was Felix’s sixth gold medal, most ever for a US female in track. The 12-5 victory makes the Americans the only two-time victor in the event since it debuted in 2000. He broke it out again Friday night, after taking the baton roughly even with Bromell before obliterating the field down the final straight. Team USA hadn’t won Olympic gold since Sydney 2000 and other than the stripped 2012 medal had not made the medal podium since 2004.
On Friday, the Kenyans were counting on a medal in the 5,000 meters – they got gold and silver.
And while Bolt’s brilliance should be praised, so too should the rest of Jamaican sprinting team.
Pogorelov and Yushlov also tested positive for steroids and had their non-medal finishes in the decathlon and shot put, respectively, disqualified.
Australia lost to Serbia 87-61 and will face Spain for the bronze.
“The Greatest” maybe just Muhammad Ali-style hyperbole that Bolt likes to throw about but his nine golds over three Olympics can not be countered. There was an upset as Vivian Cheruiyot powered past slumping favorite Almaz Ayana of Ethiopia and set an Olympic record of 14 minutes, 26.17 seconds. She had been through injury, the inability to defend her 200-meter title because she didn’t qualify at the USA trials and a near disqualification in the relay heats.
The Jamaican team containing Elaine Thompson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, took silver in 41.36.
American swimmer Ryan Lochte apologized “for not being more careful and candid” in the way in which he described being robbed while in Rio.
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With Rio rumoured to be his last Olympics, the Jamaican sprinter could also have a bright future in field events – as his stunning night-time javelin toss reveals.
