Bolt, who turns 30 on Sunday, became the first man in history last week to win a hat-trick of 100m gold medals.
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His record in Olympic finals improved to nine victories over nine events.
This is not the Bolt of eight years ago, when he stormed to his 100m and 200m world records in Beijing, nor even of four years ago when he blitzed the field in London.
In one of the biggest surprises of the track program, Japan won the silver medal, finishing 0.33 seconds behind – and had been leading before Bolt got the baton. The U.S. placed third but was later disqualified for an exchange outside the zone in the first hand-off, raising Canada’s fourth place finish to third.
As well as chants, the 19-year-old bronze medal victor has seen her Facebook and Instagram accounts deluged with requests. The Americans won the silver, but the team was later disqualified and stripped of the medals because Gay was suspended for doping.
Usain Bolt bid farewell to the Olympics by powering to a record third straight sweep of the sprint medals and a final chance to declare himself “the greatest”. The Americans dropped the baton in the preliminaries but proved that they were bumped on the handoff.
Carl Lewis was 35 when he won his ninth and final gold (in long jump) at the 1996 Games. Fellow American Nic Long just missed out on winning the bronze. In the pole vault, silver medalist Sandi Morris missed her third attempt at 4.90 meters by the smallest margin, allowing Ekaterini Stefanidi of Greece to win with 4.85 on a countback. Her husband and coach said Suhr had been sick and was coughing up blood before the final.
Friday, all the pain and years finally paid off in gold in his seventh Olympics.
– Klay Thompson scored 22 points and the US men’s basketball team advanced to the gold-medal game by beating Spain 82-76. Ana Torrens led Spain with 18 points.
– The United States will face Serbia in the final of the men’s basketball competition, after the two nations inflicted respective defeats on Spain and Australia.
Unlike Neymar’s squad, the US women’s basketball team breezed through the tournament – make that six straight tournaments.
– Germany has won its first gold medal in women’s soccer by defeating Sweden 2-1. That happened to us in 2009 if I’m not mistaken.
They won by almost 40 points a game, but fell short of the record 102.4 points that the 1996 team averaged.
She’s won back-to-back ITU world championships but cut back on her schedule this year so she could focus on the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The loss was just his third in global competition and ends Burroughs’ quest to become the fourth USA wrestler with multiple Olympic golds.
Were Carter to be confirmed as a drugs cheat, all four members of the Jamaican team would be stripped of their medals. Park was 1-under 70 for a two-stroke lead over American Gerina Piller and Lydia Ko of New Zealand. Kiwi Lydia Ko, the No. 1 player in women’s golf, is on her heels after making her first hole-in-one Friday.
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His retirement proposals may have come slightly premature for some but with upcoming stars such as Canadian Andre De Grasse threatening his mantle, his decision to search for pastures new appears very sensible, with his legacy secured as arguably the greatest athlete of all time.
