He has already won gold in the 100m and 200m races, but he still needs to run to victory in order to complete the set with a third gold in Rio.
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At the same time, silver for Jamaica allowed Veronica Campbell-Brown to win a medal at a fifth Olympics dating back to the 2000 Sydney Games.
Canada’s Andre De Grasse took silver in 20.02sec, just ahead of France’s Christophe Lemaitre, who nicked bronze in 20.12.
In the eight years since Beijing, the 11-time world champion has become one of the best known sportsmen on the planet and with the “triple-triple” has a legitimate claim to the title of greatest Olympic track and field athlete ever.
The Jamaican who has 4.3 million followers on Twitter thanked the fans for believing in him: “My fans you guys never doubted me a min and for that I belong to you guys forever #blessed”, he said on his Twitter account @usainbolt. “You work so hard for years and then you just hope it pays off”. It is a brilliant feeling.
“I haven’t got a call yet but I know it’s coming”, he joked in July following Jose Mourinho’s appointment as the English Premier League club’s manager. “Personally I think this is my last 200 but my coach may beg to differ”.
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As he blazed through the Rio Games, winning an historic third batch of three sprint gold medals, Jamaica’s Usain Bolt was clear this is his last time on the Olympic track, where he feels he has nothing left to prove.
“It’s important to use the fame and the achievement of Usain Bolt for the benefit of Jamaica”.
The runner, who is famous for his Lightning Bolt victory pose, has broken the world record for the 100m and 200m distances.
Fresh off winning the 10 kilometer race in dramatic fashion, British standout Mo Farah is looking for his second double when the 5K sets off. Farah won the 5K and 10K in London four years ago.
Eaton’s back-to-back titles matched Britain’s Daley Thompson, who won gold in the event in the 1980 and 1984 Olympics.
“To win two Olympic golds in a row like Daley Thompson is very special”, Eaton said.
“I told the guys if it didn’t come true I would beat them up”, he joked afterwards.
Slovakia edged the Czech Republic by a tenth of a second to get the silver. In 2012 I was battling injuries and surgeries. “I was just happy to make the finals in 2012”, he added.
Kozak didn’t compete in the women’s 200 meter sprint, which was won by New Zealand’s Lisa Carrington.
In Lane One, the inside, where physics says it is toughest – with 41.01 the second-fastest women’s 4x100m relay in Olympic history.
Backed by a roaring home crowd, the Brazilians led the race until the final 250 meters where they were overtaken by Brendel and Vandrey.
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His vivacious and engaging demeanor is so appealing to US brands that the Jamaican runner even stars in US -based Olympic ads opposite members of Team USA.
