Bolt completes the final leg of an unprecedented “Triple-Triple” of Olympic sprint titles as Jamaica wins the 4×100-meter relay at Rio 2016.
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From the 2008 Beijing Games onwards, the 29-year-old has dominated sprinting, winning every Olympic gold in the 100 metres, 200m and 4x100m to make history as he eliminated other nations’ chances of standing atop the podium. Running the second leg in the relay, Felix kept the USA up there with the mighty Jamaicans, before English Gardner and Tori Bowie brought the baton, tightly clenched in their hands, home for gold. Jamaica finished with the silver and Great Britain settled for bronze. Japan who set the Asian record won silver with 37.60s.
Japan took second, in 37.6.
Traditionally a power in the women’s game, but having never won an Olympic medal, Denmark will be the underdog Sunday against a French team which is reigning Olympic and world champion.
His haul of nine gold medals is the joint highest among Olympic athletics, equal with United States of America sprinter and long jumper Carl Lewis and Finnish long-distance runner Paavo Nurmi.
As for the US men, well, they might want to start with less lofty goals, like actually finishing a relay legally.
“It was hard because the weather wasn’t that good”, Liu said of the hot conditions.
Beattie says whether a similar deal could be struck to bring him Down Under is unknown but organisers will be discussing their options when they meet the Commonwealth Games Federation in October.
Bowie ran the anchor leg and held off Fraser-Pryce as the Americans only narrowly missed the world record.
“It means a lot to me”. “I’ve sacrificed so much throughout the season, throughout the years, I’ve been through so much”. That’s what I’m doing. – Gold medal victor in the women’s modern pentathlon, Chloe Esposito, speaking about her brother Max, who is also in Rio competing in the men’s competition.
Asked what he will do when he gets home, Cisse said: “I want to hug my parents, this is the first thing”. Tan then hit long to hand match point to China before Goh sliced the shuttle out. It would also leave Bolt, whose world record is 9.58sec, as the only man to have run under 9.79sec who is not tainted by a drugs ban.
Lin and Lee exchanged jerseys and hugged each other following their close men’s singles semifinals, after 16 years of being both rivals and friends.
As a seasoned veteran, Lin is the one who best understands Lee’s efforts and wished him good luck. “I hope to be in that bracket after these Games”.
Usain Bolt did it again – for the ninth time.
“I would have never thought I could go back-to-back-to-back Olympics”.
“It’s very humbling, and I’m thankful to share it with these special ladies”, Felix said. It’s happened. I am just happy, proud of myself. We can still compete together with young shuttlers at the age of 33.
The United States women’s water polo team became the first group to win consecutive Olympic gold medals, defeating Italy 12-5 in the final. It was Felix’s sixth gold medal, most ever for a USA female in track. The Americans defeated Spain in their semi-final, 82-76.
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More streaks continued Friday as athletes from the pared-down Russian Federation team won gold in synchronized swimming for the fifth straight time.
