Regardless of what he does next, the charismatic Jamaican has clearly been relishing his last Olympic performance, smiling broadly as he barrels toward the finish line.
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His world record in the 100m, 9.58 seconds?
Canada’s Andre de Grasse took silver in 20.02secs, while France’s Christophe Lemaitre edged out Great Britain’s Adam Gemili for bronze in agonising fashion, with both men given the same time of 20.12s.
The Jamaican four Friday night: Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake, Nickel Ashmeade, Bolt.
Gay, part of the USA 4×100 team that was disqualified in Friday’s final, held out hope that with Bolt’s pending retirement, he would have a chance at gold in Tokyo in 2020.
“A great sprinter”, said Gay who, once upon a time, was Bolt’s biggest challenger.
Words can’t describe that type of a guy and what he’s done for the sport. “Everybody just appreciates what he’s done”.
The runners who have lost to Usain Bolt for the past dozen years showered the Jamaican superstar with praise on Friday, after he completed his historic “triple-triple” in what he has said will be his final Olympics.
The triathlon at the Rio Olympics consists of a one-loop ocean swim, a steep 24-mile bike ride and a 6.2-mile run.
Bolt, who posted photos of himself hanging out with members of the women’s Swedish handball team after winning gold at London 2012, has remained coy about who he is now dating.
The track drama on Friday and the prospect of a Brazil football final on Saturday nearly overcame the shame felt by many Olympians after star swimmer Ryan Lochte had to apologise for inventing a story that he had been mugged in Rio.
WRESTLING UPSET: Defending Olympic and world champion Jordan Burroughs was stunned in the quarterfinals of men’s freestyle wrestling.
“We have an incredible roster of great athletes across a number of sports, who resonate in many markets and are each unique in their own way”, Kearney said.
And how did he achieve greatness? I wanted it the most. Dad and I had never seen such a combination of speed and personality before.
Bolt won gold medals in the 100m and 200m made it a repeat of Beijing 2008 and London 2012 by helping the Jamaican team to anchor the title in the men’s 4x100m relay.
“It felt like we were really strong tonight”. In the pole vault 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.
Lochte said in a lengthy post on Instagram that he was apologising for his role in taking the focus away from other Olympic athletes. She took silver in the 5,000 at the London Games four years ago.
Estelle Mossely celebrated her 24th birthday by beating China’s Yin Junhua to become the first Frenchwoman to win Olympic boxing gold.
The U.S. will face Serbia, which rolled over Australia 87-61, on Sunday before the Rio Games close and the world looks ahead to the Tokyo Games in 2020.
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Another 30 golds will be up for grabs Saturday when Brazil’s soccer star Neymar takes centre-stage as his country play Germany in the final.
