Rollins lead the USA sweep of the 100-meter hurdles at the Rio Games on Wednesday night, winning with 12.48 seconds. Bolt already has one gold medal in Rio after he won the 100 meter race Sunday.
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After they saw their names come up on the scoreboard, they huddled together, hugged and jumped up and down before grabbing their USA flags from the stands.
America’s women pulled off the improbable podium sweep, as Castlin edged out fourth-place Cindy Ofili of Great Britain by just two hundredths of a second. The U.S.is so deep that Kendra Harrison, the world record-holder, didn’t make the Olympic team.
The long jump competition produced more surprise as the USA went 1-2 with prodigious leaps of 23-feet 5 inches by Tianna Bartoletta, and 23-feet 4 inches by Brittney Reese, earning the athletes gold and silver medals.
“Who wouldn’t be thankful for another medal?”
Thompson, who came into the Olympics nursing a hamstring injury, won in 21.78 seconds.
Thompson’s win comes on the heels of her gold-medal run in the 100-meter dash earlier this week. “I feel, when I was young, I definitely had a lot of good guidance, but sometimes I didn’t have someone of my age that I really could talk too”. They’re my backbone and keep me going. Harper and Kellie Wells went 2-3 at the London Olympics. He let Canada’s Andre De Grasse (19.80) remain on his shoulder up to the finish.
De Grasse, the bronze medalist in Sunday’s 100 meters, said the sprint was part of a strategy. She then put together a convincing victory, winning by.11 seconds to win all three of her rounds over a two-day stretch. I was trying to enjoy each and every moment.
“So I’m happy I was able to come back and come back so quickly and show people like hey, not only can I get fit but I can get back to the world-class performances with me and he plays a major role in that”. They didn’t have to wait long, with Neymar scoring 15 seconds into the game. Combined, the U.S. and New Zealand combined to take five of the six medals awarded across the men’s and women’s events.
Eaton has not lost a decathlon in four years.
Rollins, who won the event with a 12.48 time, credited prayer for the trio’s historic finish. “It was an awesome hour”. Bartoletta jumped 7.17 meters on her fifth of six attempts.
She started things off by unseating Reese, the defending Olympic champion, in the long jump.
“I honestly didn’t think that far ahead about the medals stand”, she said.
Darya Klishina, the lone Russian in the entire meet due to a doping scandal in the country, finished ninth.
Caster Semenya of South Africa cruised into the semfinals of the 800 meters, easily winning her heat to confirm her as the favorite for the Olympic title.
While Russia regroups, the Americans march on.
The American women are eyeing a sweep in the 100 hurdles, the team is that deep.
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The world-record holder won the 400 meters to give him 4,621 points after five events. “But now, it’s executing right, running the corner efficiently, and coming in the straight and running the flawless race”.
