So the question is this: Is Usain Bolt bigger than Bob Marley?
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After Sunday’s 1-2 finish, Bolt and Gatlin complained of too quick of a turnaround from the semifinals and final in the 100 meters.
“I don’t know who decided that”, Bolt said. “It was really stupid”. Tomorrow I will show much better progress because I will have to run faster, so I’m looking forward to that.
When there’s that many people there to witness greatness and the hush goes over the crowd before that starter’s gun goes off, it’s spine-tingling stuff.
He said after the semifinal, he felt great. It’s that balancing act between interaction and also being a fly on the wall, letting him run around – and you also have to avoid tripping over everything around the stadium because you’re also running backwards in front of him.
For him, “fast” often equates to something in the world-record range of 9.58 seconds.
He wasn’t the only one complaining.
The American said he had already moved on from the disappointment of being beaten once again at a major championship by Bolt after winning silver in the 100.
“I didn’t because I was exhausted going into the finals and I was just like ‘let me focus on what I need to focus on, ‘” he said.
Also, Brazil’s women’s football team are at the Maracana, US gymnastics revelation Simone Biles seeks to get back on the gold trail, and former street hawker Robson Conceicao could give the hosts something to smile about in the boxing ring.
Track’s governing body, the IAAF, sets the schedule and the International Olympic Committee signs off on it.
“If they’re happy, we’re happy”, said International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams.
“There is no alpha male syndrome among American athletes”.
Last week’s swimming finals got underway at 9.30pm local time each night, with some of the key races, such as Michael Phelps’ 200m Butterfly rematch against Chad le Clos of South Africa, not getting started until 10.25pm on Tuesday night.
It was considered a win-win for the Olympics and NBC, which pays the most sizable chunk of the $4.1 billion in worldwide broadcast rights the International Olympic Committee received for the 2014 and 2016 Olympics. “I’m making mistakes I never made earlier in my career”, she said.
Women’s beach volleyball, semifinals, 10:56 p.m. ET: Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross will face reigning world champions and Brazilian home favorites Agatha and Barbara.
Asked whether NBC had a role in the scheduling, communications vice president Chris McCloskey said “the IOC and worldwide federations make the schedule”.
“We’ll, of course, take the athletes’ views on board”, Turner said. “We keep watching. In Jamaica, this is what we do every Olympics. Going to the 200 now, I’m very confident”.
“I’ve recovered from the 100m”, he insisted. “I’m exhausted now, but happy to be through”. The charismatic Jamaican is back in business in the 200-meter heats, Tuesday.
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Usain Bolt became the first person to win three straight Olympic 100-meter titles, blowing down the straightaway in 9.81 seconds at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. “I think [Bolt’s] personality really shines through”.
