Britain’s Jessica Ennis-Hill competes in the women’s heptathlon javelin throw during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016.
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Sunday’s finals are the women’s marathon and triple jump, the men’s 400m, and the blue-riband 100m with Usain Bolt who started his quest for a third Olympic treble on Saturday.
The Jamaicans two medals win – which came in the finals of the women’s 100-m – moved the region’s medal count up from four.
The U.S. crew won the race in 6 minutes, 1.49 seconds.
Thompson started cleanly and powered to a comfortable lead. She took her victory lap with a Jamaican flag wrapped around her shoulders. Asked some weeks ago to describe the pain, Fraser-Pryce called it an 8 on a scale of 10.
Jamaica won the women’s 4x100m relay once, back in 2004 at the Athen Olympic Games.
RIO DE JANEIRO -All eyes were on double defending champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. “I’m excited. [but] I feel like next time [the Olympics arrive], I’ll be a real professional at it”.
All three medalists grew up in impoverished communities. However, she was caught by Bowie who edged the Carenage- born runner for the win. “To be the second champion [at 100 meters], I’m really happy”. And what Bolt has in showmanship, Fraser-Pryce has in hairdos. She had to get serious about the sport. Thompson joins the likes of Merlene Ottey, Veronica Campbell-Brown and, of course, Fraser-Pryce in the island country’s long line of sprinting luminaries.
Bowie grew up in rural Sandhill, Mississippi. In the second 200m of her career. Much like Thompson, Bowie hasn’t run the 100 for very long, and she didn’t have the easiest path getting here.
Bowie, who hails from Sandhill, Mississippi, previously said that she was hoping to make her small town proud.
“We all have a story and I wouldn’t trade my story for anything”.
The Jamaican great defeated American rival Justin Gatlin by.08 of a second for his seventh Olympic gold medal. I am so happy to stand on the podium. Farah popped up immediately, losing only a couple of seconds, and was soon back at full speed. She finished her semi-final grimacing as she crossed the line. He’s also running the marathon. “When I place that medal in her hands, I’ll be crying”, Henderson, 27, said.
The gold and bronze performances were Jamaica’s first medals of Rio, a count that is expected to rise as the focus shifts from swimming to athletics over the coming week.
The 33-year-old Briton brought the Olympic Stadium crowd roaring to its feet after conjuring a trademark surge down the home straight to win in 27min 5.17sec. But the 24-year-old Dutchwoman finished second in the 100 at the world championships last August in Beijing. Ennis-Hill grabbed silver; Brianne Theisen-Eaton of Canada won bronze.
The track and field sprinter has a net worth estimated at $4 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
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And to close the night, Team USA also won the men’s 4×100-meter medley.
