200m title to 100m gold
Compatriot Usain Bolt cruises into men's room 200m final and each have triple gold in their sights
Elaine Thompson blasted to the 200m Olympic title on Wednesday (17 August) night, earning Jamaica another sprint double as she had already claimed the 100m gold earlier within the metropolis 2016 Games. The 24-year-old left her main rival, Dafne Schippers, staggering in her wake as she crossed the road a season's best twenty one.78 seconds. The Dutchwoman finished in twenty one.88 and therefore the USA's Tori James Bowie took bronze in twenty two.15. "My faculty shibboleth was 'let lightweight|the sunshine} shine' and that i let my light shine tonight," same Thompson. "It's an enormous surprise to ME as a result of I even have had a hamstring injury. you need to overcome this stuff and tonight i'm standing here with a gold. To beat Dafne Schippers could be a laborious run."
Earlier within the evening Thompson's subject Usain Bolt, UN agency is additionally seeking to feature the 200m title to the 100m gold he won on Sunday, ran the quickest time across the 3 semi-finals, 19.78, his best this season. each Thompson and Bolt area unit aiming for triple gold in metropolis, with robust probabilities as a part of their individual 4x100m relay groups.
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Canada's Andre First State Grasse ran aboard Bolt and recorded the best time, 19.80, inflicting the Jamaican to joke with him that it had been not necessary to run therefore laborious before the ultimate. "He was purported to hamper," Bolt same. "I same 'What area unit you doing, it is a semi-final?' however i believe he needed to push ME. i used to be a small amount lazy however I got spherical. i do not understand what he was attempting to try to to however he is a young child, he's great."
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Bolt same that breaking his 200m record (19.19) on weekday remains in his sights. "I undoubtedly suppose I will go for the planet record, I undoubtedly feel that. i want to run expeditiously and obtain into the straight and run the right race. If I will run a bit a lot of expeditiously on the turns... ready to|i'll} be hoping for lane six or seven perhaps to be able to run as sleek as I will."There were shocks once 2 of Bolt's main rivals, the USA's Justin Gatlin and fellow Jamaican Yohan painter, didn't qualify for Thursday's 200m final. However, the USA's Lashawn Merritt, the quickest man over 200m this year, qualified with the third best time of the night, 19.94.
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Gatlin said: "I'm happy to still be here (for the relays). My articulatio plana is giving ME tons of issues. i can not run properly and that i had a decent flip in lane 3." The USA completed a clean sweep of the medals within the women's 100m hurdles once Brianna Rollins stormed to gold in twelve.48, followed by Nia Ali on twelve.59 and Kristi Castlin on twelve.61.
"Oh my God, it is a relief," same Rollins. "There has been such tons of anticipation. I even have younger brothers and because the oldest i favor to guide by example - even from far-off." The Americans had such strength thorough this year that they left record holder Kendra Harrison reception. There was additionally North American country success within the women's long jump, once cheat on world champion Tianna Bartoletta finally won Olympic gold, with a life-time best seven.17m.
The 30-year-old more responsible 2 huge jumps from Serbian Ivana Spanovic and yank Brittney Reese on her fifth conceive to regain the lead with one spherical remaining. Asked however she would celebrate later on, Bartoletta said: "I cannot wait till I will eat a dish." Reese, the defensive champion, took silver with seven.15m, whereas Spanovic claimed bronze with a national record of seven.08m.
