Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the men’s 200 metres gold for the third successive Summer Games on Thursday, crossing the line in 19.78 seconds at the Rio Olympic stadium. Andre de Grasse of Canada took silver, while Christophe Lemaitre finished third to claim bronze for France. Bolt, already the Rio 100 metres champion, will go for a third straight sweep of all three sprint golds in the 4×100 metres relay on Friday. As it happened! # 2008 Beijing – 100m gold, 200m gold. 2012 London – 100m gold, 200m gold. 2016 Rio – 100m gold, 200m gold # Usain Bolt wins 200m gold medal with a timing of 19.78 seconds. Like it has been through the Summer Games at Rio, Bolt continued to play around on the track and sealed the win in style # We are moments away from the introduction bit. Crowd’s ready, so is Bolt – for his moves for the camera # Bolt carefully measures the mark, and kneels down to get into position for THE RACE! # The players walk out of the tunnel, on the track now. Bolt waves to the crowd as he walks towards lane six # After sealing the berth in the 4x100m final, Jamaica will have representation from Usain Bolt in the 200m final shortly. Bolt is possibly chasing his last individual medal at the Olympics 2027 hrs IST: Eight teams that qualify for the Final then: United States, Japan, China, Canada, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Great Britain and Brazil 2020 hrs IST: In the second heats, Japan, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago qualify for the final 2015 hrs IST: No Usain Bolt in this Jamaican relay team but shouldn’t be a problem in making final 2013 hrs IST: USA, China and Canada qualify from the first heats in 4X100m relay. US register time of 37.65 – their season best; China 37.82 and Canada 37.89 2011 hrs IST: Dominician Republic is disqualified for a false start. 2004 hrs IST: But there’s no USA in the women’s 4 X 100m relay after they drop the baton 1953 hrs IST: Bad news! There’s no Usain Bolt in the Jamaican team for the Heats in the 4X100m relayJamaica’s Usain Bolt and Canadian Andre de Grasse set up an Olympic 200 metres showdown after crossing the line laughing together in their semi-final on Wednesday, but 100m silver medallist Justin Gatlin missed out after easing up too soon. Bolt, now one step away from securing an incredible third Olympic sprint double, crossed in 19.78 seconds with De Grasse clocking a Canadian record 19.80. “He was supposed to slow down,” said Bolt. “I said, ‘What are you doing, it’s a semi-final?’ But I think he wanted to push me. “I was a bit lazy, I don’t why, but I executed and got round.” While Bolt got away with taking his foot of the gas, Gatlin was not so fortunate. Once he realised he had eased off prematurely it was too late to recover as Dutchman Churandy Martina and Panama’s Alonso Edward swept past him. Gatlin, who said he had been hampered by an ankle injury, finished in 20.13, enabling Briton Adam Gemili and Turkey’s Ramil Gulyev to edge him out of the fastest loser slots. American LaShawn Merritt, who, like Gatlin, has served a doping suspension, was the only other athlete under 20 seconds and he looked strong and comfortable going into Thursday’s final. “My body felt good,” said the former world and Olympic 400m champion, who took a bronze in the 400 in Rio. “It’s tougher than I thought it was going to be but I’m handling everything pretty well mentally and physically.” Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre produced his fastest run for four years, 20.01, to take his place in the final, but Yohan Blake, the only man to beat Bolt over 200 in a final in the last nine years, was off the pace and missed out. Bolt has won the last two Olympic titles and four successive world championships over his favourite distance. The last time he lost a major 200m race was in the 2007 worlds when he was edged by American Tyson Gay, though training partner Blake did take him down in the 2012 Jamaican trials. “I definitely think I can try for the world record,” said Bolt, who set the current mark of 19.19 in the 2009 world championships. edal in 100m final as he finished fourth. In the 200m heats, Andre de Grasse clocked the fastest time heats in 20.09 seconds, followed by Hortelano Bruno with 20.12 seconds and Yohan Blake in 20.13 seconds. De Grasse won a bronze medal in the 100m final in Rio Games. ☻Google + : https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/102953730859606003216/102953730859606003216/posts ☻Twitter : https://twitter.com/?lang=vi ☻Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/Makeup-2016new ☻pinterest :https://www.pinterest.com/ ☻Redit https://www.reddit.com/ ☻tumblr : https://www.tumblr.com/explore/trending

• published: 19 Aug 2016
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