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Rio 2016

Usain Bolt Double Up Again At The Olympics
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Usain Bolt Double Up Again At The Olympics

ByGary Smith August 19, 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Sporting Alert — Usain Bolt completed his third successive Olympic Games sprint double, after racing away with the men’s 200m title at Rio 2016 on Thursday night.

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Watch Live Streaming On NBCOlympic.com: Rio 2016 Day 5
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Watch Live Streaming On NBCOlympic.com: Rio 2016 Day 5

ByGary Smith August 16, 2016December 18, 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, Sporting Alert – Usain Bolt returns to the track this moxrning to start the defence of his 200 metres title at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

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Poland’s Anita Wlodarczyk Improves Own Hammer World Record

ByWorld Track August 15, 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – (IAAF) – Poland’s Anita Wlodarczyk added more than a metre to her own world record* when she threw 82.29m at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Monday (15).

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Elaine Thompson Eases Into 200m Semis; Starts Double Hunt
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Elaine Thompson Eases Into 200m Semis; Starts Double Hunt

ByGary Smith August 15, 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Olympic Games 100m champion Elaine Thompson stayed on path to land the sprint double at Rio 2016 after she qualified for the semi-final of the women’s 100m on Monday’s Day 4 of track and field competition.

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Rio 2016 Day Track Schedule; Live Stream; Elaine Start 200m Quest
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Rio 2016 Day Track Schedule; Live Stream; Elaine Start 200m Quest

ByGary Smith August 15, 2016August 15, 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Elaine Thompson returns to the track on Monday’s Day 4 of track and field competition when she runs in the heats of the women’s 200m.

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Bolt Easily Defends Olympic 100m Title At Rio 2016
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Bolt Easily Defends Olympic 100m Title At Rio 2016

BySteve Campbell August 14, 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Usain Bolt became the first man in Olympic Games history to win three straight 100m titles, after the world record holder easily defended his title at Rio 2016 on Sunday night.

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Wayde van Niekerk Break 400m WR At Rio2016
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Wayde van Niekerk Break 400m WR At Rio2016

ByWorld Track August 14, 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Wayde van Niekerk broke Michael Johnson’s world record* to win the 400m at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in a stunning time of 43.03.

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Elaine Thompson Beats Fraser-Pryce; Strikes Gold In Rio
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Elaine Thompson Beats Fraser-Pryce; Strikes Gold In Rio

ByGary Smith August 13, 2016August 14, 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Elaine Thompson of Jamaica blasted to a stunning time of 10.71 to win the women’s 100m at Rio 2016 – dethroning her compatriot and training partner Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who finished third.

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Usain Bolt Starts Title Defence With 10.07 At Rio 2016
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Usain Bolt Starts Title Defence With 10.07 At Rio 2016

ByGary Smith August 13, 2016August 13, 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Usain Bolt cruised through the first round of the men’s 100 metres as he starts his quest to win another Olympic Games treble at Rio 2016 on Saturday.

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Fraser-Pryce Leads The Way In 100m; Carter Stunned Adams In Shot
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Fraser-Pryce Leads The Way In 100m; Carter Stunned Adams In Shot

ByGary Smith August 13, 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce opened her quest to become the first woman to win three successive Olympic 100m titles with an impressive 10.96 seconds in the heats at Rio 2016 on Friday’s opening day of track and field competition.

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Rio 2016 Evening Session Live: James, Fraser-Pryce In Action
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Rio 2016 Evening Session Live: James, Fraser-Pryce In Action

ByGary Smith August 12, 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, Sporting Alert – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Kirani James start their quest to defend their respective sprint titles at Rio 2016 in the evening session on Friday’s first day of competition.

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Almaz Ayana Blasts To 10,000m WR In Rio
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Almaz Ayana Blasts To 10,000m WR In Rio

ByGary Smith August 12, 2016August 12, 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, Sporting Alert – Almaz Ayana of Ethiopia smashed the world record to win the women’s 10,000m gold medal in the first session on day one of track and field action at Rio 2016 on Friday.

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