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Olympics 2016: Usain Bolt completes sprint double –
Usain Bolt completed a Rio 2016 sprint double by winning the 200m; he has already won the 100m in Rio. Bolt’s eighth Olympic title came in a time of 19.78 seconds, and the Jamaican has one final chance to win gold in Friday’s 4x100m relay final. Bolt, the overwhelming pre-race favourite, once again dominated a 200m Olympic final. The Jamaican has now won the Olympic sprint double three times, having repeated his exploits from Beijing in 2008 and London four years ago. Bolt said he was not happy with his time and added it was unlikely he would compete in the event at the World Championships in London next year – his career swansong. “I said it would be 100m and that’s it,” he told BBC Sport. “My coach has a way of trying to convince me, but personally I believe this is my last one.” [BBC] See List of the Day
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Rio Olympics 2016: USA’s Ryan Crouser breaks 28-year record to win shot put gold –
Ryan Crouser broke a 28-year Olympic record to win gold for the United States in the men’s shot put final. Crouser, 23, threw 22.52m with his fifth throw to break East German Ulf Timmermann’s record of 22.47m set in Seoul in 1988. Joe Kovacs, the 2015 world champion, made it a USA one-two with a best throw of 21.78m, as New Zealand’s Tomas Walsh took bronze with 21.36m. Poland’s Tomasz Majewski, who won gold in 2012, finished sixth with 20.72m. [BBC]
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Usain Bolt International competitions results [Wikipedia]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | World Youth Championships | Debrecen, Hungary | 5th (semis) | 200 metres | 21.73 |
| 2002 | World Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 1st | 200 metres | 20.61 (wind: +0.9 m/s) |
| 2nd | 4×100 metres relay | 39.15 NJR | |||
| 2nd | 4×400 metres relay | 3:04.06 NJR | |||
| 2003 | World Youth Championships | Sherbrooke, Canada | 1st | 200 metres | 20.40 |
| Pan American Junior Championships | Bridgetown, Barbados | 1st | 200 metres | 20.13 WYB | |
| 2nd | 4×100 metres relay | 39.40 | |||
| 2004 | CARIFTA Games | Hamilton, Bermuda | 1st | 200 metres | 19.93 WJR |
| Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 5th (heats) | 200 metres | 21.05 | |
| 2005 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Nassau, Bahamas | 1st | 200 metres | 20.03 |
| 2006 | World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 3rd | 200 metres | 20.10 |
| IAAF World Cup | Athens, Greece | 2nd | 200 metres | 19.96 | |
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 2nd | 200 metres | 19.91 |
| 2nd | 4×100 metres relay | 37.89 | |||
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 1st | 100 metres | 9.69 WR OR |
| 1st | 200 metres | 19.30 WR OR | |||
| 1st | 4×100 metres relay | 37.10 WR OR | |||
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 1st | 100 metres | 9.58 WR |
| 1st | 200 metres | 19.19 WR | |||
| 1st | 4×100 metres relay | 37.31 CR | |||
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | DSQ[260] | 100 metres | — |
| 1st | 200 metres | 19.40 WL | |||
| 1st | 4×100 metres relay | 37.04 WR | |||
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 1st | 100 metres | 9.63 OR |
| 1st | 200 metres | 19.32 | |||
| 1st | 4×100 metres relay | 36.84 WR | |||
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 1st | 100 metres | 9.77 |
| 1st | 200 metres | 19.66 | |||
| 1st | 4×100 metres relay | 37.36 | |||
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, Scotland | 1st | 4×100 metres relay | 37.58 GR |
| 2015 | World Relay Championships | Nassau, Bahamas | 2nd | 4×100 metres relay | 37.68 |
| World Championships | Beijing, China | 1st | 100 metres | 9.79 | |
| 1st | 200 metres | 19.55 WL | |||
| 1st | 4 × 100 metres relay | 37.36 WL | |||
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1st | 100 metres | 9.81 |
| 1st | 200 metres | 19.78 |
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