It was a clear win for Elaine in 21.78 (SB) but she was so focused on her own race that she did not even know she won.
Elaine ran a well executed race, achieving an important task of beating Dafne Schippers on the curve then still having enough left to step it up another gear in about the last 30m to pass back Schippers who went slightly ahead, keeping her form and running right through the line.
Schippers lost form towards the line, got the Silver in 21.88 and fell hard to the ground after the line. She was quite upset with herself throwing her shoes down after the race. She eventually recovered and went over to Congratulate Elaine.
Torie Bowie got the Bronze in 22.15. Marie Josee Ta Lou placed 4th.
CONGRATS ELAINE! Elaine achieved the Sprint Double which hasn’t been done by any Jamaican Woman and hasn’t been done since Florence Griffith Joyner aka Flo-Jo in 1988.
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Tomorrow’s Lane assignment below for the Men’s 200m Final at 8:30pm without Gatlin who said that his ankle tightened up. Ask and you shall receive! Usain Bolt stated he would love to get Lane 6 in his interview and that he did!
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Tomorrow’s Schedule:
Relays begin in the morning and look out for Annsert Whyte who we expect to medal in the 400m Hurdles Final in the morning as well. USA’s Clement is expected to win Gold that one.
By: Gabrielle Burgess
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GOLD FOR JAMAICA IN THE 110m MEN HURDLES!!!!! OMAR McLEOD has done it in 13.05! Spectacular race, execution of hurdles and clear win! He kept his focus the entire way.
Orlando Ortega of Spain won Silver in 13.17 and Dimitri Bascouof France won Bronze in 13.24.
Congrats Omar!!! We are so proud of you! Although it was expected we know it was not easy to pull off with hurdles. Well done.
With so much excitement we are ready for tomorrow’s 200m Women Final Showdown between Elaine and Dafne! It won’t be easy for Elaine who ran 2nd to Dafne, easing up and failing to secure a good lane. Keeping in mind Ta Lou and Bowie won their Semi-Finals.
Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas literally dived for Gold to win the 400m. Allyson Felix had to take Silver. Congrats to our girl, Shericka Jackson who won Bronze!
Note that her dive over the line was not the first of the night! It occured in the 110m Hurdles for one of the athletes to make 4th to qualify. Paradigm shift?
Terror in the Heats of the  110m Men’s Hurdles. Deuce Carter had to do a run-over in the Heats to make it in the Semis as a result of the heavy rains earlier in the evening that stopped races after his Heat on the track, where he tripped over hurdles and got a time which would not have qualified without the run-over.
Leah Nugent of Jamaica got a DQ after coming 2nd in the 400m Hurdles Heats for her poor execution of a hurdle, appealed and was reinstated later in the night for the Semis.
On a lighter note, Congrats to David Rudisha of Kenya for Defending and winning Gold in the 800m! First man in 50 years to win the 800m back to back.
If you have all recovered from yesterday’s events in RIO, here is today’s Schedule:
Yona Knight Wisdom of Jamaica did an awesome dive of 76 in the 3rd round to move him up significantly from 22nd to 12th. He then had a dive scoring about 70 that moved him up even further.
Top 18 divers make it to the next stage of the competition.
Great Britain’s Deajah Stevens won her Heat with the 2nd fastest time of 22.45s going into the Semis.
Winners of other Heats were USA’s Jenna Prandini (22.62), Bulgaria’s Ivet Lalova-Collio (22.61) and Bahrain’s Edidiong Odiong (22.74).
Odiong won the Heat with Veronica Campbell Brown (VCB) and Trinidad’s Semoy Hacket came 2nd. VCB failed to qualify coming 3rd with 22.97. She crossed over into another athlete’s lane again. Although she would not have been disqualified because it was on the strerch and she did not impede the other athlete it seemed to have thrown her off this time. She also crossed over into the lane on the outside of her costing her time.
N.B. Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas has chosen not to run the 200m and will just focus on the 400m.
Yona will enter the diving pool, the 200m Women and 110m Men’s Hurdles will start, we have a representative in the 3000m Steeplechase Final, two representatives in the 400m Final and more!
Does Shericka Jackson have enough gas left in the tank after clocking her PB of 49.83 yesterday in the 400m Women Semis and entering the Final with the 2nd fastest time after Allyson Felix to at least get a Bronze?
Can Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas overcome the great, Allyson Felix of the USA? We will see at 8:45pm tonight!
By: Gabrielle Burgess
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Usain Bolt has done it! He is now the first Sprinter ever to win Gold in the 100m at the Olympics 3 consecutive times!
Everyone thought that after the Semi-Finals he was ready to clock 9.6 odd or sub 9.8s based on previous trends. Usain Bolt clocked the fastest time of 9.86 in the Semi-Finals looking from side to side at DeGrasse who came 2nd and Bromell who qualified as a fastest loser in 3rd.
Justin Gatlin won his Semi-Final easily ahead of Yohan Blake in 9.94s. But Gatlin fled to the tunnel afterwards because he probably knew what was in store for him.
What was in store? Usain Bolt having the second slowest reaction time out of the blocks, keeping Gatlin in sight until he reached 60m, knowing Gatlin would get tired and then just ran right past him to win Gold in 9.81s. He could have proven everyone right by clocking sub 9.8s, but he only seemed concerned about winning and beat his chest before the line. He tweeted that this win was for his Jamaican people. Thanks Usain because you certainly made our weekend. Gatlin took the Silver in 9.89. Andre DeGrasse from Canada was a close 3rd and won the Bronze in 9.91.
Yohan Blake came from behind and was 4th with his SB in 9.93s.
USA’s TrayvonBromell came last.
Of course Gatlin was and still is the centre of social media memes. Besides being called a bus conductor, here are 2 of Suga’s faves:
Will Gatlin collect more Silver at his next stop by the 200m? We’ll see. In the mean time, Usain Bolt to di worl’!
In other news,
Tennis
Great Britain’s Andy Murray won Gold, beating Juan MartÃn del Potro of Argentina. Kei Nishikori of Japan defeated Spain’s Rafael Nadal to win the Bronze.
Nadal is not leaving RIO empty handed though because he won Gold in the Men’s Doubles.
Venus Williams and Ram lost out on the Gold medal after being up 6-3 in the decisive 3rd set to go down 7-10.
The USA still won Gold though with the pair of Mattek-Sands and Sock.
Women’s Triple Jump Final
Jamaica’s Kimberly Williams was unable to medal and came 7th. Caterine Ibargüen of Colombia won the Gold.
Men’s 400m Final
Wayde Van Niekerk from South Africa won the 400m with a WORLD RECORD of 43.03 out of Lane 8! He was way ahead of Kirani James of Grenada who got the Silver in 43.76 and USA’s LaShawn Merritt the Bronze in 43.85. He was .15s faster than Michael Johnson’s World Record setin 1999 that nobody thought would be broken.
Van Niekerk sprinted the entire 400m and could not see anyone. He even accelerated further on the final stretch. Magnificent run and Congrats to Van Niekerk who clearly saved all his gas for the Final.
The Sprinter who was in Jamaica a few months ago at the Jamaica National Racers Grand Prix, trained with Bolt for a few days leading up to the meet and they were happy to be able to Congratulate each other as Champions after their races.
Stay tuned for today’s packed Schedule!
By: Gabrielle Burgess
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