age Bolt, one of the fastest men in the world, competed on the Jamaican team at the Rio Olympics after taking the world record for the 100m, 200m and the 4x100m relay during the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics. The biggest question is whether she will beat her record at the 2016 Olympics and become a three-time winner.
Usian Bolt, one of the fastest men in the world, competed on the Jamaican team at the Rio Olympics after taking world records for the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay during the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics. The biggest question is whether he will beat his record at the 2016 Olympics. and have become a three-time winner.
On Sunday, August 14 Bolt beat his record and won the 100m in a time of 9.81, while Team USA’s Justin Gatlin won the silver medal and Canada’s Andre de Grasse finished third.
On Tuesday, 16 August, Bolt began his journey to beat the 200m world record by earning a place in the semi-finals on 17 August. Bolt said he wanted to make it under 19 seconds.
Although Bolt had hoped to make it under 19 seconds in the 200m, his fastest time this year was 19.89 seconds at the London Anniversary Olympics in July.
Bolt faces stiff competition in Rio. Four runners have outrun Bolt in the 200m this season.
US LaShawn Merritt, who clocked 19.74 in the US Olympic trials on Eugene, and 100m silver medalist Justin Gatlin clocked 19.75 last month.[1]
The 200m final will take place on Thursday, 18 August at 22:30 Rio time.
[1]https://www.rio2016.com/en/news/usain-bolt-triple-triple-world-record-200m-olympic-stadium-jamaican-Rio-2016-Olympic-Games
