• Olympiad results athletics. Athletics in the olympics

    16.09.2021

    The final action on the main arena of Brazil was accompanied by a downpour, which slightly spoiled the mood of the participants in the "parade of heroes", spectators in the stands and the organizers of the ceremony. Although for those who leave Rio in good spirits, with a sense of accomplishment and with a won medal, such a trifle as rain hardly spoiled the experience of the first Olympic Games in South America.

    Medal credit

    Sputnik, Maria Tsimintia

    Few doubted that the US team would win the team event. In 1992, during the Games in Barcelona, ​​the Americans took the second place, losing to the united CIS team. Since then, they have invariably been among the leaders of the overall team classification. The only "misfire" happened in Beijing in 2008, where they ceded leadership to the Chinese.

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    The British, who did not even get into the top ten at the Games in Barcelona (1992) and Atlanta (1996), and finished it in Sydney (2000) and Athens (2004), became the second.

    Until the penultimate day of the competition, Russia waged a desperate struggle with Germany for the fourth line and was ultimately able to outstrip its competitors, winning two more golds. The final medal of the highest dignity was brought to the collection of the Russian national team by the freestyle wrestler Soslan Ramonov.

    The Georgian national team at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro won seven medals and, in terms of the total number of awards won, repeated the result of the London Games. However, it surpassed them in a qualitative ratio. Four years ago, Georgians only once rose to the highest step of the podium. This time the Georgian anthem was played twice in Rio de Janeiro.

    Georgian medalists of the XXXI Summer Olympic Games

    Lasha Talakhadze (weightlifting, +105 kg)

    Vladimir Khinchegashvili (freestyle wrestling, -57 kg)

    Varlam Liparteliani (judo, -90 kg)

    Lasha Shavdatuashvili (judo, -73 kg)

    Irakli Turmanidze (weightlifting, +105 kg)

    Shmagi Bolkvadze (Greco-Roman wrestling, -66 kg)

    Geno Petriashvili (freestyle wrestling, -125 kg)

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    One cannot fail to note the amazing progress of the Azerbaijani Olympians, who won 18 medals at the Games in Brazil (1-7-10). They exceeded the London figure by eight awards.

    Heroes of the Olympics ...

    Swimmer Michael Phelps, who, for a moment, is already 31 years old, again "came, saw, won." At the Games in Rio, the American won five gold medals and became the 23 (!) Multiple Olympic Champion. It is even difficult to assume that someone will at least be able to approach such indicators in the near future.

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    Michael Phelps (USA), winner gold medal swimming in the 200 m complex among men, at the award ceremony of the XXXI Summer Olympic Games.

    American Katie Ledecky (swimming) and Simone Biles ( gymnastics) fell slightly behind Phelps, winning four golds each.

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    Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt again won three gold medals: 100 meters, 200 meters and a 4x100 relay, becoming a nine-time Olympic champion. In the last three Olympics, Bolt has consistently won these disciplines.

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    Usain Bolt (Jamaica) after finishing in the final race of the 200 m during the men's competition. athletics at the XXXI Summer Olympics.

    ... and the "heroes of the Olympics"

    Athletes of the US women's national team in the semifinals of the 4x100 meter relay dropped the baton and could not qualify for the decisive race. The American women filed an appeal, claiming that they were prevented by Brazilian athletes. The appeal was upheld. The USA national team was allowed to run the semifinals in splendid isolation. In the re-run, they showed better time than their opponents from China, and the latter were "asked" from the final. The appeal of the Asian athletes was not granted, and the American women became Olympic Champions.

    Georgian heroes of Rio

    If you do not take into account the Georgian athletes who won medals at the Games in Rio, then there are other heroes in Georgia who won the hearts of fans not only in their homeland, but also in the world.

    Canoeist Zaza Nadiradze was incredibly happy when he was able to qualify for the Olympics. You couldn't even dream of more. But Nadiradze successfully performed in qualification and reached the semifinals of the single canoe competition at a distance of 200 meters. In the semifinals, he finished first, leaving behind the reigning Olympic Champion Ukrainian Yuriy Cheban and four-time World and European Champion Valentin Demyanenko. But in the final, nervousness and lack of experience in participating in competitions of this rank affected. As a result, Nadiradze finished fifth, but won the hearts of thousands of fans.

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    Seoul Olympic Champion (1988) in Shooting sports pistol Nino Salukvadze came to Rio for her eighth Games of her career. A unique achievement among women in this sport. Salukvadze was able to reach the final of the competition, but in the end she was left without a medal. After the completion of the speeches, she said that most likely she would be preparing for the Tokyo Olympics - the ninth in a row.

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    David Kharazishvili became the first marathon runner in the history of Georgia who won a license for the Olympic Games. The Georgian athlete had a good start, but at the 25th kilometer he felt a sharp pain in his side. He did not run for almost two kilometers, but simply walked and even thought to withdraw from the distance. However, he found the courage and crossed the finish line. As a result, he finished 72nd, but ended up in the first half of the finishers and left 93 athletes behind.

    40 Georgian athletes went to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, which is a record figure. For the first time in the history of independent Georgia, the country was represented in such sports as: women's weightlifting (Anastasia Gottfried), women's judo (Esther Stam), shot put for men (Benik Abrahamyan), high jumping for women (Valentina Lyashenko).

    Rio green water

    The water in the swimming pool of the Rio de Janeiro Aquatics Center, where the diving competition was to be held, suddenly turned green, which baffled even the technical staff. It was later revealed that this was due to 160 liters of hydrogen peroxide accidentally poured into the pool. The substance neutralized chlorine, which promoted the growth of "organic compounds", including, possibly, algae. Despite the fact that the water did not pose a threat to the health of the athletes, it still had to be replaced.

    A sport that shows strength, agility and general fitness, which often does not require special equipment, but which does not become less difficult from this, is athletics. Track and field traditionally has a wide variety of disciplines. In total, 47 sets of medals will be played in the competition, 24 of which are in men's nominations, and 23 in women's. Athletics is the sport with the highest number of medals in the Olympics.

    Athletics Games Participants

    About two thousand athletes from almost all countries of the world will come to the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 to compete in athletics disciplines. In each discipline from one country, no more than three participants can be represented. If we are talking about a relay team, then no more than one team.

    Unfortunately, due to the doping scandal, the admission of Russian athletes involved in athletics is questionable. The most likely outcome: the Russian Summer Olympics participants will not be able to compete.

    The selection is based on the compliance of the athletes' performance with the established standards. Qualifying events include all Olympic disciplines.

    The qualifying tournament does not give nominal quotas for competitions in this sport. Each country itself can choose whom to send to participate in the Games.

    Running and road disciplines:

    • races of 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500, 5000, 10000 meters;
    • hurdle races of 100 m (for women), 110 m (for men), 400 m;
    • an obstacle race of 3000 m (it is also called a steeple chase);
    • relay races 4x100, 4x400 meters;
    • marathon;
    • walking 20 km and 50 km (men only).

    Technical disciplines:

    • jumping: long, triple, high, with a pole;
    • shot put;
    • throwing: disc, spear, hammer;
    • all-around;
    • women: heptathlon;
    • men: decathlon.

    Athletics competition calendar

    The Olympics involve many different distances and competitions in athletics, but for men, disciplines have not changed for decades, and in women's sports, changes occur at almost every Games. Distances increase, new ones are added, and today there are almost no differences between men's and women's competitions. The only difference is in 50 km race walking: women do not have it.

    Almost every day in athletics, the finals of competitions in one or more disciplines are held.

    Summer Olympic Games in Athletics, Schedule:

    Men:

    • Discus throw: 12;
    • long jump: 12;
    • high jump: 14, 16;
    • triple jump: 15, 16;
    • 800 m race: 12, 13, 15;
    • 400 m race: 12, 13, 14;
    • 100 m race: 13, 14;
    • race for 10 thousand meters: 13;
    • pole vaulting: 13, 15;
    • race on 110 m with hurdles: 15, 16;
    • 400 m hurdle race: 15, 16, 18;
    • 3000 m steeplechase: 15;
    • race for 1000 m, 16;
    • race for 200 m, 16, 17, 18;
    • decathlon: 17, 18;
    • hammer throw: 17, 19;
    • run at 5000m: 17, 20;
    • javelin throw: 17, 20;
    • shot put: 18;
    • relay race 4x100: 18.19;
    • race for 1500 m: 18, 20;
    • walking 50 km: 19;
    • relay race 4x400: 20;
    • marathon: 21;

    Women:

    • Heptathlon: 12.13;
    • shot put: 12;
    • 100 m race: 12, 14;
    • race for 200 m: 15, 16, 17;
    • 400 m race: 13, 14, 15;
    • race for 1500 m: 12, 14, 16;
    • 5,000 m race: 16;
    • hammer throw: 12, 15;
    • triple jump: 13, 14;
    • 3000 m steeplechase: 13, 15;
    • marathon: 14;
    • 400m hurdle race: 15, 16, 18;
    • discus throw: 15, 16;
    • 100m hurdle race: 16, 17;
    • javelin throw: 16;
    • long jump and pole vault: 16;
    • race at 800: 17, 18;
    • high jump: 18;
    • relay race 4x100: 18, 19;
    • javelin throw: 18;
    • walking 20 km: 19;
    • pole vaulting: 19;
    • 5,000 m race: 19;
    • high jump: 20;
    • 800 m race: 20;
    • relay race 4x400: 20.

    Time spending: 12 - 21 August 2016
    Number of disciplines: 47
    Countries: about 200
    Number of athletes: about 2000
    men:
    women:
    Sets of medals played: 141
    Youngest member:
    Oldest member:
    Medal Winning Countries: United States (32)
    Medal winners: Usain Bolt (3)

    The Games of the XXXI Olympiad (2016 Olympics, Rio 2016) were held from 5 to 21 August in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Olympic football tournament was also held in other cities of the country - Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Salvador and Sao Paulo. These were the first Olympic Games to take place in South America, the second in Latin America after the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games, and the first since 2000 to take place in the southern hemisphere. A record number of medal sets (306) and a record number of countries (207) took part in the Olympics. Compared to the previous Games, Kosovo and South Sudan were added to the participants. In March 2016, the IOC officially confirmed that the 207th participant in the Games will be the refugee team, whose athletes will compete under the Olympic flag.

    The athletics competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held from 12 to 21 August.
    47 sets of awards were drawn (24 for men and 23 for women). In athletics, the largest number of sets of awards was played at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. About 2000 athletes from about 200 countries took part in the competition.
    Due to the suspension of the ARAF membership in the IAAF from November 13, 2015 due to a doping scandal, Russian athletes did not take part in the Olympics. The only exception was Daria Klishina (long jump), who has been training in the USA since 2013.

    3 World Records (WR), 5 Olympic Records (OR) (one repeated) and 9 Continental Records (AR) were set.

    Men:
    08/14/2016 400 meters 43.03 WR
    08/15/2016 Pole vault 6.03 OR
    08/17/2016 3000 meters steeplechase 8: 03.28 OR
    08/18/2016 Shot put 22.52 OR
    08/18/2016 Decathlon 8893 = OR

    Women:
    08/12/2016 10,000 meters 29: 17.45 WR
    08/15/2016 Hammer throw 82.29 WR
    08/19/2016 5000 meters 14: 26.17 OR

    Rio 2016 Athletics Schedule:
    (date according to local time, time according to Moscow time)

    7th day of the Olympics.
    12 August, Friday
    15:30 Men Discus Throw Qualification A
    15:35 women, heptathlon 100 m / b
    16:05 women's shot put Qualification A + B
    16:10 Men 800m Round I
    16:50 Women Heptathlon High Jump, A + B
    16:55 Men Discus Throw Qualification B
    17:10 Women 10000m Final
    17:55 Women's 100m Preliminary
    20:30 Men 20 km walk Final
    02:30 Women's 1500m Round I
    02:35 Women Heptathlon Shot put, A + B
    02:40 women hammer throw Qualification A
    03:05 Men's 400m Round I
    03:20 men long jump Qualification A + B
    04:00 Women's Shot Put Final
    04:10 women hammer throw Qualification B
    04:10 women, 200 m heptathlon
    04:40 Women's 100m Round I

    8th day of the Olympics
    August 13, Saturday
    15:30 Men's 100m Preliminary
    15:40 Women's Triple Jump Qualification A + B
    16:05 Women's 3000m Steeplechase Round I
    16:50 Men Discus Throw Final
    17:00 Women's 400m Round I
    17:45 Women Heptathlon Long Jump, A + B
    18:00 Men 100m Round I
    02:00 Women Heptathlon Javelin Throw Group A
    02:20 Men Pole Vault Qualification A + B
    02:30 Men 400m 1/2 Finals
    02:50 Men's Long Jump Final
    03:00 Women 100m 1/2 Finals
    03:15 Women Heptathlon Discus Throw Group B
    03:25 Men 800m 1/2 Finals
    03:55 Men 10000m Final
    04:35 Women's 100m Final
    04:45 Women's Heptathlon 800m, Final

    9th day of the Olympics
    August 14, Sunday
    15:30 Women Marathon Final
    02:30 Men's High Jump Qualification A + B
    02:35 Women's 400m 1/2 Finals
    02:55 Women's Triple Jump Final
    03:00 Men 100m 1/2 Finals
    03:30 Women 1500m 1/2 Finals
    04:00 Men 400m Final
    04:25 Men 100m Final

    10th day of the Olympics
    August 15, Monday
    15:30 Men's Triple Jump Qualification A + B
    15:35 Men 3000m Steeplechase Round I
    16:25 Women's 3000m Steeplechase Final
    16:40 women hammer throw Final
    16:45 Men's 400m Hurdles Round I
    17:30 Women's 200m Round I
    02:30 Women Discus Throw Qualification A
    02:35 Men Pole Vault Final
    02:40 Men 110m Hurdles Round I
    03:30 Women's 400m Hurdles Round I
    03:50 Women Discus Throw Qualification B
    04:25 Men 800m Final
    04:45 Women's 400m Final

    11th day of the Olympics
    August 16, Tuesday
    15:30 Women's 5000m Round I
    15:45 Women's Pole Vault Qualification A + B
    15:50 Men Triple Jump Final
    16:30 Men's 1500m Round I
    17:05 Women's 100m Hurdles Round I
    17:20 women discus Throw Final
    17:50 Men's 200m Round I
    02:30 Men's High Jump Final
    02:35 women javelin throw Qualification A
    02:40 Men 110m Hurdles 1/2 Finals
    03:05 Women's long jump Qualification A + B
    03:10 Women's 400m Hurdles 1/2 Finals
    03:35 Men's 400 Hurdles 1/2 Finals
    03:50 women javelin throw Qualification B
    04:00 Women's 200m 1/2 Finals
    04:30 Women's 1500m Final
    04:45 Men 110m Hurdles Final

    12th day of the Olympics
    August 17, Wednesday
    15:30 Men's 100m Decathlon
    15:40 men hammer throw Qualification A
    16:05 Men's 5000m Round I
    16:35 Men's Decathlon Long Jump, A + B
    16:55 Women's 800m Round I
    17:05 men hammer throw Qualification B
    17:50 Men 3000m Steeplechase Final
    18:15 Men Decathlon Shot put, A + B
    23:45 Men Decathlon High Jump, A + B
    02:30 Men Javelin Throw Qualification A
    02:45 Women's 100m Hurdles 1/2 Finals
    03:15 Women's Long Jump Final
    03:20 Men 400m Decathlon
    03:55 Men Javelin Throw Qualification B
    04:00 Men 200m 1/2 Finals
    04:30 Women's 200m Final
    04:55 Women's 100m Hurdles Final

    13th day of the Olympics
    August 18, Thursday
    15:30 men, decathlon 110 m s / b
    15:55 men's shot put Qualification A + B
    16:00 Women's High Jump Qualification A + B
    16:25 Men Decathlon Discus Throw Group A
    16:40 Men Decathlon Discus Throw Group B
    17:20 women, 4x100m relay Round-I
    17:40 men, 4x100m relay Round-I
    18:00 Men's 400m Hurdles Final
    19:25 Men Decathlon Pole Vault, A + B
    00:35 Men Decathlon Javelin Throw Group A
    01:45 Men Decathlon Javelin Throw Group B
    02:30 men shot put

    Athletics in Olympic Games.

    Athletics is one of the main and most popular sports, combining walking and running at various distances, long and high jumping, discus throwing, javelin, hammer, grenade throws (shot put), as well as all-around athletics - decathlon, pentathlon, etc. In the modern sports classification, there are over 60 varieties of athletics exercises.

    In the program of the modern Olympic Games, athletics is represented by 24 numbers for men and 14 for women. Track and field competitions are included in the programs of the largest continental sports: European Championships, African, Asian, Balkan, British, Pan American Games, etc.

    Athletics is based on natural human movements. Athletics promotes a comprehensive physical development, improving people's health. The popularity and mass character of athletics is explained by the general availability and wide variety of athletics exercises, the simplicity of the technique, the ability to vary the load and conduct classes at any time of the year, not only on sports grounds, but also in natural conditions.

    Already primitive man was familiar with running, jumping and throwing - exercises that form the foundation of modern athletics.

    Of course, at that time there could be no talk of sports in its modern sense. He was born much later. Ancient Greece can be considered the birthplace of sports.

    The program of these competitions was mainly athletics.

    The games program presented:

    Short distance running in one stage (192.27 m), from 724 BC added distance running in 2 stages (384.54 m).

    In 720 BC. a long distance was introduced - a circle with a length of stadiums had to be run 24 times (4614 m).

    From 708 BC - pentathlon (pentathlon): jumping, running, discus throwing, javelin (dart) throwing, wrestling;

    From 688 BC - fist fight;

    From 680 BC - competitions in chariots drawn by four horses; in the middle of the 7th century BC pankraty was added - a wrestling in which any techniques were allowed.

    In 632 BC. admitted young people to competitions in running, wrestling, fist fighting. Subsequently - races of warriors in full armor on chariots with a pair of horses, horse races on foals.

    The winners of the competition were then honored very pompously. They were crowned with olive wreaths, the branches for which were cut with a special golden knife from old sacred trees. When the champions returned home, they were greeted by crowds of joyful compatriots. Poets composed hymns of praise in honor of the victors. The names of the champions were carved on stone slabs, and some of them even had monuments. It is thanks to this that their names have come down to us.

    Revival of the Olympic Games

    With the onset of the Renaissance, which restored interest in the art of Ancient Greece, they remembered the Olympic Games. At the beginning of the 19th century. Sport has received universal recognition in Europe and there has been a desire to organize something like the Olympic Games. Local games organized in Greece in 1859, 1870, 1875 and 1879 left some mark on history. Although they did not give tangible practical results in the development of the international Olympic movement, they served as an impetus for the formation of the Olympic Games of our time, which owe their revival to the French public figure, teacher, historian Pierre de Coubertin. The growth of economic and cultural communication between states, which arose at the end of the 18th century, the emergence modern species transport, paved the way for the resurgence of the Olympic Games on an international scale. That is why Pierre de Coubertin's appeal: "We need to make sport international, we need to revive the Olympic Games!", Found a proper response in many countries.

    On June 23, 1894, in Paris, in the Great Hall of the Sorbonne, a commission met for the revival of the Olympic Games. Pierre de Coubertin became its general secretary. Then the International Olympic Committee - IOC was formed, which included the most authoritative and independent citizens of different countries.

    By the decision of the IOC, the games of the first Olympiad were held in April 1896 in the capital of Greece at the Panathenian stadium.

    The development of modern athletics began in the 30-40s. 19th century ; in the 80-90s. amateur clubs, leagues, etc. were organized in many countries,

    The development of modern athletics is closely related to the Olympic movement. Suffice it to say that the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 became the first official international athletics competition. Since then, she has firmly taken the leading place in the program of all the Olympic Games.

    In Russia, in 1888, the first sports club was formed in Tyarlev, near St. Petersburg. The widespread development of modern athletics is associated with the revival of the Olympic Games (1896) as the largest international competition; national athletics championships began to be played out (in Russia in 1908-16 annually). In 1911, the All-Russian Union of Athletics Amateurs was founded, uniting about 20 sports leagues Petersburg, Moscow, Kiev, etc .;

    In 1912, Russian. athletes participated in the Olympic Games for the first time. In 1912, the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) was created - the governing body for the development of athletics and the holding of international competitions.

    The first competition of owls. athletes took place in 1918 in Petrograd, in 1920 - Olympiads, in the program of which the main place was occupied by athletics: Siberian (Omsk), Priuralskaya (Yekaterinburg), Central Asian (Tashkent), North Caucasian (Mineralnye Vody).

    In 1922 the championship of the RSFSR in track and field athletics (Moscow) took place, in 1923 - the first international meeting (with track and field athletes of Finland), in 1928 - the first all-Union sports day.

    In the 30s. scientific and methodological foundations of the modern system of training athletes began to be created. With the introduction in 1931 of the "Ready for Labor and Defense of the USSR" (TRP) complex, athletics became one of the most popular sports.

    Since 1946 Sov. track and field athletes participate in the European Championships (held since 1934 in the even years between the Olympic Games), since 1952 - in the Olympic Games. Since 1958, athletics matches have been regularly held between athletes from the USSR and other countries (USA, East Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Poland, and Czechoslovakia).

    The success of the revival of the Olympic Games was confirmed by the public and the press of many countries, who welcomed the initiative with approval.

    Some types of complex athletics competitions

    PENTATHLON modern, sports complex competitions, including horseback riding with overcoming obstacles - show jumping, fencing on epee (fights before the first injection with each participant), high-speed shooting from a small-caliber pistol (20 shots in 4 series), swimming (freestyle, distance 300 l) , cross (running on rough terrain pa distance 4000 m for adults, 3000 m for juniors). Competitions are held for 5 days - one sport per day. The general places of the competitors are determined by the sum of the points received in each type of program.

    DECATHLON, classic athletics all-around for men, including ten types of athletics.

    Decathlon competitions are held in two days: 1st day - running 100 m, jumping in (long, shot put, high jump, running 400 m; 2nd day - running 110 m, hurdles, discus throw, pole vaulting, javelin throw, 1500 run m. The winner is determined by the sum of points scored in all types of decathlon, the number of points in each type of program - by special. table.

    For the first time decathlon competitions were included in the program of the Olympic Games in 1912 and since then have been held at all major competitions athletics

    Conclusion.

    For many centuries Olympic movement overcame many obstacles, oblivion and alienation. But in spite of everything, the Olympic Games are still alive today.

    These days, the Olympics are one of the largest events in the world. The games are equipped with the latest technology - computers and television cameras monitor the results, the time is determined with an accuracy of thousandths of a second, athletes and their results largely depend on technical equipment.

    In recent years, the Olympic movement has acquired enormous proportions, and the capitals of the Games become the capitals of the world during their holding. Sport plays an increasing role in people's lives.

    100m, men. Final on August 15. Unlike the women's sprint, here everything revolves around two athletes, the current record holder for 100 and 200 meters, Usain Bolt, and the leader for the last three seasons, Justin Gatlin. Bolt has already managed to declare that this Olympics will be the last for him and for sure he will make every effort to leave undefeated, the same can be said about Justin Gatlin, who is already 34 years old, that these Olympic Games will be the last for him, if not for participation, then for that would finally overtake Bolt for sure.

    “First, you can applaud louder,” said Bolt, appearing at a press conference. - Yes, these are mine recent Games... I did my best and proved everything. A lot of people won't be happy about that. "

    “Hundred meters are not a problem for me. I would like to set a world record at 200 meters. I've always wanted this. It should be something like 19 seconds. "

    Usain Bolt won six gold medals at the Olympics.
    Bolt is also an 11-time world champion.

    It is likely that Bolt is trying to put pressure on Gatlin with such statements, since at last year's World Cup he managed to beat Justin by only 0.01 seconds, or maybe even less, but the official results read as follows: Usain Bolt 9.79, Justin Gatlin 9.80 ... By the way, in the semifinals then Gatlin ran for 9.77.

    Answering the question at what distance Bolt can lose, the American replied that most likely this will happen at the hundred-meter race.

    “He does not own best time in the season. V recent times not everything is going smoothly with him. But, on the other hand, it is not worth making early statements. He's not the kind of guy to be discounted. "

    If Usain Bolt gets a lot of attention in Rio, he can afford to relax trying to dance samba with Brazilian women, then Justin is trying to pester him with talk about doping. G lava International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Sebastian Coe announced his desire for American sprinter Justin Gatlin to be disqualified for life and the Rio Olympics to be his last. Coe made similar statements after the 2015 World Cup, to which Gatlin replied that he had set himself the goal of winning every competition where Coe was present in order to look him in the eye and shake his hand.

    34-year-old American sprinter Justin Gatlin, last Olympic champion 100 meters before the start of the "Usain Bolt era", is not nervous on the eve of the duel with the Jamaican athlete at the 2016 Olympics.

    “I’ll just go out on the track and do what I have to do - run, have fun, make my way first to the finals, and then to the top of the podium.

    I don’t think that this could be our last battles with Usain. The Olympics are in any case a special event, where everyone is trying to jump over their heads. I just have to be ready to do it. "

    By the way, Justin is the leader of the season with a result of 9.80, while Bolt this season has the best result of 9.88, but as you know, before the last World Championship, the Jamaican sprinter had a result of 9.87, and Gatlin's 9.74.

    As for the rest of the participants, it is worth paying attention to the bronze medalist of the 2015 World Cup American Trayvon Bromell, who is 13 years younger than Gatlin. It is also worth noting that in June he suffered a sprain of the Achilles tendon, but in July at the competition in Eugene he set the second result of the season at 9.84. The 21-year-old Bromell ran out of 10 seconds for the first time in 2014 (9.97), and in 2015 set the junior world record of 9.84 - 10 in history. Then he received recognition among eminent athletes.

    Frenchman Jimmy Vico has the third result of the season 9.86. 2012 Olympic silver medalist and 2011 World Cup gold medalist Johan Blake won the Olympic sprint selection in Jamaica, but failed to run out of 9.9 this season, his best result of the season being 9.94.

    Usain Bolt is the clear favorite, but play his win with CF. I would not do 1.5 per 100m, remembering how difficult it was for him to win at the last year's World Championship. It looks much more preferable to win Bromell in comparison with Blake, or that the American will be among the prize-winners.

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