US men's 4x100m relay team disqualified after botched handoff in final at Paris Olympics
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Canada win sprint relay as US blow it yet again
PARIS :Canada won the men’s Olympic 4x100m relay for the second time on Friday after hot favourites the United States messed up a changeover yet again and were disqualified.
Nigeria men’s relay team ‘gasps’ for breath after tough draw
To face heavyweights U.S., Great Britain, others in first round A tough task awaits Team Nigeria’s men’s 4x100m team today in the first round of the event following their draw in a group replete with heavyweights, including Team USA, Great Britain, Japan, and South Africa. The U.S. team is complete with three individual 100m finalists, Noah Lyles, Fred Kerley, and Kenny Bednarek, while South Africa has Akani Simbine, a 100m finalist, as well as semifinalists, Benjamin Richardson and Shaun Maswanganyi, who have all broken 10 seconds in the 100m. The South Africans have done a 38.08 this year.
Noah Lyles Triumphs In Olympic 100m Thriller After Novak Djokovic 'Golden Slam'
US sprint king Noah Lyles powered to gold by just five thousands of a second Sunday in the closest 100m in modern Olympic history, as Novak Djokovic added a tennis gold medal to his glittering CV. A thrilling ninth day of Olympic action also saw two world records tumble in the Paris pool, the first-ever gymnastics gold for an African nation and the Refugee Team's first medal in history. But as darkness fell, all eyes were trained on the lilac track of the Stade de France, where Lyles, 27, was bidding to end two decades of Olympic sprinting hurt for the US.
Olympic 100 metres champion Noah Lyles feared photo finish had gone against him
Newly-crowned Olympic champion Noah Lyles revealed he thought Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson had beaten him to 100 metres gold following their photo finish in Paris.
'You fought hard': Simbine earns respect of SA in closest Olympic men's 100m final
An Olympic medal continues to elude South African sprinter Akani Simbine after he finished fourth by a whisker in the men's 100m final at the Paris Olympics on Sunday.
Noah Lyles Triumphs In Olympic 100m Thriller After Novak Djokovic 'Golden Slam'
US sprint king Noah Lyles powered to gold by just five thousands of a second Sunday in the closest 100m in modern Olympic history, as Novak Djokovic added a tennis gold medal to his glittering CV. A thrilling ninth day of Olympic action also saw two world records tumble in the Paris pool, the first-ever gymnastics gold for an African nation and the Refugee Team's first medal in history. But as darkness fell, all eyes were trained on the lilac track of the Stade de France, where Lyles, 27, was bidding to end two decades of Olympic sprinting hurt for the US.
Showman Noah Lyles wins 100m gold by five thousandths of a second
PARIS: After all the talk and all the hype, Noah Lyles duly delivered when it mattered most by winning the closest-ever Olympic 100 metres final by five-thousandths of a second on Sunday (Aug 4) to give the United States the title for the first time in 20 years.