Andre de Grasse of Canada has won the Olympic gold medal in the men’s 200 meters five years in the wake of completing second to Usain Bolt, finishing a string of near disasters for the 26-year-old.
De Grasse won in a national-record time of 19.62 seconds, holding off two Americans for the medals.
Kenneth Bednarek won silver in an individual best 19.68 seconds, and 2019 best on the planet and race most loved Noah Lyles took bronze in 19.74. Erriyon Knighton, the most youthful individual from the U.S. men’s track group at 17, set fourth in 19.93.
De Grasse has now rounded out a medal collection that was missing just a gold. He won bronze four evenings before in the 100 meters to go with the third-place medal he took in Rio de Janeiro. He additionally won a silver in the 200 in Rio, when he broadly tested Bolt in the elimination round – drawing a fun loving scold – prior to being passed up the Jamaican boss in the last.
Given all he has experienced, it was nothing unexpected when De Grasse uncovered that he had been crying behind the bronze-hued conceals he wore for the race.
“It’s my first time being so emotional on the track,” said De Grasse, the main run gold medalist for Canada since Donovan Bailey won the 100 at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. “I always thought I came up short winning bronze and silver, so it’s just good to have that gold medal. No one can take that away from me.”
Lyles committed an mistake the prior night in the semifinals, easing back down excessively far before the line, getting defeated for the two programmed spots and being compelled to stand by to check whether his time would procure him a qualifying spot.
It cost him in the last. Compelled to begin in Lane 3, Lyles pushed out excessively fast. He had the lead heading into the homestretch yet had nothing more to give.
“Sadly, I was unable to see anyone and was running for my life,” Lyles said. “I thought I was the one behind. I felt like I was the one pursuing.”
In other award races at the Olympic Stadium, Emmanuel Korir won gold and drove a Kenyan 1-2 completion in the men’s 800 meters and Peruth Chemutai of Uganda pursued down American Courtney Frerichs to guarantee gold in the ladies’ 3,000-meter steeplechase.
Korir pushed his far beyond Australia’s Peter Bol on the last turn and flooded home to win in 1:45.06. It was Kenya’s fourth straight victory in the 800 at the Olympics.
Partner Ferguson Rotich took silver with a late kick to overwhelm Poland’s Patryk Dobek, who hung on for bronze in front of Bol.
David Rudisha had won the past two Olympic gold medals in the 800, yet he didn’t make Kenya’s group this year due to long haul injury issues.
The world-record holder actually tried to compliment the new 800 champ. Not long after Korir strolled out of control, a cellphone rang in the pocket of a Kenya group official close to him. The authority created the telephone, popped it on speaker and declared: “It’s Rudisha.”
“Congratulations, man, congratulations,” Rudisha said, with everyone, including Korir, listening intently. “Ah, that was impressive. You ran a smart race, a smart race. How do you feel?”
Korir, who had minutes sooner clarified how he had been motivated by Rudisha when he was a child, was lost for words, answering, “I’m so happy. I don’t know what to say.”
Rudisha snickered and afterward offered a little early counsel.
“You’ll start feeling that weight now,” he said. “That’s good. That’s good. Fantastic. All the best. We’ll see you when you come back home.”
Clayton Murphy of the United States, the bronze medalist in 2016, completed last.
In the steeplechase, Chemutai took her action on the last lap prior to pulling away for the success. She set a public standard with her season of 9:01.45.
Frerichs took off from the load with around 2½ laps to go, then, at that point hung on for silver in the wake of being gotten by Chemutai. Hyvin Kiyeng of Kenya was third.
Emma Coburn of the United States was precluded for what was recorded as a path encroachment in the wake of completing behind the field. She had procured bronze at the 2016 Rio Games.
“I should have been perfect today,” Coburn said. “I should have been excellent. And I wasn’t. And I don’t think there’s anything we could have done differently in practice to make today less of a disaster, which is upsetting.”
Wojciech Nowicki of Poland at long last has a gold award subsequent to winning the men’s mallet toss.
The 32-year-old drove from the first round and improved with every one of his initial three endeavors to arrive at an individual best 82.52 meters, the winning mark.
Nowicki was a bronze medalist at the 2016 Olympics and won bronze awards at three big showdowns.
Eivind Henriksen of Norway set a national record with a toss of 81.58 meters in the fifth round and got done with the silver medal. Four-time world champion Pawel Fajdek of Poland took bronze with a sign of 81.53.
Allyson Felix progressed into the last of the 400 meters, however the nine-time Olympic medalist recognized this isn’t care for it used to be.
“You get older,” the 35-year-old said, “and it seems like it’s harder.”
