Usain Bolt claimed his third gold medal and set his third world record of the Beijing Games as Jamaica stormed to victory in the men’s 4×100m relay. Bolt, who won the 100 and 200 finals in world record times, teamed up with Nesta Carter, Michael Frater and Asafa Powell to clock 37.10 seconds, slashing 0.30 off the mark set by the United States at the 1993 world championships.

Il quartetto composto da Carter, Frater, Bolt e Powell vince in 37″10 davanti a Trinidad & Tobago e Giappone. Battuto il primato degli Stati Uniti che resisteva dal 1993.

American LaShawn Merritt obliterated the field including defending champion Jeremy Wariner to win the Olympic men’s 400 metres title by the widest margin since 1896. Merritt sealed a seventh straight gold in the event for the U.S., starting relatively slowly before blasting down the final straight to cross the line in a personal best of 43.75 seconds.

Lo statunitense LaShawn Merritt vince l’oro nei 400 metri in 43″75, suo primato personale; argento Jeremy Wariner, che crolla negli ultimi 50 metri, e bronzo a David Neville, che si tuffa sul traguardo e precede di pochissimo l’atleta delle Bahamas Christopher Brown.

World record-holder Dayron Robles of Cuba swept to victory in the Olympic 110 metres hurdles to take the athletics gold medal hosts China had been craving for one of their own. The bespectacled 21-year-old combined pace and sublime technique to cross the line a metre clear of the field in 12.93 seconds and win the title China’s injured Liu Xiang claimed in Athens four years ago.

Oro per Dayron Robles nei 110 ostacoli: il cubano si impone in 12″93, confermandosi il numero uno assoluto nella specialità. Argento e bronzo agli Stati Uniti, con Payne e Oliver.

Veronica Campbell has the gold. She dominates the race from start to finsh - winning in a time of 21.74 - she has defended her title. Allyson Felix who has not looked that great this season had to battle for the silver, with Kerron Stewart taking bronze for Jamaica.

Nona prestazione di sempre per la Campbell (19″74) che bissa il successo di Atene 2004. Con questa medaglia, il paese caraibico conquista tutte le gare di velocità, 100 e 200 maschili e femminili, in questa Olimpiade.

Usain Bolt has completed the sprint double with a stunning run of 19.30 in the men’s 200m to break Michael Johnson’s world record.

Ancora un oro e ancora un record del mondo per Usain Bolt. Il giamaicano e’ volato anche sui 200 metri fermando il cronometro sul tempo di 19”30 e battendo cosi’ il primato di Michael Johnson, quel 19”32 stabilito ad Atlanta nel 1996. L’argento e’ andato a Churandy Martina, delle Antille olandesi, (19”82), bronzo per Shawn Crawford.

Russia’s Yelena Isinbayeva won the gold medal in the Olympic women’s pole vault and then broke her own world record when she leapt 5.05 metres. Jennifer Stuczynski of the United States won silver medal with 4.80m and Svetlana Feofanova took the bronze with a best jump of 4.75m.

Due soli salti: è quanto è servito a Yelena Isinbayeva per diventare campionessa olimpica di salto con l’asta. 4.70 saltato al primo tentativo e poi 4.85 anche in un solo colpo. Ma è stata la sola a riuscirci e quindi non è servito altro per il titolo olimpico. E fa molto di più: 5.05 che è il nuovo record del mondo.

Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser won the Olympic gold medal in the women’s 100 metres as her nation dominated the podium. She led compatriots Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart to the event’s first national podium sweep. The United States - for whom Lauryn Williams, Muna Lee and Torri Edwards finished fourth, fifth and eighth respectively - saw an appeal against the result rejected.

Shelly Ann Fraser vince in 10″78 davanti a Sherone Simpson e Kerron Stewart, argento ex-aequo. L’etiope vince come ad Atene 2004 la gara più lunga in pista.

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt won 100 metres gold at the Beijing Olympics in a world record time, thumping his chest in celebration as he scorched to victory in 9.69 seconds. The 21-year-old Bolt won his country’s first Olympic title in the blue riband event and capped an astonishing rise to the top of his sport. His former world record was 9.72 seconds. Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago won the silver and American Walter Dix the bronze. Bolt’s time was rounded up from 9.68 which was flashed up immediately after the race in the stadium.

Usain Bolt, a 22 anni ancora da compiere (tra cinque giorni), marchia a fuoco, con un sensazionale record del mondo, i 100 metri più veloci della storia, conquistando l’oro e un posto a caratteri cubitali nell’album dei primati: 9”69. Secondo Thompson (argento con 9”89) o il miracoloso Dix, che ha preso il bronzo con 9”91.