Usain Bolt's birthday was on the closing day of the Olympics. It's like he was born to do this.
Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt, cemented his
legend as the top track and field star in history. Bolt took
the 2016 Rio games by storm in Brasil, winning the 100m and
200m in three consecutive Olympics. Bolt also won gold in
the 4X100 meters with fellow Jamaican sprinters Asafa
Powell, Yohan Blake and Nickel Ashmeade.
Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell flexing like Tonga's flag bearer Pita Nikolas Taufatofua
The Jamaican women's 4X100, comprised of
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Elaine Thompson, Veronica
Campbell-Brown and Christiania Williams, won silver. Jamaica
also has the fastest woman in the world, Elaine Thompson,
who ran amazing races winning gold in the 100m and 200m.
Omar McLeod won a fantastic, historic hold medal for
Jamaica, winning the men's 110m hurdles. Shericka Jackson
won a hard fought bronze in the women's 400m.
Asafa Powell, Usain Bolt, Nickel Ashmeade and Yohan Blake
The Jamaican mens 4x400 team comprised of
Javon Francis, Fitzroy Dunkley, Nathon Allen and Peter
Matthews also brought home the silver. The Jamaican women's
4X400 team also took silver, run by Shericka Jackson,
Novlene Williams-Mills, Anneshia McLaughlin and Stephanie
Ann McPherson.
Elaine Thompson
The athletes' collective success on the
track contributed to Jamaica's 6 gold medals, 3 silver and 2
bronze. Jamaica finished 16th out of 207 nations on the
medals table. Per capita Jamaica finished 3rd on the medals
table. Jamaica also finished 3rd on the athletics table. For
a small island in the Caribbean of 2.8 million people, where
track is taught in school from childhood, second only to
football, it is a happy and proud achievement that uplifts
the nation.
Jamaica's men's 4X400 relay team won silver, doing Usain Bolt's "To Di World" pose (Peter Matthews, Fitzroy Dunkley, Nathon Allen and Javon Francis)
My hope for each Olympic games in regard to
Jamaica is the success of the team inspires young Jamaicans
to do their best in life. To have hope and know they can
achieve anything they set their minds to in life. To know
they can make something out of nothing. It holds true for
every nation. Some of the top athletes in the world from
many nations, started from humble beginnings and through
hard work, faith and a drive to win, achieved much in life.
Usain Bolt bows after what he said will be his last Olympics (thank you for blessing us with your talent champ, love you brother)
Jamaica's former parent nation and current
head of the Commonwealth of Nations, Great Britain, made an
impressive haul at the Olympics as well, finishing second on
the medal table with 27 gold, 22 silver and 17 bronze, for a
combined total of 66 medals. Congrats Blighty and Northern
Ireland.
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