Usain Bolt wins gold in 200m race, his eighth Olympic gold

RIO, August 19: Usain Bolt won the men’s 200m to claim his second Rio 2016 gold, his eighth at an Olympics, and keep alive his hopes of an unprecedented ‘treble treble’. The Jamaican ran 19.78 seconds to come home ahead of Canada’s Andre de Grasse and France’s Christophe Lemaitre. Britain’s Adam Gemili clocked the same time as Lemaitre, but was denied his first Olympic medal in a photo finish. Bolt, 29, has already won the 100m in Rio and will run in the 4x100m relay final. Bolt is aiming to match his achievement of claiming gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay at both Beijing 2008 and London 2012. The Jamaican, who said in February he would retire after the 2017 World Championships, has won all eight Olympic finals in which he has appeared. “The fact I came here and executed what I wanted to is a brilliant feeling,” he said. “I wasn’t happy with the time when I crossed the line but I’m excited I got the gold medal – that’s the key thing.” – Online