Is there anything Usain Bolt can’t do?
The Jamaican track star is not only the fastest man on the planet and a sensational Samba dancer— but he also takes gold medal-worthy selfies.
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Usain Bolt Has Strengthened His Social Brand by Bringing Levity to Live Action In-race grins and laughs light up Facebook and Twitter
Jamaican Usain Bolt has become an incomparable figure in Olympics history, leaving his mark in 2008, 2012, and now 2016. Bolt is the first male sprinter to hold the world record for both 100 meters and 200 meters in the fully automatic-timed era.
Rio Olympics 2016: Kerron Clement ends wait for 400m hurdles gold
United States's Kerron Clement finally became an Olympic 400m hurdles champion by taking gold in Rio.
The 30-year-old clocked 47.73 seconds to streak away from Kenya's Boniface Mucheru, who took silver, with Turkey's Yasmani Copello winning bronze.
Rio Olympics 2016: Alistair Brownlee wins triathlon gold, brother Jonny second
Alistair Brownlee retained his Olympic men's triathlon title to win Britain's 20th gold medal of the Rio Games, with brother Jonny claiming the silver.
Alistair, 28, pulled away from 26-year-old Jonny around halfway through the 10k run in sweltering conditions.
Rio Olympics 2016: US women get reprieve after baton drop
Defending champions United States will get a second chance to make the women's Olympic 4x100m relay final.
They dropped the baton in the heats but were obstructed and must now beat the time set by eighth-fastest China when they run again at 00:00 BST.
Thompson repeats Flo Jo 100/200m Olympic double as Bartoletta beats Reese to gold AddThis Sharing Buttons
Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson bucked the trend on a huge night for United States women athletes as she became the first woman since Florence Griffith-Joyner at Seoul in 1988 to win the sprint double at the Olympics, winning the 200 metres in 21.78sec after holding off the world champion Dafne Schippers of The Netherlands, who clocked 21.88.