Rio Olympics: Jamaica’s Usain Bolt Playfully Through To Men’s 200m Finals

The ‘big man’ Usain Bolt and Andre De Grasse of Canada, looked easy and playful in their semi final and got through to the next round with ease. Nickel Ashmeade was not so fortunate, and placed fourth in his event, at the Rio 2016 Olympics. Yohan Blake also missed out on reaching to the finals.

Nickel Ashmeade

Yohan Blake

Usain Bolt

Results

1	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	19.78s
2	Andre De Grasse	Canada	19.80s
3	LaShawn Merritt	United States	19.94s
4	Christophe Lemaitre	France	20.01s
5	Alonso Edward	Panama	20.07s
6	Adam Gemili	Great Britain	20.08s
7	Ramil Guliyev	Turkey	20.09s
8	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	20.10s
9	Justin Gatlin	United States	20.13s
10	Bruno Hortelano	Spain	20.16s
11	Daniel Talbot	Great Britain	20.25s
12	Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	Great Britain	20.25s
13	Nickel Ashmeade	Jamaica	20.31s
14	Rondel Sorrillo	Trinidad & Tobago	20.33s
15	Nery Brenes	Costa Rica	20.33s
16	Aaron Brown	Canada	20.37s
17	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	20.37s
18	Salem Eid Yaqoob	Bahrain	20.43s
19	Ameer Webb	United States	20.43s
20	José Carlos Herrera	Mexico	20.48s
21	Ejowvokoghene Oduduru	Nigeria	20.59s
22	Roberto Skyers	Cuba	20.60s
23	Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas	Greece	20.63s
24	Matteo Galvan	Italy	20.88s

Schedule for Jamaican Athletes

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17

MORNING SESSION
8:55 a.m.: Women’s 800m Round 1

AFTERNOON SESSION
6:45 p.m.: Women’s 100m Hurdles semi-finals
7:15 p.m.: Women’s Long Jump Final
8:00 p.m.: Men’s 200m semi-finals
8:30 p.m.: Women’s 200m Final
8:55 p.m.: Women’s 100m Hurdles Final

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About the writer:
Poetess Denise N. Fyffe is a published author of over 30 books, for more than six years and enjoys volunteering as a Counselor. She is a freelance writer for online publications such as Revealing the Christian Life, Jamaica Rose, Entertainment Trail, My Trending Stories among others.

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