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LONDON (AP) — Usain Bolt took a last leisurely stroll around the track, placed his hands over his heart and then pointed toward the stands, where barely a soul had left. The running had been over for nearly 30 minutes. As always, though, Bolt had a way of making everybody stay. The world championships came […]

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Usain Bolt tilted his head backward and screamed. He plaintively raised his palms to the sky, tugged hard on his shirt, then tore off the No. 6 sticker stuck to his right hip and threw it to the ground. It had the look of an unthinkable loss in the Olympic […]

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Even a lumbering start couldn’t slow down the world’s fastest man. Usain Bolt became the first person to win three straight Olympic 100-meter titles, blowing down the straightaway in 9.81 seconds at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The Jamaican great defeated American rival Justin Gatlin by .08 seconds for his […]