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I'm a huge Dragons, Waratahs, Wallabies and Australian Cricket fan. I am a budding journalist and run my own blog, www.fromthesheds.blogspot.com. You can catch me on Twitter @fromthesheds
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Saturday marks the second-last day of action from the athletics track for Rio 2016, with Usain Bolt looking to close out his historic triple-triple with gold int the 4×100 relay. Join The Roar for live updates and commentary from 9:20am (AEST).
After almost two weeks of waiting, the triathletes finally get their chance to go for gold in Rio. Join The Roar for live commentary and updates of the men’s triathlon from 12 midnight (AEST).
The evening session of the opening day of athletics is punctuated by a number of high-profile events, including the women’s 100-metre heats and the men’s 400-metre heats. Join The Roar for live updates and commentary from 9:20am (AEST).
The women’s cycling road race takes place about an hour from the main Olympic village, with the riders starting and finishing at Fort Copacabana. Join The Roar for live coverage from 1:15am (AEST).
Normally at this time of year the papers in New South Wales and Queensland are dominated by one thing and one thing only, State of Origin. It would take a big story to push Origin off the back page of the paper.
Jarryd Hayne is officially a Fijian rugby union representative. And Australian rugby fans should be jumping for joy right now.
The New South Wales Waratahs are a good football team. They are also a flawed football team. And in a tight race for the Australian conference, that is a big problem.
Well the NRL season is just four weeks old and already some fans are calling for the bunker to be thrown out with the leftover Easter eggs.
With the 2016 NRL season fast approaching the experts are coming out with their predictions for the year. Many of these predictions are based on roster changes, draws and a hunch of how they think the upcoming season will unfold.
Just six weeks ago the Denver Broncos were a genuine chance of missing the playoffs altogether. Today they stand before us as Super Bowl champions.
When news broke that Mitchell Pearce had been involved in yet another disgraceful, alcohol-fuelled incident, I decided not to write about it.
The NFL Conference Champions have been determined and we now know who is heading to San Francisco for the 50th edition of the big one.
It seems that every year as the NFL playoffs roll around there are one or two teams that catch fire and ride a hot streak deep into the playoffs.
Growing up as a tennis fan in the 2000s, there was really only one option if you wanted to support an Australian.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has overturned the not guilty verdict previously handed down to 34 past and present AFL players, all of whom will now likely serve backdated two-year bans. The announcement has resulted shock, outrage and unfortunately heavy criticism of both WADA and the CAS.
With Minnesota’s victory over the Green Bay Packers in Sunday Night Football, the 12 teams to qualify for the NFL playoffs and their seeds have been finalised.
For 15 weeks I have grappled with when to write about the Denver Broncos.
With just a month left in the 2015 NFL regular season every match matters, whether it is for playoff qualification and seeding or draft order.
In contrast to last weekend, Week 13 of the NFL featured a number of close finishes, with eight of the fifteen games going down to the wire. Not only were there numerous thrilling matches but a number of the results also had major playoff implications.
With one game left in the round, Week 12 of the NFL has been a disappointing weekend of football. Two of the three Thanksgiving games were blowouts while just four of the Sunday afternoon games were decided by seven points or less.
That completes the action from the athletics track today. It was an incredible day, with Usain Bolt completing his Triple-Triple and America claiming the women’s 4×100 relay. Australia’s Alana Boyd finished fourth in the women’s pole vault and the Australians ran admirably in the women’s 5000m final.
There is just one more day of events inside the Olympic Stadium and it is a big day. Tomorrow will see Ryan Gregson in the men’s 1500m final, the final of the women’s 800m and Mo Farah in the 5000m final. Additionally, the men’s and women’s 4×400 finals will round out the program. Australia qualified in eighth position for the women’s event.
Olympics: Athletics Day 8 results - Bolt goes for triple-triple in 4x100m relay, live blog
Men’s 4×100 Relay Results
1st Jamaica 37.27
2nd Japan 37.60
3rd America 37.62
4th Canada 37.64
5th China 37.90
6th Great Britain 37.98
7th Trinidad and Tobago 38.09
8th Brazil 38.41
Olympics: Athletics Day 8 results - Bolt goes for triple-triple in 4x100m relay, live blog
The Jamaican team have commenced their celebrations as they complete a lap of honour in front of an adoring crowd
Olympics: Athletics Day 8 results - Bolt goes for triple-triple in 4x100m relay, live blog
Jamaica finishes in first, Japan second and America just held on to third ahead of a fast finishing Andre de Grasse
Olympics: Athletics Day 8 results - Bolt goes for triple-triple in 4x100m relay, live blog
Bolt collected the baton at the same time as his Japanese and American rivals and simply ran away from them. As soon as he received that baton it was clear who was winning this race
Olympics: Athletics Day 8 results - Bolt goes for triple-triple in 4x100m relay, live blog
Triple-Triple
Olympics: Athletics Day 8 results - Bolt goes for triple-triple in 4x100m relay, live blog
The first runners are on the blocks and the starting gun has been fired
Olympics: Athletics Day 8 results - Bolt goes for triple-triple in 4x100m relay, live blog
With the pole vault now complete, it’s time for the final event of the day, the men’s 4×100 relay. The men are on the track. Usain Bolt will run fourth for Jamaica, as will Andre de Grasse for Canada. American Justin Gatlin will run the second leg for USA, with Trayvon Bromell running the fourth leg.
Olympics: Athletics Day 8 results - Bolt goes for triple-triple in 4x100m relay, live blog
Final results in the pole vault:
1st Ekaterini Stefanidi Greece 4.85m
2nd Sandi Morris America 4.85
3rd Eliza McCartney New Zealand 4.80
4th Alana Boyd Australia 4.80
Olympics: Athletics Day 8 results - Bolt goes for triple-triple in 4x100m relay, live blog
That could not have been closer. Morris looked to have cleared the bar, but her knee clipped it on the way up, it wobbled around and eventually tumbled to the floor.
Olympics: Athletics Day 8 results - Bolt goes for triple-triple in 4x100m relay, live blog
Stefanidi has just missed her third attempt at 4.90. She had the height but knocked the bar off on her way down. Should Morris clear this, she will win gold, miss and she wins silver.
Olympics: Athletics Day 8 results - Bolt goes for triple-triple in 4x100m relay, live blog
Both Morris and Stefanidi have missed on their first two attempts of 4.90. If they both fail to clear this height, Stefanidi will in on a countback.
Olympics: Athletics Day 8 results - Bolt goes for triple-triple in 4x100m relay, live blog
There is one race remaining on the track and that is the men’s 4×100 relay. Usain Bolt is seeking the final leg of his triple-triple. The Americans, however, will be desperate to prevent him from doing so.
Lane Draw:
Lane 1: Great Britain
Lane 2 Brazil
Lane 3: United States
Lane 4: Jamaica
Lane 5: Japan
Lane 6: China
Lane 7: Canada
Lane 8: Trinidad & Tobago
Olympics: Athletics Day 8 results - Bolt goes for triple-triple in 4x100m relay, live blog
The men’s hammer throw final has come to a conclusion. Tajikistan’s Dilshod Nazarov has taken out the Gold, closely followed by Belarussian Ivan Tsikhan. Poland’s Wojciech Nowicki has stolen the Bronze medal from Mexico’s Diego del Real with his final throw of the night.
Olympics: Athletics Day 8 results - Bolt goes for triple-triple in 4x100m relay, live blog
America has won the women’s 4×100 relay, with Tori Bowie running a strong final leg to hold off a fast-finishing Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Great Britain has edged Germany for the final spot on the podium.
Results:
1st America 41.01
2nd Jamaica 41.36
3rd Great Britain 41.77
Olympics: Athletics Day 8 results - Bolt goes for triple-triple in 4x100m relay, live blog
Unfortunately it was not to be for Boyd, she aborted her jump halfway through the jump. Boyd will finish in fourth place, just shy of a medal. McCartney wins the bronze and the bar will go up as Stefanidi and Morris enter a battle for gold.
Olympics: Athletics Day 8 results - Bolt goes for triple-triple in 4x100m relay, live blog
McCartney has baulked. She walks back to her mark and reattempts this height. She fails to clear it. Should Boyd clear this height, she will finish no worse than third.
Olympics: Athletics Day 8 results - Bolt goes for triple-triple in 4x100m relay, live blog
The 4x100m final is udnerway
Olympics: Athletics Day 8 results - Bolt goes for triple-triple in 4x100m relay, live blog
If Boyd misses her third attempt, she will finish in fourth position, regardless of whether McCartney clears the height as she trails on a countback.
Olympics: Athletics Day 8 results - Bolt goes for triple-triple in 4x100m relay, live blog
It was a good second attempt by Boyd at 4.85, unfortunately, she just knocked the bar on the way up. Along with New Zealand’s McCartney, she has one attempt remaining.
Olympics: Athletics Day 8 results - Bolt goes for triple-triple in 4x100m relay, live blog
After some controversy in the heats, the Americans will line up in lane 1 of the 4×100 relay final, having qualified with the fastest time.
Lane Draw:
Lane 1: USA
Lane 2: Canada
Lane 3: Nigeria
Lane 4: Germany
Lane 5: Great Britain
Lane 6: Jamaica
Lane 7 Trinidad & Tobago
Lane 8: Ukraine
Olympics: Athletics Day 8 results - Bolt goes for triple-triple in 4x100m relay, live blog
Stefanidi is joined by American Sandi Morris in clearing 4.85
Olympics: Athletics Day 8 results - Bolt goes for triple-triple in 4x100m relay, live blog
Greece’s Ekaterini Stefanidi has become the first woman to clear 4.85m and she vaults into the lead of this event.
Olympics: Athletics Day 8 results - Bolt goes for triple-triple in 4x100m relay, live blog
There are just two events left on the track today, the women’s 4x100m relay final and the men’s 4×100 relay final. The women are just minutes away.
Olympics: Athletics Day 8 results - Bolt goes for triple-triple in 4x100m relay, live blog
In breaking news, America has been disqualified from the men’s relay for a lane violation at the final changeover. Trinidad and Tobago, who finished in 7th place, have also been disqualified for the same indiscretion. Canada has now moved up into 3rd place.
Olympics: Athletics Day 8 results - Bolt goes for triple-triple in 4x100m relay, live blog