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Athletics has been contested at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics. The athletics program traces its earliest roots to events used in the ancient Greek Olympics. The modern program includes track and field events, road running events, and race walking events.
Usain St. Leo Bolt (/ ˈ juː s eɪ n /; born 21 August 1986) is a Jamaican retired sprinter who is widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time. He is an eight-time Olympic gold medalist and the world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 4 × 100 metres relay.
The United States is the nation that has won the most medals in athletics at the Olympic Games, around 855, of which 353 are gold. [2] The United States men's and women's teams have participated in all editions of the games except for the Moscow 1980 games due to boycott.
At the Olympics, she won the gold medal in the 200 meter race in 21.83. [33] Along with her teammates, she also won gold medals in the 4 × 100 m relay and 4 × 400 m relay . On September 26, she competed at the Athlos track meet, a women-only track and field meeting at Icahn Stadium in New York City , finishing second in the 200 m.
Retiring after the Berlin Olympics, Robinson remained involved in athletics as an official. [1] She worked in a hardware store for many years. [5] In 1977, she was inducted into the USA National Track and Field Hall of Fame. In 1996, she carried the Olympic Torch for the Atlanta Olympic Games. [3]
Jones turned to sports as an outlet for her grief: running, pickup basketball games, and whatever else her brother Albert was doing athletically. [7] By the age of 15, she was routinely dominating California high-school athletics on both the track and the basketball court. Jones is also a 1997 graduate of the University of North Carolina (UNC).
Iwan Thomas being interviewed after lighting the Olympic cauldron in Cambridge during the 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay. His father was born to Welsh-born parents in Middlesex , whilst his mother's Welsh language speaking family were centred around the village of Llandderfel , Gwynedd .