Cassie the running robot achieves Guinness World Record in 100-meter dash in Oregon
Credit: Agility Robotics
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Jasmine Camacho-Quinn wins the 100-meter hurdles, Puerto Rico’s first gold in track.
TOKYO — Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico won the women’s 100-meter hurdles on Monday morning, beating Kendra Harrison of the United States, the world-record holder.Camacho-Quinn, a University of Kentucky graduate, was the favorite…
Marcell Jacobs of Italy wins the 100-meter dash.
TOKYO — There is a new fastest man in the world.Marcell Jacobs of Italy sprinted to Olympic gold in the men’s 100-meter dash on Sunday, finishing in 9.80 seconds. Jacobs, 26, was born in El Paso before moving to Italy with his mother as a…
Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica wins the 100-meter dash.
TOKYO — Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica on Saturday repeated as the Olympic champion in the women’s 100 meters, outsprinting a field that included Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, a two-time former champion.Thompson-Herah finished in 10.61…
Caeleb Dressel wins the men’s 100-meter freestyle, and his first individual medal.
Caeleb Dressel, the American swimmer, won his first Olympic gold medal for an individual race on Thursday, setting an Olympic record of 47.02 seconds in the 100-meter freestyle and beating out Kyle Chalmers of Australia by six-hundredths of…
Caeleb Dressel, a rising swimming star, goes for his first individual medal in the 100-meter…
The American swimmer Caeleb Dressel, 24, has three career relay golds in the Olympics but no individual wins. He has a chance to change that in the 100-meter freestyle.NBC will broadcast the event, which is set to start at 10:37 p.m.…
Lydia Jacoby of the U.S. upsets Lilly King in the 100-meter breaststroke.
TOKYO — As expected, an American won gold in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke on Tuesday morning. The surprise was that it was Lydia Jacoby.Jacoby, a 17-year-old Alaskan, overtook Tatjana Schoenmaker of South Africa in the closing meters…
Simone Manuel will make her debut swimming in the 100-meter freestyle relay.
TOKYO — Simone Manuel will make her first appearance at the Games on Sunday morning (Saturday night in the U.S.), swimming the anchor leg for the United States in the women’s 4x100 freestyle relay.Questions had swirled about whether Manuel…
Mater Dei’s Domani Jackson ties 100-meter record at state championships
Upon hearing his time in the 100-meter dash, Domani Jackson could hardly believe his ears. Neither could anyone else in the stadium after the Santa Ana Mater Dei High junior won in 10.25 seconds to equal the state record Saturday night in…
Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown breaks 100-meter backstroke world record
By Associated Press
ADELAIDE: Swimmer Kaylee McKeown says the death of her father 10 months ago inspired her to break the 100-meter backstroke world record on Sunday at the Australian Olympic trials.
The 19-year-old…