{"id":13412,"date":"2012-08-11T14:23:13","date_gmt":"2012-08-11T12:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/olympics-athletics-bolt-farah-quests-highlight-last-night\/"},"modified":"2012-08-11T14:23:13","modified_gmt":"2012-08-11T12:23:13","slug":"olympics-athletics-bolt-farah-quests-highlight-last-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/olympics-athletics-bolt-farah-quests-highlight-last-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympics-Athletics-Bolt, Farah quests highlight last night"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Nick Mulvenney<\/span><\/p>\n

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LONDON<\/span> Aug 11 (Reuters) – Usain Bolt’s attempt to win a
\nsixth sprint gold medal in two Olympics as part of Jamaica’s
\n4×100 metres relay team will be the climax of the last night of
\nathletics at the London Games on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Before the biggest name in track and field takes centre
\nstage at the Olympic Stadium, however, Mo Farah’s bid to add the
\n5,000m title to the 10,000 crown he won last weekend could give
\nthe host nation the perfect end to the meet.<\/p>\n

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There are eight titles up for grabs on the ninth day of
\ncompetition with gold medals also being awarded in the men’s
\njavelin, women’s 800m, 4x400m relay and high jump, plus two race
\nwalks.<\/p>\n

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After successfully defending his 100 and 200 titles in some
\nstyle, Bolt will be expected to ram home his sprint supremacy by
\nleading his Jamaican team mates to gold in the relay.<\/p>\n

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Jamaica had a one-two in the 100m and swept the podium in
\nthe 200m so should be too strong for main rivals the United
\nStates, even if the Americans manage to hold on to the baton for
\nthe first time in four major championships.<\/p>\n

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Farah is world champion in the 5,000m but looked tired in
\nthe heats and challengers like Ethiopians Dejen Gebremeskel and
\nHagos Gebrhiwet, Kenya’s Isiah Kiplangat Koech and American
\nBernard Lagat should be fresher.<\/p>\n

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Kenya’s Pamela Jelimo won the 800m gold in Beijing and is
\nback in good form for the London Games, where world champion
\nMariya Savinova of Russia and South African Caster Semenya are
\nlikely to be her main challengers.<\/p>\n

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Andreas Thorkildsen will be going for a third straight gold
\nin the javelin but Czech Vitezslav Vesely has by far the biggest
\nthrow of the year and has beaten the Norwegian in all four of
\ntheir meetings this year.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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