Usain Bolt goes for gold medal No. 8 on Thursday night, this time in the 200-meter dash. He won his third consecutive gold in the 100 meters on Sunday, and now he’ll race for his third straight Olympic win in the 200m at 9:30 pm. ET on Thursday. He’s expected to win again, and then he’ll have only one more shot at gold -- in the 4x100m relay on Saturday.
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Usain Bolt races for another gold in the 200 meters and Ashton Eaton closes out the decathlon on Thursday in Rio.
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Ashton Eaton will close out the decathlon with the 10th and final event, the 1500 meters, at 8:45 p.m. The world record holder and reigning Olympic champ, Eaton will likely have a big lead after nine events, so the 1500 will be more of a coronation than anything else.
Dalilah Muhammad of Team USA has the fastest 400-meter hurdle time in the world this year, and could be joined by Ashley Spencer on the podium. Ristananna Tracey of Jamaica could challenge as well.
Joe Kovacs leads the U.S. team in the men’s shot put and Kara Winger is the top U.S. thrower in the women’s javelin.
Key track and field events in prime time for Thursday, Aug. 18
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7:30 p.m. - Men’s shot put: Final
8:10 p.m. - Women’s javelin: Final
8:45 p.m. - Men’s decathlon: 1500 meters (final event)
9:15 p.m. - Women’s 400-meter hurdles: Final
9:30 p.m. - Men’s 200 meters: Final
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