Jamaica's Elaine Thomson overcame a niggling hamstring injury to obliterate her rivals in the women's 200 metres final on Wednesday and become the first women since 1988 to secure the Olympics sprint ...

Jamaica continued its assault on United States dominance of the Olympic track when Omar McLeod gave the Caribbean island its first 110 metres hurdles champion in Rio on Tuesday.

Usain Bolt roused a quiet morning at the Olympic stadium as only he can on Tuesday, remaining firmly on course for his historic 'triple triple' by coasting through the 200 metres heats in 20.28 second ...