“Awesome Hour” on the track as US captures 6 Olympic medals

Tianna Bartoletta of the US during the women’s long jump final in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games at Estadio Olimpico Joao Havelange on August 17.

Bartoletta came into Rio with one of the more hard doubles – the long jump and the 100-meter, in which she placed second in both events at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Track and Field. Spain won the 2006 FIBA World Cup and the European championship in 2009, 2011 and 2015.

Her win came in a span of about 60 minutes when USA track and field women hauled in a bevy of medals.

“The bobsled was all about acceleration”, Bartoletta said.

She beat defending champion Brittney Reese of the USA, who won silver with a jump of 7.15.

Tianna Bartoletta of the United States captured gold in the women’s long jump, leaping a personal best of 7.17m in the penultimate round to deny team-mate Brittney Reese a historic second straight Olympic gold medal on Wednesday night at Olympic Stadium.

And yes, they realized what their fellow Americans were up to.

According to TeamUSA.org, Bartoletta was born in Elyria and graduated from Elyria High School.

Tianna Bartoletta kicked off her country’s whirlwind run of medals on the night. He added: “Marion Jones, Kelli White, Zhanna Block – I know what they took in order to run slower times on drugs”. “I need to go out there and do my part”. Despite world-wide concerns over the environmental challenges Brazil faces, things continue to hop as the Olympic Show goes on. His father, Mitch, was an alternate on the United States of America discus team at the 1984 Los Angeles Games, while his uncle, Brian, was a two-time Olympian in the javelin.

An ankle injury hampered Gatlin, 34, who won a silver medal Sunday in the 100. “It feels good to come out and do a great job”. The third longest jump came in with Reese qualifying after leaping 6.78 meters, beating Bartoletta’s 6.70 meter jump by only.08 meters.

“I had rough days training but I did not let that overcome me”, Thompson said. “I was just enjoying every second of it”.

To their right was one of two Brazilian women’s teams to reach the medal round on their home sand at Copacabana beach, the sport’s spiritual home.