TOKYO (AP) – There will be a new fastest man in the Olympic Games who will be crowned on Sunday when the 100-meter run will be run without Usain Bolt in the finals for the first time since 2008.
The favorite for the gold medal is the 26-year-old American sprinter Trayvon Bromell from St. Petersburg, Florida. The race is the marquee of the Olympic Games and rounds off a busy night in the Olympic Stadium.
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The newly crowned Olympic champion Sunisa Lee will try to increase her medal wins in the finals on the uneven bars, while the Americans Jade Carey and MyKayla Skinner face medal threats in the jump finals.
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TRACK & FIELD
There will be a new gold medalist in the Olympic Games marquee race, and it could be an American to take over the seat vacated by Usain Bolt’s resignation.
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Bolt has won gold in the men’s 100m three times in a row, but he’s gotten further in his life now and there is a chance for a new star. Trayvon Bromell doesn’t have the same swagger as Bolt, but he’s got speed.
The 26-year-old from Florida is a humble sprinter in a showman event. Bromell is the favorite in Sunday’s gold medal race. He is challenged by teammate Ronnie Baker, Andre De Grasse from Canada and Akani Simbine from South Africa.
Bromell won US Olympic victories and also has the best time of 2021 at 9.77 seconds. The sports books believe that Bromell will win and he is the favorite for the gold.
The Olympic Stadium will be the centerpiece of coverage of the Tokyo Games on Sunday evening, with medals also in the women’s 100-meter hurdles and the men’s long jump. NBC’s prime time coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. and will also include the women’s diving springboard finals and an elimination match in women’s beach volleyball.
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GYMNASTICS
Simone Biles takes another night off in Tokyo, where she cannot compete due to mental health problems. She withdrew from the women’s team final, the women’s all-round competition, and will not take part in the uneven bars or the jump on Sunday.
So it will be the newly crowned Olympic champion Sunisa Lee who wants to top up her prey in the uneven bars finals. Lee and the Belgian Nina Derwael are the big favorites on the podium.
Americans Jade Carey and MyKayla Skinner achieved two of the four best results in the jump during qualification and will both be medal threats in the final. Skinner made it to the final when reigning Olympic champion Biles was eliminated.
Medals are also awarded in the men’s floor exercise, pommel horse and distilling rings. The coverage will be live at 4am on Peacock with encore presentations during prime time coverage on NBC.
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BASKETBALL
The U.S. women’s basketball team will continue their hunt for a seventh consecutive gold medal as Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi lead the Americans in their final group match against France.
The women are 2-0 in the group game. The game against France will air at 12:40 p.m. on the USA Network.
For the men, Slovenia is in the foreground against the reigning world champion Spain.
Luka Doncic has had a spectacular Olympics for Slovenia and is the top scorer in Tokyo; The Slovenian men’s national team is always 15: 0 when he is in the line-up.
The game will determine the winner of Group C and secure a place in the top four in the quarter-finals – but both Slovenia and Spain will reach the quarter-finals, win or lose. The game is on the USA Network at 4:20 a.m.
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IN OTHER NOTABLE PROMOTIONS
The women’s beach volleyball elimination rounds will be broadcast live on both NBC and CNBC starting at 8:00 p.m. in prime time
Novak Djokovic’s quest for the Golden Slam ended and the world’s best men’s tennis player left Tokyo without a single medal. Alexander Zverev of Germany defeated Djokovic and will play Karen Khachanov from the Russian Olympic Committee in the gold medal match live in front of the late viewers on The Olympic Channel with a replay in the afternoon on the USA Network.
The US men’s water polo team plays Greece live at prime time on CNBC, which also broadcasts the men’s beach volleyball elimination round and the men’s fencing team’s foil final.
CNBC will also be hosting live the women’s field hockey quarter-finals and the women’s bronze and gold double badminton games.
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