While multiple track and field events will reach their conclusion Friday night, there’s one that sticks out. That would be the men’s 4×100 final, where Jamaica is looking to take gold for a third consecutive Olympic Games. And with Usain Bolt running the anchor leg, the expectation is that they’ll extend that streak to three.
Bolt, who has already won three straight Olympic gold medals in both the 100 and 200, is looking to complete the “triple triple” and the other seven teams in the final would like nothing more than to keep that from happening. Among those teams is the U.