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Jamaica’s sprinters continue dominance
When it comes to the 100-meter dash, Jamaica is still the team to beat, with or without Usain Bolt.
Jamaican sprinter Lerone Clarke (pictured), added the Pan American Games title to the gold medal he won last year at the Commonwealth Games, winning Tuesday’s race in 10.01 seconds.
“I ran as fast as I could,” the 21-year-old Clarke said. “For me, running is a pleasure.”
The gold was Jamaica’s first of the games, but it came in a race they have come to own. Besides Bolt’s world records at both the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2009 world championships in Berlin, Yohan Blake won the 100 at the 2011 worlds in South Korea after Bolt was disqualified from the final for a false start.
Overall, the United States still leads the medals table with 66 gold and 176 in total. Brazil is next with 29 gold and 81 overall.
The Americans won a pair of gold medals in bowling and two more in fencing on Day 11 of the games, while Cuba also claimed four gold.
Leonel Suarez led the way for the Cubans with gold in the decathlon, scoring 8,373 points and setting three personal bests in the 10-discipline event. Suarez earned bronze in August at the world championships in South Korea.
Adriana Muñoz also won gold for Cuba on the track, taking the title in the women’s 800.
