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Usain Bolt won the men's 200 metres title at a third consecutive Olympics with a dominant performance and moved another step closer to his target of clinching three gold medals at the Rio Games here. The Jamaican legend registered a season's best time of 19.78 seconds at the Olympic Stadium to clinch his second gold medal of the Rio Games here on Thursday. Bolt had earlier won the men's 100m title to become the first athlete in the history of the Olympics to win the showpiece event three times in a row. This was also Bolt's eighth consecutive gold medal at the Olympics. Andre de Grasse of Canada took silver with a time of 20.02 while Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre got the bronze with 20.12. Adam Gemili of Britain and the veteran Churandy Martina of the Netherlands came within a hair's breath of a podium finish before settling for the fourth and fifth positions respectively. Bolt, who had won the 200m title at the 2008 and 2012 Games as well, now needs to win the men...

RIO DE JANEIRO  Michael Phelps scored a spectacular double Tuesday night, further underscoring that he is primed to bow out of swimming in a blaze of golden glory.About 70 minutes after winning gold in the 200-meter butterfly, Phelps swam a leg of the United States’ gold-medal-winning 800 freestyle relay. Phelps was not a lock to swim the event after not posting an elite-level 200 free time all year, but his spectacular performance in the 400 free relay Sunday night made him an obvious option for the 800. Phelps swam the anchor leg with a split 1:45.26. He teamed with Conor Dwyer, Townley Haas and fellow swimming legend Ryan Lochte to easily win the event in 7:00.66. Great Britain won silver in 7:03.13 while Japan took bronze in 7:03.50. When the 31-year-old Phelps announced his most recent comeback, the expectation was for a limited number of events as a concession to his advanced age by swimming standards. But he’s now on track for six medals, and all six could be gold. That would gi...