Rio

It's more than just winning medals.

Rio 2016

Farah's 10,000m

Rudisha's 800m

And now I await the 5,000m. Would it be Farah's?

In addition, some of the best sprints I've seen, when there's immense expectation.

Bolt's

100m

200m

4x100m

What makes Jamaica's men's 4x1 relay team so great? Or perhaps it's their resistance to faltering, unlike so many others. More specifically, USA. It is the ninth time since 1995 that the U.S. men have been disqualified or failed to get the baton around at an Olympics or world championships (Associated Press). You have to feel for them.

- continued on 21 August '16 -

And Farah takes the gold. The double double is complete.

“The critical bit of information that you need to know is that when Mo stands on the start line, he believes he can run faster than anyone else in that race. He believes he can run the last 400m faster than anyone in that race. He believes he could run the last kilometre faster than anyone in that race. He believes he could lift any weight in the gym that anyone wanted to – as a comparison with anyone on the start line – better, faster and heavier. He believes that if he had to fight anyone there he could kick the sh*t out of them. That’s what owning the start line is.”

Neil Black

I cannot however, leave out Centrowitz's 1500. With his humble disposition, he stayed out of trouble and it paid off. Willis, certainly not one of the fastest but undoubtedly wise, deserves credit as well. It's simply unfortunate that Kiprop didn't make the best use of his abilities.

And of course, we conclude with the marathon - Kipchoge's dominance. Yet great performances by the few handfuls that followed. I'd mention Rupp in particularly, considering that this was just his second marathon ever.