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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Even a lumbering start couldnt slow down the worlds fastest man. Nikolaj Ehlers Jersey .Usain Bolt became the first person to win three straight Olympic 100-meter titles, blowing down the straightaway in 9.81 seconds at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.The Jamaican great defeated American rival Justin Gatlin by .08 seconds for his seventh Olympic gold medal. Andre de Grasse of Canada won the bronze.Bolt started pulling away from Gatlin with about 30 meters left. His electrifying kick capped an exciting Day 9 of the Rio Games that included Justin Rose winning the first Olympic golfing gold medal in 112 years with a two-stroke win over British Open champion Henrik Stenson.American teen sensation Simone Biles added a third gold in gymnastics, capturing the womens vault title, and the U.S. mens basketball team had yet another scare, this one from France, before advancing to the quarterfinals as the top, albeit shaky, seed.Bolt added the Rio gold medal to the ones he won in Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012. After kicking off his gold spikes, he flashed a smile and his signature pose, the Jamaican flag draping from his shoulders.Klay Thompson ended an Olympic-long slump with 30 points, and the U.S. needed almost all of them to hold off France 100-97 in basketball. It was the third straight close call for the favorites, who are looking as beatable as ever under coach Mike Krzyzewski.Second-seeded Andy Murray of Britain beat Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina for his second consecutive Olympic singles tennis gold medal. His 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 victory halted the resurgent run of the 141st-ranked del Potro, who knocked off No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the first round and No. 3 Rafael Nadal in the semifinals.In the latest security incident to hit South Americas first Olympic Games, Ryan Lochte and three other American swimmers were robbed at gunpoint early Sunday by thieves posing as police officers who pulled over their taxi and took cash and credit cards.Nobody was hurt, but Lochte told NBAs Today show that one of the robbers put a cocked gun to his head and ordered him to get on the ground.I couldnt believe it, said Michael Phelps, a good friend of Lochtes and one of his roommates in the athletes village.Phelps spent the evening with his family and wasnt out with his teammates.Street crime is among the litany of problems the Olympics has struggled with. Brazil deployed 85,000 soldiers and police to secure the games. But last week a Brazilian security officer was fatally shot after taking a wrong turn into a slum, two Australian rowing coaches were attacked and robbed in Ipanema and Portugals education minister was held up at knifepoint on a busy street.In addition, stray bullets have twice landed in the equestrian venue, and two windows were shattered on a bus carrying journalists in an attack that local organizers blamed on rocks and others claimed was gunfire.Among many other embarrassments are empty seats, long lines and green water in some of the Olympic pools.Synchronized swimmers were greeted Sunday by clear blue water in the pool after officials worked through the night to replace the murky green water that prompted competitors to dub it The Swamp.Other highlights from Day 9:SUMGONGS SIDESTEP : Jemima Jelagat Sumgong had to evade a protester on her way to delivering Kenyas first gold in Rio, one which may have been saved by the swift intervention of security forces with a kilometer to go in the womens marathon. A man leapt over the railings waving a sign and two police motor bikes instantly cut him off.NOMADIC NEYMAR : Brazils mens soccer team, led by superstar Neymar, has arrived in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil played in Brasilia, Salvador and Sao Paulo. Soccer is the only competition that is played outside of the Olympic host city. Seeking its first soccer gold medal, Brazil plays Honduras in the semifinals Wednesday at the Maracana Stadium.WRESTLING WITH WRESTLING? : Shinobu Ota of Japan stunned seven-time Greco-Roman world champion and 2012 Olympic gold medalist Hamid Soryan of Iran 5-4. The worlds oldest sport has undergone major changes. Matches now feature two 3-minute periods with cumulative scoring instead of the best-of-three format that could be a snooze.CHOPPY WATERS : While worries about water pollution marked the run-up to the Rio Games, it was really the whipping wind that stirred up trouble during Olympic rowing. For the first time since 1996, the Olympic regatta was not held in a purpose-built lake, but a natural lagoon that left rowers exposed to the elements in new ways.JAPANESE JAMBOREE : Kei Nishikori gave Japan its first Olympic tennis medal in 86 years, overcoming a mid-match lull to beat 2008 champion Rafael Nadal for the bronze in mens singles. Nadal leaves Brazil with a gold medal from mens doubles for Spain.---AP Summer Games website: http://summergames.ap.org---Follow AP Sports Writer Arnie Melendrez Stapleton on Twitter: http://twitter.com/arniestapleton Blake Wheeler Jersey . -- Brandon Jennings made the most of his first game with the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night. Laurent Brossoit Jets Jersey . A forerunning sled crashed into the worker Thursday at the Sanki Sliding Center. The unidentified worker broke both legs and was airlifted to a nearby hospital. http://www.jetsauthentic.com/authentic-nikolaj-ehlers-jets-jersey/ . 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Drew Petries chances of extending his AFL career have received a timely boost after his former teammate Brady Rawlings was appointed as West Coasts new list manager.Petries career appeared over after being told by the Kangaroos last month that he wont be given a new deal for 2017.But with West Coast needing to find a short-term ruck replacement to fill the void left by injured star Nic Naitanui, Petrie is a chance to make a shock move to West Coast.Those odds shortened on Tuesday when West Coast announced Rawlings would move into the list manager role after spending the previous three seasons as the clubs midfield coach.Rawlings and Petrie played together for 11 seasons at North Melbourne.Eagles coach Adam Simpson also knows Petrie well, having captained the 33-year-old during his playing days at the Kangaroos.Naitanui will miss most of next season after undergoing a knee reconstruction, while doubts also surround the fitness of Scott Lycett after he carried a posterior cruciate ligament knee injury for the second half of 2016.Journeyman ruckman Jonathan Giles performed admirably when called upon late in the season. Josh Morrissey Jets Jersey. But with Simpson preferring to pair a tall ruckman with a more mobile back-up, the 197cm Petrie looms as a good short-term fix.Petrie, a veteran of 316 games, can be picked up by West Coast as a delisted free agent.GWS big man Rory Lobb is rumoured to be at the top of West Coasts wish list.But with the 206cm ruckman/forward contracted for next season, a deal will be hard to pull off.Recruiting a goalsneak is also high up on the Eagles priority list.Fremantle forward Hayden Ballantyne has already expressed an interest in moving to West Coast.Out-of-favour Eagles defenders Eric Mackenzie and Mitch Brown could be put up for trade bait to lure Lobb or Ballantyne to West Coast.Adrian Battiston, who has headed up West Coasts list management role over the past 18 months, will transition into a pro-scouting and contracts role based out of the clubs Melbourne office.West Coasts new midfield coach is set to come from within the clubs current coaching ranks. ' ' '