Jamaican sprint sensation Usain Bolt will feature in the men's 200 metres semifinals tomorrow at 7:10am after cruising in the heats with a time of 20.39 seconds.

Bolt has said he needs to win the 200 metres gold again, before he achieves his aim of becoming a ‘legend'.

The men's 200 metres final will take place at 7:55am on Friday.

In the women's 200 metres final, Jamaican sprint queen Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce will face stiff competition from USA's Sanya Richards Ross and Felix Allyson after they clocked the fastest time in the semifinals.
 
The women's 200 metres final will be held at 8am tomorrow.

Sally Pearson won Australia's first athletics gold medal at the London 2012 with a dramatic victory in the women's 100m Hurdles.

Pearson clocked an Olympic record of 12.35 seconds to edge the defending champion Dawn Harper of USA into silver.

Pearson said she has been dreaming of that gold for 12 years, since watching Cathy Freeman win her gold in Sydney.

Ivan Ukhov claimed gold in the men's High Jump after clearing the bar at 2.38 metres just one centimeter short of the Olympic record.

It was the Russian's first major outdoor title.

Algeria's Taoufik Makhloufi claimed the 1500 meters men's gold in convincing fashion at the Olympic Stadium this morning.

Makhloufi pulled clear down the home straight to win in a time of 3:34.08 seconds.

In men's football Brazil and Mexico will meet in the final at 2am Sunday.

Looking at the medal tally, China is still leading with 34 gold, 21 silver and 18 bronze, USA is second with 30 gold, 19 silver and 21 bronze while Great Britain is third with 22 gold, 13 silver and 13 bronze.

Story by: Akuila Cama