Full Episode
Wednesday, Feb 8
PBS NewsHour
  • Episodes
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletters
  • The Latest
  • Politics
    Politics
    • Brooks and Capehart
    • Politics Monday
    • Supreme Court
  • Arts
    Arts
    • CANVAS
    • Poetry
    • Now Read This
  • Nation
    Nation
    • Supreme Court
    • Race Matters
    • Essays
    • Brief But Spectacular
  • World
    World
    • Agents for Change
  • Economy
    Economy
    • Making Sen$e
    • Paul Solman
  • Science
    Science
    • The Leading Edge
    • ScienceScope
    • Basic Research
    • Innovation and Invention
  • Health
    Health
    • Long-Term Care
  • Education
    Education
    • Teachers' Lounge
    • Student Reporting Labs
  • For Teachers
    Education
    • Newshour Classroom
  • NewsHour Shop
  • About
    • Feedback
    • Funders
    • Support
    • Jobs

Educate your inbox

Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Nation
PBS NewsHour

Get news alerts from PBS NewsHour

Turn on desktop notifications?

usain bolt

  • Full Episodes
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletters
  • Live
World Athletics Championships

World Aug 05

Usain Bolt, the fastest man in history, runs his last 100m dash

By PBS NewsHour

World Aug 05

World Athletics Championships
Usain Bolt, beloved star of track and field, runs final race

Usain Bolt, the global track superstar from Jamaica, ran the last race of his career on Saturday at the 2017 World Championships in London, placing third.

By Omar Etman

World Aug 04

2016 Rio Olympics - Athletics - Final - Men's 200m Final - Olympic Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 18/08/2016. Usain Bolt (JAM) of Jamaica tears off his number tags from his shorts and throws them to the ground after winning the gold. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. - RTX2LYCQ
The last race for Usain Bolt, the fastest man alive

Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest man alive, will sprint for the last time at the Word Athletics Championships in London.

By Amber Partida

World Jan 25

2016 Rio Olympics - Athletics - Final - Men's 200m Final - Olympic Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 18/08/2016. Usain Bolt (JAM) of Jamaica tears off his number tags from his shorts and throws them to the ground after winning the gold. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. - RTX2LYCQ
Bolt loses gold medal after teammate fails anti-doping test

Usain Bolt has been stripped of one of his nine Olympic gold medals after a teammate tested positive for a banned substance.

By Michael Rios

World Aug 20

Olympic highlights from Day 14: Usain Bolt completes ‘triple-triple’

Usain Bolt dashed to the finish of the 4x100 meter relay on Friday, out-striding his competition to complete his third Olympic sweep of the 100 and 200 meter springs and the 4x100 meter relay.

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Aug 19

Watch 8:02
U.S. swimming scandal casts shadow over Rio, but Bolt still shines

By PBS NewsHour

The Olympics conclude this weekend, but the news coming out of Rio is still nonstop. Four U.S. swimmers who said they had been robbed now admit fabricating their story, while Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt could earn his ninth career gold.

Continue watching

Aug 19

Olympic highlights from Day 13: ‘World’s greatest athlete’ wins again

By Joshua Barajas

A cold shower paid off for Ashton Eaton and Helen Louise Maroulis made history by beating her role model in wrestling at the Rio Olympics.

Continue reading

Aug 18

Olympic highlights from Day 12: For the first time, Americans take 1-2-3 in Rio track and field; Bolt takes a second look

By Joshua Barajas

Watch another Olympic first from Wednesday, in which three Americans took all three medals in the women's 100-meter hurdles.

Continue reading

Aug 15

Day 9: Simone Biles and Usain Bolt rise above the rest in Rio

By Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako

Here's a look at Sunday's highlights and lowlights from the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Continue reading

Aug 07

Watch
No image
U.K. Athletes Win More Gold; Caribbean Nations Dominate the Track

British spectators at the London Olympics have more reasons to wave their flags proudly as the U.K. enjoys its best Olympics performance since 1908. Margaret Warner reports on the latest wins, and gives an update on U.S. athletes in gymnastics…

Continue watching

Jump to the First Page Previous Page
1 2
Next Page Jump to the Last Page

Support Provided By: Learn more

Educate your inbox

Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Full Episode
Wednesday, Feb 8
  • BDO
  • BNSF Railway
  • Consumer Cellular
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • Fidelity
  • Friends of the NewsHour
PBS NewsHour

© 1996 - 2023 NewsHour Productions LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Sections

  • The Latest
  • Politics
  • Arts
  • Nation
  • World
  • Economy
  • Science
  • Health
  • Education

About

  • About Us
  • TV Schedule
  • Press
  • Feedback
  • Funders
  • Support
  • Newsletters
  • Podcasts
  • Jobs
  • Privacy

Stay Connected

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • RSS

Subscribe to ‘Here's the Deal,’ our politics newsletter

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Support our journalism

Learn more about Friends of the NewsHour.

Support for NewsHour Provided By

  • BDO
  • BNSF Railway
  • Consumer Cellular
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • Fidelity
  • Viewers Like You