Yi was eliminated after shooting a 9.8 to earn the bronze medal, and Thrasher earned a final score of 208.0 to defeat Li by one point.
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At 10 p.m., Brazil faces Iraq looking to rebound from a disappointing opening draw in Group A at the men’s soccer tournament, while defending champion Mexico faces newcomer Fiji at 1 p.m.to try to pick up its first win in Group C.
“It’s just an intensive feeling of pride for my country and I’m so happy to be here”, said Thrasher, whose gold is also her first worldwide competition medal. It may just be the beginning of the Olympics but the best has yet to come.
Simone Biles: The artistic gymnast is eyeing her first ever Olympic medal after dominating her sport for several years.
“It’s really hard”, said the silver medalist, “There were some expectations, but It’s just too hard”.
This year Thrasher became the first freshman to sweep both NCAA individual air rifle titles while helping West Virginia capture its fourth straight national title.
“It’s just an intensive feeling of pride for my country and I’m so happy to be here”, said Ms. Thrasher after the victory ceremony. “It will be my life-time memory”.
No women’s sport has become more high profile than basketball since Title IX.
“The adrenaline rush was incredible”, Thrasher said. “I knew it was a realistic expectation for me to get into the finals and once you get into the finals, anything can happen. I think only try”. Gabriele Detti of Italy was third in 3:43.49.
The Olympic cauldron lights were lit by Vanderlei de Lima, a former long-distance runner.
Another swimmer – Rami Anis, 20 years old, arrived at the Olympics fleeing conscription from his native Syria.
After defeating New Zealand 2-0 Wednesday night, the USA women’s soccer team will take on France in their pursuit of a fourth straight gold medal. In second place, will be China, with 36 gold medals and a total of 89.
The results have been calculated based on an analysis of the economic growth of each country, the size of the population, the results in the last Olympic Games, and how well the host country has organised the event.
Earlier in the day, Britain’s Adam Peaty broke his own world record for the men’s 100m breaststroke in the heats. “He’ll be one of key factors in us attempting to win the gold medal”. As reported by The Guardian, the South Korean team was simply too strong as they won by a staggering 6-0 margin.
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Australia was able to secure its first medal of the 2016 Rio Olympics by taking an archery match over China as reported by NBC Olympics.
