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So the night built to that event, the last of the evening.
Ireland next game is against Germany tomorrow at 4.30pm our time.
World champion Peaty clocked 57.13 seconds, slicing nearly half a second off the mark he set in Saturday’s heats to emulate Adrian Moorhouse’s victory in the same event at the 1988 Seoul Games – the last time a British male swimmer won gold.
World swimming body FINA has not explained why it restored Russian swimmers with previous doping ties to the Rio Olympics at the last minute.
He’s back in action in the the 100m freestyle on Tuesday.
Australian cyclist Richie Porte is headed home after breaking his right scapula during a crash in the Olympic road race, two days before he was supposed to race for gold in the time trial.
Michael Phelps won a record 19th Olympic gold medal as the US on Sunday clinched the men’s 4×100 metres freestyle relay title of the Rio Games.
“I never wanted to look back 20 years down the road and say ‘what if I did this differently, what if I did that differently.’ This is me giving 100 percent”.
“He was very much into it”, Bowman said.
Anyone watching Sunday’s night telecast of the Olympics likely had the same question ahead of the usa men’s 4×100 freestyle relay: What were those dark red circles covering Michael Phelps’ body?
Phelps, the most decorated athlete in Olympic history, wants to do his part for the men’s relay team.
The only drama was whether she’d take the world record even lower.
“That’s the fastest 100 free I’ve ever gone in my career, so I hope that’s a good sign”, Phelps said.
In front of a raucous and passionate crowd, the British pair fought tooth and nail, especially in an extraordinary second set tie-break that saw them save six match points. Studies showed that it improved pain and range of motion shortly after the injury, but the tape didn’t make a difference in the long run. The finals for the women are at 7 p.m. following the bronze medal match at 6:30 p.m.
This was her first Olympic medal.
Sjostrom finished fourth in the London Games four years ago, when Vollmer won.
Phelps will be back at the pool Monday for the preliminaries of the 200-meter butterfly, a title he is especially eager to reclaim after an ill-timed finish let South Africa’s Chad le Clos snatch away the gold at the 2012 London Games.
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He wound up getting engaged and becoming a father for the first time.
