Netflix subscribers can catch an assortment of gold-medal films before the Rio Olympics kick off with its opening ceremony on Friday, Aug. 5. Thrasher won by 208 points, while Du (a two-time gold medalist) got 207 points and Yi (also a gold victor at the 2012 London Games) scored 185.4.
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She became the first freshman to win both NCAA rifle titles and led the Mountaineers to the team championship.
But the 18-year-old Syrian swimmer has had to overcome much more on her way to Rio, including saving the lives of 20 people. Rugby sevens, the fast-pace, condensed form of the game, is the format for the sport’s return to the Olympic program for the first time since 1924, when the usa men won the gold medal in the 15-a-side tournament. “There were some expectations, but It’s just too hard”.
Yi took a similar path as Thrasher’s, earning air rifle gold at the 2012 London Games just three years after starting her worldwide shooting career.
Vice-Premier Liu Yandong visited the Chinese athletes at the Olympic Village on Thursday, encouraging them to do their best to showcase the country’s athletic prowess while making more friends at the Rio Olympics. “It will be my life-time memory”. There are more than 300 titles on offer over the next fortnight at the 2016 Olympics.
Thrasher said, “I am looking forward to getting back to school again”. “I don’t think it is fair”. You should probably plan to spend the whole night watching the action from the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. She competed in the London games in 2012 pulling off a clutch shot in the Rio final; in the second round, she hit a 10.9 to stay alive.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday wished good luck to the Indian contingent participating at the 2016 Rio Olympics, saying that the entire nation was standing behind them.
Having once dreamt of competing in the winter Olympics in figure skating, Thrasher switched focus to shooting at the age of 15. Four years ago, London was setting records with 28.7 million viewers during the same time period.
Maya Dirado of the United States was second in 4:31.15 and Spain’s Mireia Belmonte third in 4:32.39. As the arena filled up with passionate home fans for the early morning game, five unanswered goals and big saves from goalkeeper Mayssa Raquel Pessoa paved the way for victory. She makes her Olympic debut at 11 a.m. The men’s 400m individual medley final is scheduled for 10 p.m., and the men’s 400m freestyle final is at 10:30 p.m.
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In judo, Paula Pareto from Argentina and Beslan Mudranov from Russian Federation took the women’s 48kg and men’s 60kg titles apiece. Despite setting an American record in the event, the USA quartet finished more than a second behind the Australians in London. Douglas won a gold medal as an individual in the all-around competition, and Raisman won gold individually in the floor exercise.
