Phelps, who has won six of his 22 Olympic medals in the butterfly discipline, will have a chance to redeem his razor-thin loss to South African Chad le Clos in 2012. le Clos snatched victory in London by just.05 seconds to prevent a Phelps three-peat.
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Laurie Hernandez, who made the team as its youngest member at 16, will do vault, balance beam and floor.
At the Olympics, world-class athletes face off against each other in grueling competitions they have trained for their entire lives, years of preparation coming down to mere minutes that can leave them triumphant or disappointed forever.
Britain finished fifth at the London Games, moving up to bronze at last year’s World Championships in Glasgow. The world class swimmer will be competing to earn an individual event in the Men’s 200 meters Butterfly division.
Michael Phelps may have 23 Olympic medals – 19 of which are gold – but he’s still very aware of his competition.
Capping off another dramatic night in the pool will be the men’s 4×200 meter freestyle relay. Russian Federation and Great Britain finished on vault.
Phelps, who won the 19th Olympic gold medal of his career on Sunday and helped the USA men’s team to victory in the 4×100 meters freestyle relay, is one of a number of Olympic athletes practicing “cupping”, an ancient Chinese healing practice.
Brazilian soccer fans have found a new team to cheer – their women.
More dominating starting five: Golden State Warriors, or Team USA women’s gymnastics? Boos were heard when the Brazil men were held to a 0-0 draw by Iraq. Star Marta has enchanted crowds, leading the team to a 5-1 rout of Sweden on Sunday.
A score of 15.800 confirmed the result and gave the US their second successive team gold.
The U.S. women will finish preliminaries with a match against Colombia at 6 p.m. Fortunately, some folks on social media attempted to improve upon it.
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Though it is unclear whether Karolyi will stay involved in gymnastics in some capacity, it’s clear that a gold medal and a team name in her honor is a nice way to exit the game.
