SOCCER: The Brazilian women play South Africa at 11 p.m. and the host nation’s fans have become enamored of their team as the men disappoint.
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While in a disappointing match for two most experienced countries, in Rugby League, the match between Australia and New Zealand women’s rugby 7 saw a disappointing turn of events for the Kiwi’s, missing out on a chance of winning their first gold medal, with Australia taking home Gold.
FENCING: Men’s epee individual medals are to be awarded after competition through the day.
And in Track Cycling, competitions for each country to win a medal will see their gold medal performances a little later on this week.
Weightlifting, men’s 69 kilograms: Shi Zhiyong of China had a total of 352, enough for a gold medal, beating Daniyar Ismayilov of Turkey (351, silver) and Izzat Artykov of Kyrgyzstan (339, bronze).
US gymnasts Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas and Madison Kocian celebrate after winning the women’s team final Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro. You can watch on NBC-TV or online through live streaming.
After routing Senegal and setting Olympic records in points, margin of victory and assists, the USA women’s team next faces Spain at 12 p.m. Russian gymnast Aliya Mustafina told the Associated Press through a translator, “It’s going to be really hard to compete against the American team….”
Swimming: The pools will be busy again in Rio Tuesday.
Swimming, men’s 200 meters butterfly: Michael Phelps destroyed Chad le Clos and left a stunned Laszlo Cseh way behind, winning gold by 0.04 seconds, finishing ahead of the surprising Masato Sakai of Japan (silver) and 19-year old Tamas Kenderesi of Hungary (bronze).
Swimmer Katie Ledecky of the United States celebrates winning gold and setting a new world record in the women’s 400-meter freestyle final on August 7 at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
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Swimmers Michael Phelps and Caeleb Dressel celebrate their team’s victory in the men’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay final on August 7 at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
