She explained: “A few days before, I was fourth at the air rifle competition and I thought, “I hate Rio”.
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“It’s great to see team USA racking up a lot of medals here”, Katie Ledecky, USA swimming.
The United States’ women’s 4x200m freestyle relay team won gold, beating second-place Australia by almost two full seconds.
Out of the pool, it’s looking good for Team GB in tennis, rowing, rugby, windsurfing and hockey.
Another big day for the Americans, winning four gold medals, including three in the pool, while the women take the women take the all-around gold in gymnastics. She still has the 800m freestyle ahead.
She added: “That means so much to me because I’m quitting after that right now”. It was Kazakhstan’s second gold of the Rio Olympics, and the country’s 18th all-time at the Summer Games.
The United States entered Tuesday’s prime time swimming events leading the total medal count but trailing China in gold.
Du, gold medallist at London 2012, also joins Poland’s Renata Mauer-Rozanska with a record two Olympic medals in this event. Australia’s 18-year-old Kyle Chalmers won gold.
Everyone, including the United States of America basketball team, was cheering on Olympic great Michael Phelps as he won an incredibly close 200m butterfly race over South African rival, Chad le Clos.
In the women’s 100m freestyle semifinal, Americans Simone Manuel and Abbey Weitzeil placed third and eighth respectively to qualify for Thursday’s final.
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“It was probably the hardest journey that I’ve been through”, Armstrong told NBC Sports after her emotional finish, “that’s why I think that we keep coming back, trying to get to the pinnacle of sports, which is the top step of the podium”.
