Even as another round of rain made for a steamy day once the skies cleared in Rio de Janeiro, South America’s first Olympic Games lingered under clouds of grief, doping and disrespect.
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Phelps, the top qualifier, will be seeking his fourth straight 200-meter IM Olympic title, swimming Thursday evening next to longtime rival and US teammate Ryan Lochte.
“All my hard work has paid off and I’m really happy about it. Team USA is awesome”.
Meanwhile, US star gymnast Simone Biles took women’s all-around title without meeting any challenge.
Virginia Thrasher of the United States celebrates won the gold medal during the victory ceremony for the Women’s 10m Air Rifle event, at Olympic Shooting Center at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016.
“I’m very excited and relieved, I’ve finally done it”.
Elsewhere, US judoka Kayla Harrison won back-to-back Olympic titles in women’s 78kg event.
On Wednesday night, Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura won the men’s individual all around gold medal, adding to an unbelievable record that includes three world championship titles and gold at the 2012 London Olympics.
Overall, Team USA has 11 golds in swimming, 5 silver and 8 bronze.
Zhang, already a Grand Slam victor four years ago after crowned at the World Championships, World Cup and Olympic Game in just 15 months, made too many unforced errors and failed to perform his trademark backhand to easily surrender. The men opened the Olympics by beating China 119-62, and the women beat Senegal 121-56. It’s the first medal of the Rio Games for the Romanians, who outscored China 44-38.
ROWING: Canada’s boats are back in the water Friday as men’s four final and women’s lightweight double sculls finals are scheduled to start at 10 a.m. ET.
Fiji harvested their first ever Olympic gold as their men’s rugby sevens team trounced Britain 43-7 in a lopsided final.
Marketwatch reports that in addition to the honor and glory that comes from winning an Olympic Medal, an athlete might expect quite a financial payday when returning home, but that all depends which country you represent.
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Japan on 18 medals (6 Gold, 1 Silver, 11 Bronze) and Australia on 12 medals (5 Gold, 2 Silver, 5 Bronze) overtook Hungary on 7 medals (5 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze) to claim the third and fourth spot respectively.
