Katie Ledecky delivered another dominating performance at the Rio Olympic Games Friday night, handily breaking her own world record in the 800-meter freestyle.
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Elsewhere, Rie Kaneto won Japan’s second swimming gold of the Rio Olympics beating drug-tainted Russian Yulia Efimova into second in the women’s 200m breaststroke.
“It keeps them excited and hungry for another four years”.
On a day that began with another round of rain, South America’s first Olympics lingered under clouds of grief, doping and disrespect.
And two other Americans won gold, too.
DiRado’s upset denied Hosszu a fourth gold in Rio, and capped off a remarkable one-and-done Olympics for the American.
Fresh from winning the team gold medal and Simon Biles’ historic first-place performance in the all-around competition, the US women’s gymnasts stepped into the media glare on Friday looking a bit shellshocked by the attention.
American Missy Franklin, who holds the world and Olympic records, advanced to the semifinals with the 11th-fastest time of 2:09.36.
Monica Puig, of Puerto Rico, celebrates after defeating Petra Kvitova, of the Czech Republic, during their semi-final round match at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. Three more medals have been won for the U.S. delegation and also Fiji won their first Olympic medal in history.
The bronze match is between the USA team of Johnson and Jack Sock and Canada’s Daniel Nestor and Vasek Pospisil. Wiggins has now won medals in every Olympics dating to the 2000 Sydney Games. Olympic champion Britain and world champion USA are likely to meet for gold in the velodrome, provided both win semifinals starting at 11:17 a.m.as expected.
“I just want to be up on the podium and finish with a good bar set”, said Gabby Douglas, 20, who was also part of the 2012 gold-medal-winning team.
That breaks a tie with retired track cyclist Chris Hoy and gives Wiggins two more medals than retired rower Steve Redgrave, long considered Britain’s golden standard. Both of these elite athletes have had strong showings in Rio and will look to continue to add to their resumes with several events on the schedule.
Fiji has its first-ever Olympic medal – and it’s gold to boot.
The Pacific Island nation of Fiji erupted into celebration on Friday after its rugby sevens team defeated Britain to capture the country’s first Olympic medal.
10 p.m.: Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross will take on Italy in the Round of 16. These Rio Games are different, and enjoyable.
He declared a public holiday for August 22, the day after the team returns home.
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-A Chinese swimmer, Polish weightlifter and Bulgarian steeplechaser have been sanctioned for doping offenses at the Olympics, which are being handled by the Court of Arbitration for Sport for the first time. Xinhua, China’s official state news agency, reported the story Friday. Ryan Murphy also chipped in a gold in the men’s 200-meter backstroke. “You never know the feeling until it hits you”, said Biles, who became the first reigning world champion in the women’s individual all-around to claim the Olympic title in the same event since 1996, when Lilia Podkopayeva from Ukraine triumphed.
