The 4×100 medley relay on Saturday will be his final farewell.
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Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana stands on the podium after winning the gold medal in the women’s 10,000-meter final during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, .
BRONZE BOXER: Nico Hernandez’s chance for a gold medal ended Friday when he lost to Uzbekistan’s Hasanboy Dusmatov by unanimous decision.
Turns out, it was swimming all along.
Ledecky is enjoying a fantastic second Olympic Games, having already won three gold medals and set a world record in the 400m freestyle. He missed the birth of his first daughter because of his training schedule but has never regretted his decision to return to swimming.
“I go into [the all-around] knowing that Biles will win”, said Raisman, per USA Today’s Nancy Armour. She certainly has nothing to complain about after winning two golds, a silver and a bronze in Rio.
The remarkable Ledecky is the past, present and future rolled into one and already has five Olympic golds and 13 world records to her name, with the ability to add to that record.
It’s time for Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky to make one final splash at Rio 2016.
Watching her compete in the 800m was almost comical, as there was absolutely no competition even halfway through the race.
There was a party atmosphere when he returned an hour later to anchored a fourth straight American victory in the 4x200m freestyle, cruising home nearly two and a half seconds ahead of Britain’s James Guy as fans rose to acclaim an Olympic legend. Ledecky may have been out of sight but at no stage did Carlin give up the fight. “So I’m happy for him”.
Canada’s Kia Nurse drives through Serbia’s Nevena Jovanovic and Ana Dabovic (14) on her way to the hoop during their preliminary round basketball match at the 2016 Summer Olympics Monday, August 8, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Now that Schooling is bringing Singapore the nation’s first Olympic gold medal, the celebration figures to get much, much bigger. In the operation an innocent 19-year-old resident, Vila do Joao was mistakenly killed.
“It hasn’t really sunk in yet”, Schooling said. “I’ll need a couple of days to digest what has happened”.
He was part of the first three-way tie for silver in Olympic swimming history, joined on the next-highest step by longtime foes Chad le Clos of South Africa and Laszlo Cseh of Hungary.
And at 31 years old, he watched Schooling, 21, touch the wall first at 50.39 – breaking Phelps’ Olympic mark of 50.58 that he set at the 2008 Beijing Games. 8 years after getting this photo with him.
The superstar lineup Friday includes Katinka Hosszu of Hungary going in the 200 backstroke at 10:03 p.m. Helped by funding from Ukraine’s meager sports budget, Hovorov is in position to win swimming’s glamour event.
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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. She captured a silver in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay.
