Michael will go down as the greatest swimmer to ever compete in the Olympics for years to come. All three will be competing for gold during Saturday evening.
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Iglesias won gold in 2012 and bronze in 2008 as a light welterweight, but the 27-year-old moved to welterweight for his third Olympics. She won her latest Gold, in the 800m freestyle, by a whopping 11 seconds.
Phelps put the United States ahead to stay on the butterfly leg of the 4×100 medley relay and Nathan Adrian finished it off, giving the most decorated athlete in Olympic history his 23rd career gold medal.
The last day of the Rio Olympics rowing competition could write another entry in the epic rivalry between Olympic singles champion Mahe Drysdale of New Zealand and world champion Ondrej Synek of the Czech Republic.
– Maya Moore scored 12 points as the USA clobbered Canada 81-51 to clinch Group B in women’s basketball.
“Getting off the bus walking into the pool tonight I nearly felt myself starting to cry”, said Phelps.
Later, Solo tweeted: “Losing sucks”.
In 2016, Phelps participated in his fifth Olympic Games. “I’m really bad at it”. Hernandez is also the first American light flyweight to medal since Michael Carbajal (KAR’-bah-hawl) won silver in 1988.
Laura Trott became the first British woman to win three Olympic gold medals as Great Britain’s women set a new world record to defend their team pursuit title in Rio. Will you be watching his final race? And Maya DiRado knocked off the Iron Lady in the 200 backstroke, pulling off a furious rally on the final lap to beat Katinka Hosszu.
FILE – In this July 3, 2016, file photo, English Gardner, winner, from left, second place, Tianna Bartoletta, and third place, Tori Bowie finish the women’s 100-meter final at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore.
Summoning the fighting spirit displayed by fellow Team Singapore athlete Joseph Schooling the night before, the Republic’s women’s table tennis team claimed a dramatic 3-2 quarter-final win over South Korea on Saturday morning in Brazil.
“I hit all my goals right on the nose this week, and I couldn’t be happier with how this week has gone”, said Katie.
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Fact 2: Joseph Schooling met Michael Phelps by chance when he was 13 and had his photograph taken with him. Meyer took the 200, 400 and 800 at Mexico City in 1968. Puig is looking for her territory’s first gold in any sport in Olympic history. Phelps was in Singapore preparing for the Beijing Olympics and was training at one of the pools where Schooling also practiced.
