The men’s 100 meter butterfly finals are being held Friday, an event in which Phelps holds the world and Olympic records.
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Phelps, who won his semifinal heat in 1:55.78 on Wednesday, will be in Lane 4, right next to Ryan Lochte, who was second in the semis with a 1:56.28.
Shortly after that swim, he raced again to qualify for Friday night’s final of the 100m butterfly, in which he is also bidding for his fourth consecutive gold, and told reporters later: “My body is in pain”.
Speaking of golds, fellow American Katie Ledecky will be back in the pool this time at 11:20 p.m. for the 800 freestyle, which she set a new Olympic record for on Thursday.
Maya DiRado of the United States, who has won gold, silver and bronze at her first Olympics, was third fastest in 2:08.60.
A polish weightlifter and a Bulgarian steeplechaser were kicked out of Olympics for doping and a Chinese swimmer received a provisional suspension in the first positive doping tests of these games. Gabby Douglas, the Olympic all-around champion in 2012, is also in the final, as is defending Olympic uneven bars champion Aliya Mustafina of Russian Federation.
Cyclist Ellen van Dijk of Netherlands rides along Pontal beach during the women’s individual time trial event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. She’ll likely compete in the 4×100 medley relay at 10:49 p.m. with the potential to grow her new fan base.
His shot at a 28th medal comes Saturday in the final slate of swimming at the Rio de Janeiro Games, where Usain Bolt, the fastest man in the world, made his first appearance at the Olympic Stadium.
The U.S. men’s basketball team could take a lesson from the U.S. women’s soccer team: beware of being the heavy favorite. James, the defending Olympic champion, finished with the silver and Merritt, who won gold in Beijing, hung on for bronze.
Diana Taurasi had a career game to help the USA women’s basketball team top Serbia.Taurasi scored 22 of her Olympic-best 25 points in the first half to help the Americans beat Serbia 110-84 on Wednesday.
The men play Serbia at 7 p.m. Now it is but one of 39 sports or disciplines, many of them with a much greater tradition in the Olympics.
Jeon Ji-Hee of South Korea prepares to serve as she competes with her teammate Yang Ha-Eun against Bernadette Szocs and Daniela Monteiro Dodean of Romania during their women’s team table tennis first round match, August 12, 2016. Carmelo Anthony scored 31 points on the night he became the US men’s Olympic career scoring leader. “At the end of the day, you play for the top three or you play for the golden pineapple, which no one cares about”.
Americans Sam Mikulak and Jake Dalton posted the top qualifying scores on the men’s floor exercise, but Japan’s Kohei Uchimura, Whitlock and British teammate Christian Thomas are also in the hunt Sunday for medals.
Sweden goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl stops a penalty during a shootout in a quarter-final match of the women’s Olympic football tournament between the United States and Sweden. And, at 10:35 p.m., Brazil faces Italy.
Those medals will be decided on the day, as will the women’s pair and the men’s four in rowing on the iconic Lagoa course – two high-profile gold medal chances for Team GB on day seven. Play begins at 7 a.m. on the way to the awarding of golf’s first Olympic medals since 1904. It tried to ban her from the Olympics last week, however, after receiving what it said was new information from World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren.
Katie Ledecky’s strong final leg helped the USA women win the 4×200 freestyle relay over silver medalist Australia.
Jennifer Oeser of Germany competes in the high jump of women’s heptathlon, August 12, 2016.
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The men’s sprint team finals are being held starting at 6:25 p.m. and, aside from the athletes, the bikes just may be the stars of the show.
