But what Marta doesn’t have in her storied career is a major worldwide title. Poland took third place.
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The U.S. will face Poland in the quarterfinals at 2 p.m. after the Americans won their final three pool-play matches following an 0-2 start. Serghei Tarnovschi of Moldova got the bronze.
At 3-3, Sweden goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl stopped Andressa’s shot before Lisa Dahlkvist beat Barbara to end it, stunning the packed home crowd at the Maracana Stadium.
“They’ve been doing it for many, many years”, he said regarding the Adidas association with Britain’s Olympic Team.
They’re hunting examples of “ambush marketing” on social media – where unofficial sponsors try to capitalise on the hype of the Games without paying for the privilege – as well as illegal use of Olympic footage and branding.
At the Rio velodrome, the British team is hoping for big things.
After meeting in the semifinals of the last three Olympics, the US men’s basketball team and Argentina square off in the quarterfinals at 6:45 p.m.
That’s because Brazil has three entries in Tuesday’s men’s and women’s semifinals, including Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt, who eliminated Americans Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena on Monday night.
The victor will face Germany’s Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst at 11:59 p.m.
Walsh Jennings is going for her fourth gold, and Ross is looking to improve on the silver she earned at the 2012 London Olympics.
Sundhage coached the United States to gold medals at both the Beijing and London Games. Brazil’s charismatic forward won FIFA’s Women’s World Player of the Year five consecutive years from 2006-10.
Sharon van Rouwendaal claimed gold for the Netherlands.
At the giant Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, north of Rio, the entire upper deck was empty and soccer fans in the main level seemed far outnumbered by empty seats.
China’s women’s team won the gold Tuesday and if the men win, as widely expected, China will have taken all the golds in play in Rio. The Japanese also have the rare distinction of being the only team left playing in the Olympics who have beaten the USA, although that came back in 1976.
Other games will see Australia vs. Lithuania at 11 a.m., Spain vs. France at 2:30 p.m. and Serbia vs. Croatia at 10:15 p.m.
But Elia Viviani of Italy is not just any athlete.
Bolt won the 100-meter final on the track and promptly ran away from the other competitors after crossing the finish line rather than shake hands, preferring to mug for cameras and greet adoring fans.
Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas went one step further at the 400 meters in Rio: she dived head-first.
Miller had taken an early lead, then held off Felix’s charge along the straightaway. Honduras had two wins, a loss and a draw. “I just don’t know what happened”.
Four more athletics medals are on offer Wednesday, including the men’s 3,000m steeplechase and the women’s 100m hurdles.
On most days at the Summer Olympics, the talk focuses on times and medals and world records.
Swimmers prepare for the Men’s 10km Marathon Swim on Day 11 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Fort Copacabana on August 16, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Some sailing races were canceled and the boats raced to get back to shore safely.
Recently, their email was hacked and the password stolen for Stepanova’s account on a database controlled by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
“We discuss this and work on this every single day”.
But Rio has proved a testing ground for a new model that could shake up the lucrative sponsorship battle due to an exemption that has been granted to athletes for the first time.
But now each victory of Brazil women’s soccer team is being savored. “Marta is a very good player”.
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Her team faces Sweden in Tuesday’s semifinal.
