He spend the next two years preparing for the 2004 Olympic Games where he looked to capture his first Olympic Medal.
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This year’s Olympians have been pretty inspirational!
Of course, some Olympians don’t have to worry much, thanks to big endorsement deals and other financial breaks for their success, but as CNN explains, that’s unfortunately not the case for most American athletes competing in Rio, many of whom struggle to finance their Olympic dreams. Brittney Reese, the defending Olympic champion, will compete in the women’s long jump while 41-year-old Bernard Lagat runs in the first round of the 5,000. The Brazilian duo reached the gold-medal match when they stunned Team USA’s Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross in the semifinals late Tuesday. However for a nation of 9.5m people, Azerbaijan is a country which exceeds the number of medals that would otherwise be predicted on the basis of its population, wealth and political system.
Cao, 21, was the only Chinese diver in the final as hot favorite He Chao, victor of the event at the Kazan Worlds, was eliminated in the preliminary round.
Laura Trott, already a gold medallist with the women’s team pursuit, leads the omnium with two disciplines left after finishing second in the morning time-trial to extend her lead over Belgium’s Jolien d’Hoore to 12 points.
Before the Games, forecaster Gracenote Sports predicted that Team GB would win 51 medals including 18 golds in Brazil.
“I was under pressure”, he said.
Miller says didn’t plan one of the most dramatic images seen at the Rio Olympics. “The only thing I was thinking (about) was the gold medal, and the next thing I know, I was on the ground”.
Britain also continued its momentum as their track cyclists won the women’s omnium and men’s keirin. She has won three world championships in the event and will be a favorite to win her fourth gold here in Rio. Malaysian Azizulhasni Awang ended up with a bronze. It is expected to be a race between US, China and Britain for the top spot.
“That’s your Olympic champion on vault”.
On Monday, Brazil’s Poliana Okimoto won bronze in the open water swim when France’s Aurelie Muller was disqualified for colliding with another swimmer.
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McLeod, who resides in the United States, is competing in his first major global competition. Men’s beach volleyball quarterfinals, women’s gymnastics balance beam final, and women and men’s cycling trials aren’t to be missed. Many of his team-mates believe he will eventually reach double figures in gold medals, which would make him not only Britain’s greatest Olympian by far, but only the second person in history, after United States swimmer Michael Phelps, to reach double figures.
