Winning her first Olympic medal in Rio, an excited LIU shared “It’s a dream for everyone to win an Olympic medal, so this is ideal”.
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Twenty-eight of Team USA’s gold medals are gold. Walsh Jennings says losing on Tuesday night was “a bad feeling”.
It’s time for Neymar and company to turn those boos into cheers. In other track competition, American women are seeking a sweep in the 100-meter hurdles, and a showdown is on tap in the women’s 200 meters between Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands and American Tori Bowie.
UK Sport has invested around £274million into Olympic sports over the past four years and its chair Rod Carr said: ” Our National Lottery and Government-backed athletes have worked so hard for many years to compete here in Rio, and to collectively achieve a historic best ever away Games medal haul with five days still to go is a fitting accolade for this special team.
Lydia Ko of New Zealand, Brooke Henderson of Canada and the top nine women in the world tee up Wednesday at the Olympic Golf Course, the first time women are playing golf in the Olympics since 1900. The Americans have three players, including Stacy Lewis.
Germany earlier beat South Korea for bronze.
There were two gymnastics bronze medals on Tuesday for Great Britain with Nile Wilson coming in third on the men’s horizontal bar and Amy Tinkler reaching the podium in the women’s floor.
Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands and Tori Bowie of the US, the silver medalist in the 100 meters at Rio, are aiming for a showdown Wednesday in the women’s 200 meters.
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The women’s team head coach, Kong Linghui, said that while the journey to the title this year had been relatively smooth and relaxing, they were already planning for Tokyo 2020, where they expect the young and highly promising Japanese team to become a greater threat. Gold will also be awarded in the men’s 3,000 meter steeplechase.
