Some athletes live up to the hype.
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On Day 14 of the Rio Games, Ashleigh Johnson made nine saves and Kiley Neushul scored three times, helping the United States beat Italy 12-5 in the Olympic final of women’s water polo.
Nine gold medals. Victories in the 100, 200 and 4×100 in three straight Olympics.
He combined with Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake and Nickel Ashmeade to lift gold in a time of 37.27 seconds.
The legend goes out on top of the podium with golds in the 100, 200 and 4x100m events.
The Jamaican who is set to retire next year joins the second place as the second most decorated gold Olympian of all time.
Just when you thought their relay fortunes couldn’t become any more ignominious, they did this: Finished the race in third behind, gulp, Japan … and then were disqualified for a baton exchange outside the allowable zone between lead leg Michael Rogers and Justin Gatlin. Trinidad and Tobago were also disqualified, promoting China to fourth.
Traditionally a power in the women’s game, but having never won an Olympic medal, Denmark will be the underdog Sunday against a French team which is reigning Olympic and world champion. Canada was elevated to third.
The Americans went unbeaten in dominating fashion in Rio, winning their six matches by an average of 6.8 goals.
“Last year we were fourth, and USA got DQ’d and we got a medal”, he said.
The stadium erupted as Bolt exploded ahead of the field.
Felix ran the second leg for the USA, the same section as 100 and 200-meter gold medalist Thompson, and passed to English Gardner, who ran a powerful curve to give her team the lead. “Simple mistakes always cost us”, – Tyson Gay was far from impressed with the disqualification of the United States 4x100m relay team.
It’s not as if the Americans didn’t have the plan and the know-how to defeat Bolt and the Jamaicans.
With the relay victory, Felix now has five golds – most ever by any woman in Olympic track and field history.
Japan won a surprise silver and the US were disqualified to hand Canada bronze and lift Britain up to fifth.
The International Olympic Committee set up a discliplinary commission to investigate the incident, which could result in sanctions on the athletes.
Tests on samples from Kapachinskaya showed positive for steroids and she has been stripped of her silver medal in the 4x400m relay.
Eaton’s back-to-back titles matched Britain’s Daley Thompson, who won gold in the event in the 1980 and 1984 Olympics.
The Americans downed Spain 82-76 for their 24th consecutive Olympic victory in a rematch of the past two Olympic finals while Serbia routed Australia 87-61.
Serbia won its semifinal game in a blowout, 87-61, against a strong Australian team that included five National Basketball Association players. Following his 100m triumph at London 2012 he celebrated by partying in his room with three members of the Swedish women’s handball team, tweeting a picture of the four of them together. Hellen Obiri, also of Kenya took silver. If it stands, it will be the ninth time since 1995 that the US men’s relay team has been disqualified or failed to get the baton around the track.
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Gemili, the British athletics team captain who narrowly missed out on 200m bronze, said: “They are a great team”.
