They won their last five games by an average of seven goals on their way to the first gold medal in the nation’s history.
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MEN’S VOLLEYBALL: The United States rallied from a two-set deficit against Russian Federation in volleyball on Sunday to win the Olympic bronze medal with a 3-2 victory.
The 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics drew to a conclusion Sunday with a closing ceremony celebrating great athletic feats with Brazilian music.
In the pool, Michael Phelps swam into retirement, the USA great adding five golds to a tally that now stands at 23, among a total of 28 medals. Felix now owns nine medals across her four Olympic appearances. With five golds and one silver, the 2016 Games marked the fourth straight in which Phelps led all athletes across all nations and sports dating back to 2004.
The festive Rio Olympics closing ceremony failed to lift the games’ generally sagging ratings and showed that NBC could probably stand to change its game plan for the future.
Like nearly all of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, last night’s dancefest and hand-over of the 2020 Games to Tokyo was down from London 2012.
And 10 teams – including the independent team – won their first golds, including Monica Puig in women’s tennis for Puerto Rico.
Another big win for the United States men came with the second consecutive gold medal for Ashton Eaton in the decathlon.
Out of the 121 US medals, 61 of them were brought home by female athletes, while the men took 55 (another five came from mixed events).
Directly under the right arm of the statue of Christ the Redeemer, various United Kingdom government agencies set up a “British House” to showcase the very best of the country’s business, culture and science to Brazilian and global investors, policy-makers, buyers and decision-makers.
World and Olympic records tumbled in the pool and on the track, and heroes were born at the Games. Scoring more than 100 points in six of its eight games, the 2016 squad became the most prolific Olympic scoring team ever. Neymar’s game-winning penalty kick decided a shootout and clinched the men’s soccer gold medal for Brazil, a host that wasn’t a factor in the medal standings but got the gold that it probably wanted most.
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Ban recalled his meeting with the 10-member Refugee Olympic Team that participated in the Games under the Olympic flag, the spokesman said. And American swimming standout Ryan Lochte and three teammates caused outrage when they falsely claimed they had been robbed at gunpoint in Rio by muggers disguised as police.
