“I’m always confident going into the 200 meters”, said Bolt, who surged past Justin Gatlin to win the 100 meters on Sunday, his seventh Olympic gold.
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The New Zealander won her second straight gold in the women’s 200-meter flatwater race, a furious sprint where paddlers go full throttle for about 40 seconds. Then again, the fastest man on the planet has never lacked for confidence.
It’s time for BMX racers to hit the green track at the Summer Olympics, with seeding runs starting at 1:30 p.m.to set up the men’s quarterfinals that begin Thursday.
Also Tuesday, American Christian Taylor will defend his triple jump title. The competition begins at 9:50 a.m.
In athletics, Omar McLeod became Jamaica’s first Olympic 110m men’s hurdles champion as the 22-year-old clocked 13.05 seconds to finish 12 hundredths of a second ahead of Spain’s Orlando Ortega.
Alyce Burnett (R) and Alyssa Bull (L) of Australia celebrate qualifying for the Final A after competing in the Canoe Sprint Women’s Kayak Double 500m Semifinal 1 on Day 10 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Lagoa Stadium on August 15, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
After meeting in the semifinals of the last three Olympics, the USA men’s basketball team and Argentina square off in the quarterfinals at 6:45 p.m.
It has been the 27th Olympic gold medal won by China in table tennis since the sport was introduced at the 1988 Seoul Games.
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.
The country’s top sports officials had warned before the Olympics that the team faced difficulties from a myriad of factors, including unfamiliarity with South America, rule changes in some sports and the “diminishing dividend” of the 2008 Olympics. 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.
The lineup for the medal matches of women’s beach volleyball was being set Tuesday with Americans Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross playing for a spot in the gold-medal game against Brazilian world champions Agatha and Barbara.
Walsh Jennings is going for her fourth gold, and Ross is looking to improve on the silver she earned at the 2012 London Olympics.
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.
Nigeria and Germany play in the other semifinal, with all four teams aiming for the gold medal match on Saturday.
Canada, which won bronze four years ago, is the only team from the medal round at the London Games to return to the semifinals in Brazil.
The top-ranked USA women’s volleyball team, which went 5-0 in Olympic group play, faces Japan in a quarterfinal matchup at 2 p.m.as the Americans try to move one step closer to the first gold in program history.
Japan is arguably the best defensive team in this tournament.
Her team faces Sweden in Tuesday’s semifinal. In boxing, local favourite Robson Conceicao will face Frenchman Sofiane Oumiha in the lightweight 60kg final. The fight is scheduled for 2:30 p.m.
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The Olympic Council of Ireland says it’s seeking more information after Rio de Janeiro authorities issued an arrest warrant for its president, Patrick Hickey, accusing him of plotting with at least six others to illegally sell tickets for the Rio Olympics.
