Reigning champion American Brittany Reese will kick things off at 8:15 p.m. when she defends her long jump title against teammate Tianna Bartoletta and Serbia’s Ivana Spanovic, who recorded the best jump in qualifying rounds earlier this week.
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RATINGS: Bolt’s gold-medal run on Thursday lifted NBC’s ratings in the dying embers of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
There was an upset in the women’s 1,500 meters as Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon outran Ethiopia’s world record holder Genzebe Dibaba on the final lap to win in 4:08.92.
The Australian athletes detained by police in Rio de Janeiro after a flap over credentials at an Olympic basketball game have been released and a team official says they will pay a fine.
Rollins and Castlin took first and second place, respectively, in the first round competition earlier this week. Joe Kovacs of the United States is favored in the shot put, and the women will compete in javelin.
Feigen’s teammates Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger left Brazil on Thursday night after giving testimony to police.
The U.S. men’s basketball team expected to see Spain again, whether it was for the gold medal, as in the last two Olympics, or just for the chance to play for gold.
Fresh off winning the 10 kilometer race in dramatic fashion, British standout Mo Farah is looking for his second double when the 5K sets off at 9:30 p.m. Farah won the 5K and 10K in London four years ago.
The evening’s most entertaining theater came, as usual, from Bolt, who will go for his eighth Olympic gold medal Thursday.
Sweden and Germany’s coaches were both in the first women’s Olympic tournament in 1996.
In a span of about 60 minutes Wednesday night, USA track and field women hauled in a bevy of medals.
The other three men were stopped by police at Rio’s worldwide airport on Wednesday evening, one police source said. The 19-year-old phenom who was named after rapper Tupac Shakur advanced to the gold match and has the support of Floyd Mayweather, who has referred to Stevenson as “the next Floyd Mayweather”.
Brazilian world champions Agatha and Barbara fight for gold Wednesday against Germany’s Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst in beach volleyball, a contest that starts at the stroke of midnight on the Copacabana waterfront.
Water Polo: Women’s bronze medal match 10:20 a.m.
Perhaps the greatest two men’s badminton players of their era will play each other in the Olympic semifinals.
“He already told me to take over the steeple so I am so happy for that”, he said of Kemboi.
Germany and host Brazil play in the men’s Olympic final on Saturday at the Maracana, marking the first time that a nation has had both its men’s and women’s teams in the gold-medal match at the same games.
Seven track and field golds are up for grabs on Day 15 of the Rio Olympics.
The Netherlands, the biggest force in women’s hockey, will play for an unprecedented third straight gold against first-time finalist Britain at 7 p.m. Germany and New Zealand play for bronze at 12 p.m.
In Greco-Roman wrestling, Armenia’s Artur Aleksanyan took gold, beating Cuba’s Yasmany Lugo Cabrera 3-0.
NBC set up Friday as duel night between the United States and Jamaica in the sprint relays, and what started out well ended up in heartbreak for the Americans.
Canada’s Derek Drouin won the men’s high jump final at a height of 2.38 meters, beating out silver victor Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar who couldn’t get past the 2.36 meter mark. China’s Ma Long has already taken gold in singles over fellow countryman Zhang Jike, and female player Ding Ning beat fellow Chinese player Li Xiaoxia.
As Rio was hit by more embarrassment which saw the arrest of veteran sports administrator Patrick Hickey and serious doubts cast on swim ace Ryan Lochte’s claims that he was robbed at gunpoint, it was left to the Games marquee names to right the ship.
The four US swimmers say they were robbed at gunpoint by men dressed as police as they returned from a party at the French swim team’s hospitality house in an upscale Rio neighborhood.
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That account is similar to what the chief of Rio’s Civil Police laid out Thursday, when he said, “There was no robbery”.
