The powerhouse British team has already won four gold medals through seven events inside the velodrome. 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. He lost on points to Kazakhstan fighter Niyazymbetov in the semifinal, meaning he leaves Rio with a bronze medal round his neck.
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The victor will face Germany’s Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst at 11:59 p.m.
And it was the second time Dahlkvist had come through under pressure on penalties: Her kick ousted the favored US women in the quarterfinals.
Brazilian female athletes are shining at the Rio Olympics – and people here are paying attention, some for the first time.
Can China pull off another double Olympic sweep in table tennis?
Sundhage coached the United States to gold medals at both the Beijing and London Games.
Germany and South Korea play for the bronze.
Known as the best in football and the home of legends of this game, Brazil is always expected to finish on top, but still has one thing to accomplish: to win the gold medal in the Olympics.
On July 21, the Court of Arbitration for Sport unanimously dismissed an appeal by the Russian Olympic Committee and 68 Russian track-and-field athletes against the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), which had forbidden them to compete in Rio.
Earlier, Hungarian kayakers Gabriella Szabo and Danuta Kozak won the gold medal in the women’s 500-meter double, edging Germany’s Franziska Weber and Tina Dietze by just 5 hundredths of a second. Walsh Jennings says losing on Tuesday night was “a bad feeling”.
Indoors on the men’s side, the USA faces Poland in the quarterfinals after they reversed a poor start in pool play to win their final three matches.
In other quarterfinal games, Australia plays Serbia at 11 a.m., Spain plays Turkey at 2:30 p.m., and France faces Canada at 10:15 p.m.
A general view of the action between Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen of Netherlands and Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt of Brazil during the beach volleyball Men’s Semifinal on Day 11 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Beach Volleyball Arena on August 16, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Neymar was outstanding in the 2-0 win over Colombia despite being heavily marked. A photo of a Brazil jersey with Neymar’s name scratched off and replaced with the name of his female Brazilian counterpart Marta has gone viral. The 48th medal, won by boxer Josh Buatsi, had minutes earlier taken Team GB past the previous best at an away Games. Now they try to live up to men’s sensational performance in Olympic golf. The Americans have three players, including Stacy Lewis.
Japan ended their Asian rivals’ eight-year reign as Olympic men’s team champions last week even after China had come out of qualifying on top. Britain’s Justin Rose made a birdie on the last hole to beat Henrik Stenson of Sweden, while Matt Kuchar of the United States closed with 63 to take the bronze.
Sweden goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl, bottom, grabs the ball under pressure by Brazil’s Marta during a semi-final match of the women’s Olympic football tournament between Brazil and Sweden at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday Aug. 16, 2016.
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. There’s no worry about Allyson Felix, the reigning Olympic champ, because she didn’t qualify at Olympic trials.
Keep an eye on Jamaican Omar McLeod and American Devon Allen, the University of OR football/track standout, in the 110-meter hurdles.
Also Tuesday, American Christian Taylor will defend his triple jump title.
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In the morning, there was too little wind, then too much, at the sailing regatta on Guanabara Bay, where men’s and women’s medal races were postponed until Tuesday.
