There was plenty for golf to celebrate in its return to the Olympics, from the opening tee shot by Adilson da Silva of Brazil to the first hole-in-one by Justin Rose, who wasn’t even sure his 7-iron from 189 yards on the fourth hole had gone in the cup until he heard the crowd.
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The 19-year-old American soared to the all-around title on Thursday, putting the gap between herself and the rest of the world on full display under the Olympic spotlight.
They had been following a Global Positioning System device down unfamiliar streets near Rio’s worldwide airport on Wednesday afternoon.
We’ll see how much USA star Carmelo Anthony can add to his Olympic scoring total when his dominant team faces Australia at 7 p.m. Anthony is in third place and has 258 for his career after surpassing Michael Jordan’s 256 on Tuesday against Brazil.
Besides, US star gymnast Simone Biles took women’s all-around title without meeting any challenge. The Japanese men’s team was shut out of gold medals at the London Games, the first time they had failed to win any events in the sport.
Earlier at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Ryan Murphy grabbed his second gold medal of the Rio Olympics, winning the men’s 200m backstroke final while Simone Manuel and Penny Oleksiak of Canada have tied for the gold medal in the women’s 100m freestyle.
9 a.m.: American Michael McPhail shoots for his first Olympic medal in the men’s 50m rifle prone final.
“I hope my medal now will open the door for Brazil to win many more medals”, Silva said.
No arrests were made and Vieira’s killers are still believed to be at large.
The Pacific Island nation of Fiji erupted into celebration after its rugby sevens team defeated Britain 43-7 to capture the country’s first Olympic medal.
“The end of a long journey”, said Peter Dawson, president of the International Golf Federation. Fraser shot an 8-under 63 that stood for a three-shot advantage over Henrik Stenson of Sweden and Graham DeLaet of Canada.
The only one of four Americans in the 60-man field to break par was Matt Kuchar (69). “It’s one or two shots that are going in the wrong spots”.
United States stars, who are four of the eight top-rated players in the event, continued to struggle with Rickie Fowler on five over, sharing next-to-last, and two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson, who opened on 73, to tee off in the final group.
The world’s top four players – Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy – skipped the Rio Game s because of Zika fears and safety concerns.
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A Brazilian police officer has died after being shot in the head when he and two others working security at the Rio Olympics got lost near a slum and encountered gunfire. It’s the first medal of the Rio Games for the Romanians, who outscored China 44-38. She earned a gold medal as part of the 4×200 freestyle relay after swimming in the preliminaries but the games have been disappointing for her. There are also native animals such as capybaras, caimans and corujas. The caiman, a small crocodile, and the corujas are burrowing owls, some of whom have taken up residence in the course’s bunkers. She and teammate Rajeev Ram faced two match points Thursday and saved both in rallying from a set down for a 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 10-8 tiebreak win over Kiki Bertens and Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherlands. Harrison’s coach, Jimmy Pedro, said Harrison’s achievement was enormous, given that there have been no repeat Olympic judo champions at Rio or at the previous games in London. Evi Van Acker reported feeling sick after Wednesday’s races.
