“The guy said, ‘Please, please, no police, ‘” Deluz said.
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Simone Biles of the United States poses for photographs with her gold medal after the medal ceremony for the Artistic Gymnastics Women’s Team on Day 4 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Rio Olympic Arena on August 9, 2016. Their strength and determination demonstrated throughout the Olympic campaign showed that they were not only expected to medal, but that they demanded gold.
Elsewhere, British sailors Saskia Clark and Hannah Mills won gold in the 470 women’s event.
With the Rio Olympic Games nearing the end, Business Insider chose to tally up how many medals each country had as of Friday afternoon, and here’s what it found. Nigeria and Germany compete for the other final spot.
Spain trailed 66-57 at the start of the fourth quarter, and the US built a 72-57 lead with 7:28 left in the game.
A Brazilian judge ordered Lochte and a second swimmer to be held in Rio, in part because she said surveillance video of their return to the Olympic Village raised questions about whether they had been robbed. His angelic image didn’t last long, though, with slip-ups following every dazzling Olympic performance.
The country now trails both the United States and Great Britain in the medals table, with Team GB taking 19 gold medals to China’s 17.
Max Whitlock floored his rivals in the men’s gymnastics to take two gold medals for Team GB just 75 minutes apart. Countryman Nick Long was initially announced as the bronze-medal victor, but finished.005 seconds short of Colombia’s Carlos Ramirez Yepes. One day after the US women’s team was almost knocked out of the finals for dropping the baton in the qualifying round, a disqualification robbed the USA men of a bronze.
On the sand and on the court, the spikes will be coming hard and fast at the Rio Olympics.
When the Summer Olympics end Sunday, the clock starts ticking for medal winners hoping to cash in on their glory.
Two men’s finals will take place on Monday evening, with Brazil’s Arthur Zanetti hoping to defend his Olympic gold medal in the rings before attention turns to the vault, where Russian Federation and Ukraine make up half the start list.
The undefeated US team has yet to be threatened in the Olympic tournament, beating the competition by an average 38.4 points.
It’s time for Neymar and company to turn those boos into cheers. In the men’s rugby sevens, Fiji entered the tournament as favourites.
Other athletes make far less than Phelps and Bolt but still rake in hundreds of thousands, if not millions. Fan exclaimed in one interview, which has since gone viral. “So what if they can not win the gold medals?”
But each time people crossed him off their hero list, they’d always come creeping back when he headlined at the Olympics. “Time and resources that, given the serious security concerns Rio has, could have been better spent”, writes Nancy Armour.
Phelps appeared in the 2012 London Games set, but this year’s card will certainly draw plenty of interest from collectors for historical reasons. The Americans have three players, including Stacy Lewis.
Like Canada, Great Britain once felt less than great about its Olympic standing, and made a big push to win more when it played host.
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The latest setback came on Tuesday night when three Chinese gymnasts failed to pick up medals in Rio meaning their team recorded its worst Olympic showing since China rejoined the Olympics in 1984. In the qualifying heats, Allyson Felix said she was bumped by a Brazilian runner and the US advanced after running a solo time trial.
