For Phelps, that’ll be about $55,000.
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MICHAEL PHELPS: Phelps may have finished second in the 100m butterfly, but he did not close his final Olympics campaign without much fanfare. He is easily the most decorated Olympian of all time.
Because she’s been on teams with two all-around champions – Douglas in London and Simone Biles here – Raisman’s contributions have been a little overshadowed.
For the 19-year-old Biles, it was her worst finish in Rio.
“Counting the recent three (2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, 2012 London) Olympics, if the medals were given equally to the whole population, India ranks last”, it added.
It’s been a rocky road for the Brazilian team so far – starting with two draws against non-powerhouses South Africa and Iraq but following with shutout wins over Denmark and Colombia.
Michael Phelps may have won big at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, but he’s also going to be paying big.
As the USA dominates the medal stand in Rio, Japan is looking to move up from its current 27 total medals and fifth place.
Boxer Josh Buatsi’s defeat in his light-heavyweight semi-final officially earned him a bronze medal, Britain’s 48th of the Games. In the men’s rugby sevens, Fiji entered the tournament as favourites.
Now, they’re not made of gold, by design!
Great Britain comes next with 19 gold, 19 silver and 12 bronze.
Trott’s fiance Jason Kenny won men’s keirin which was restarted twice.
Official Chinese media on Wednesday bemoaned the country’s unusually modest haul of gold medals at this summer’s Olympic Games in Rio, as the country’s athletes “flopped” in sports where they have previously reigned supreme.
The gold medals now being used at the 2016 Rio Games are made with 494 grams of silver and 6 grams of gold, equating to a worth of roughly $650 each (according to current market prices), as reported by Time Magazine.
While Team GB might be celebrating being second on the medals table, China’s media is decidedly unhappy with its country’s Olympic performance. In the evening, Usain Bolt will run in the 200 semifinals, looking to advance to Thursday night’s final. Its elite sport policies are not without controversy – notably the recruitment and naturalisation of foreign athletes who made up almost 50% of Azerbaijan’s team of 53 at London 2012.
In 1996, Great Britain took 300 athletes to the Olympic Games in Atlanta. She also grabbed a bronze on the balance beam in her Olympic debut.
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Trott along with Joanna Rowsell Shand, Katie Archibald and Elinor Barker knocked nearly two seconds off the new best time they set in the morning session to beat the US in the final.
