There are no women in the world who can swim faster than Katie Ledecky in her freestyle events.
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Team USA narrowly avoided an upset after they won 94-91 against Serbia in men’s basketball.
In tennis, Rafael Nadal and Marc Lopez of Spain won the gold in doubles against Romania’s Florin Mergea and Horia Tecau. The Serbians chipped away before the United States survived a second straight close call.
It seems nearly impossible for three athletes to finish at the exact same time, but such three-way ties had happened 20 times before at the Olympics, according to sports historian Bill Mallon. American goalkeeper Hope Solo allowed goals on Sweden’s last two kicks, then blasted the Swedes’ conservative style that allowed them to extend the match.
“The best team did not win today”, she said.
He entered these Rio Olympics with 18 gold medals, 22 overall (it’s 22 and 27 now), and something to prove – not to anyone else, but to himself. Sundhage responded to Solo’s comments by saying “It’s OK to be a coward if you win”.
Michael Phelps emphatically ruled out a U-turn on his decision to quit swimming after the Rio Olympics following a shock defeat in his final individual race.
The 19-year-old from suburban Washington capped off one of the greatest performances in Olympic history with her fourth gold medal and second world record, shattering her own mark in the 800-meter freestyle Friday night.
His son Joseph Schooling has just made history by winning Singapore’s first Olympic gold. His consolation: his bronze medal in the light flyweight division ends a medal drought for the American boxers that stretched to 2008.
– American Maya DiRado won gold in the women’s 200-meter backstroke. DiRado rallied furiously on the final lap and got Hosszu at the touch to win in 2 minutes, 5.99 seconds. Hosszu was bidding to become a four-time gold medalist at Rio. For the swimming tournament, American swimmers have won 14 of the 29 available gold medals, almost half, and 29 of the 86 total medals, more than a third. His legacy is his medals, yes, but it’s also the gift he gave it.
There was even a tinge of bro-mance in the air between Phelps and fierce rival le Clos following a war of words between the two swimmers since London, where the South African pipped Phelps for gold in his pet race, the 200m fly. He has 13 individual gold medals.
“I don’t know if I’ve (ever) been in a tie, so a three-way tie is pretty wild”, said Phelps. Nadal also reached the semifinals in his bid for a second Olympic singles gold, overcoming his Brazilian opponent and a raucous flag-waving home crowd.
The trick is to figure out how to accept direction, guidance, criticism and more from the other, understanding that he or she genuinely wants the best for you – without all of that feeling leading to feelings of being diminished, demeaned or, worse yet, submission. The seventh-seeded Keys will face two-time Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova for the bronze tomorrow.
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The frenetic finishes in the swimming pool capped a day that included a big escape by the US men’s basketball team and a stunning loss by the women’s soccer squad.
