But fans did get to watch hometown hero Katie Ledecky break her own world record in the women’s 800-meter freestyle at the Rio Olympics. Ledecky, who led from.
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Ledecky joined compatriots Janet Evans and Brooke Bennett as the only swimmers to win this event at two Olympics and now owns the top 11 times ever in the event. Meyer took the 200, 400 and 800 at Mexico City in 1968.
The Washington Nationals didn’t have their best night by a long shot on Friday when they lost to the last-place Atlanta Braves, 8-5, for the first time this season.
Jazz Carlin of Britain finally touched in 8:16.17 to claim silver, just ahead of Hungary’s Boglarka Kapas grabbing bronze in 8:16.37.
Some 23 seconds after Ledecky touched the wall, the last of the eight finalists chugged to the end of the grueling race.
She also followed fellow swimmers Amy Van Dyken and Missy Franklin as the only American women to win as many as four golds in a single Olympics.
“The goal was 8:05 or better”, she said.
I myself am going to be watching several sports simultaneously today, so I can’t settle on one I’d recommend. And then, nearly as an afterthought, she added, “I still say anything is possible”. It was all because of her roommate, Simone Manuel.
Michelle Carter also made history Friday, becoming the first US female Olympic shot put champion with an American record 67 feet, 8.25 inches on her last throw.
“The fact she has backed up silver in the 400m and come away with two silver medals at an Olympic Games is just fantastic, ” said Adlington.
“She sent like a good luck video to my mom who forwarded it to me and I saw it right before I left before the session tonight”, Ledecky said. His bronze medal win over Sjef van der Berg of the Netherlands gave the USA its first individual Olympic archery medal in 16 years. To Stanford, to begin her freshman year, which she put off to train for the milestone that all that hard work made look easy.
In a stunning upset Friday, Phelps was beaten in the 100 butterfly.
Just two days later, she struck gold again in the 200 free. His legs felt leaden but his heart was light.
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“If someone had told me four years ago that I would be stood on the podium twice with silver medals I would have said no way”. But he’ll have to do with some help from his teammates, swimming in the butterfly leg of the 400 medley relay on the final night of swimming on Saturday.
