In the women’s all-around, Simone Biles is the favorite to win gold and Aly Raisman will be a medal contender.
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Gold is on his mind as Michael Phelps looks for his 22nd Olympic medal of that color in the 200-meter individual medley at the Rio Olympics. Ledecky hardly kicked for much of the race, indicating she did not plan to chase her own world record in the event until the final. Team USA’s flag bearer won his 20th and 21st gold medals in Rio, giving him 25 medals in all, placing even more distance between him and Russian gymnast Larisa Latynina, the second-most decorated Olympian of all time (18 medals from 1956 to 1964). He’d have two more gold medals for his performances in the 200-meter individual medley (2004 and 2012), which in turn would push his overall ranking to No. 4 on the all-time list, tying American Don Schollander with seven swimming golds.
If Phelps was a country he would now rank 11th out of 43 countries that own at least one medal in men’s swimming.
There are also several other finals set for the night session, including the women’s 200-meter breaststroke, men’s 200-meter backstroke and women’s 100-meter freestyle.
Ledecky is the current world record-holder in the 400, 800 and 1,500 freestyles.
Nathan Adrian took home a bronze medal for Team USA in the men’s 100 meter freestyle event, finishing less than a tenth of a second behind silver medal victor Pieter Timmers of Belgium.
Australia led the US men’s basketball team 54-49 at the half before Carmelo Anthony and Kyrie Irving took control of the game in the fourth quarter to lead Team USA to a 98-88 win.
On Wednesday night, Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura won the men’s individual all around gold medal, adding to an fantastic record that includes three world championship titles and gold at the 2012 London Olympics. Brazil previously went through two disappointing scoreless draws to Iraq and South Africa – two teams largely seen as inferior to the Brazilian powerhouse. Max Whitlock of Great Britain won the bronze medal.
Both men and women competed in medal events Wednesday despite rain and wind.
He is now level with Leonidas of Rhodes as having won the most individual Olympic titles.
The U.S. team celebrates after winning the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay. ‘Melo finished with 31 points and Irving scored 10 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter. Perhaps replacing Phelps with one of the members – all of which swam split times slower than Phelps’s final time – causes a different result.
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Third-ranked Aron Szilagyi of Hungary beat upstart American fencer Daryl Homer to win gold in men’s sabre. Despite the loss, Homer earned the second silver medal for the USA men’s fencing team in Rio.
