Phelps is coming off a double gold-medal night at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.
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It was the official return of golf to the Olympics, the first games in South America. Ledecky’s time was almost seven seconds faster than anyone else. Manuel is the first African American to earn a swimming medal.
The United States has won 12 gold medals in this relay over the past 14 Olympics (that excludes Moscow in 1980).
American Missy Franklin, who holds the world and Olympic records (London) advanced to the semifinals with the 11th-fastest time of 2:09.36.
Katie Ledecky celebrates winning gold in the women’s 200-meter freestyle final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 9, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.
LIFE’S A BEACH – The American beach volleyball team of Jake Gibb and Casey Patterson has been eliminated from the Olympics on a tiebreaker.
On the men’s side, preliminaries start in the 800 meter and 400 meter. The winning time was 1 minute, 53.36 seconds, but that was of little concern. His first heat is at 10:26 a.m. “It’s a home run if we get one of those iconic Olympic moments”.
Meanwhile, two women will each be seeking a third consecutive gold.
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. “I’m just so glad I got my hand on the wall first and it was all worth it”.
The newest team to join the games consists of a group of local capybara who recently wandered on to the golf courses at the Olympics.
Not the USA, who clocked 12 hit routines over the four events. Maggie Steffens, Courtney Mathewson and Kiley Neushul scored two goals apiece, and Ashleigh Johnson had 11 saves while becoming the first black woman to play water polo for the U.S.in the Olympics.
At 4:30 p.m., Americans Philip Dalhausser and Nicholas Lucena take on Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo of Italy. The three Olympic rookies on the American team have had an impressive start: Elena Delle Donne, Breanna Stewart and Brittney Griner have all had stretches when they have taken over games as the US has won its first two contests in dominating fashion. They both clocked in at an Olympic record of 52.70 seconds. The Aussies and Brazilians met at the Women’s World Cup previous year, and it was Australia that advanced by beating Marta and Co.
RIO DE JANEIRO – Professional golf is played around the world, in some remote places, by players who never get a sniff of the bright lights of the PGA Tour, the emerald green grass of Augusta National and the Masters, or the intensity of the U.S. Open. The last group, highlighted by British Open victor Henrik Stenson, goes off at 10 a.m. ET.
In the main, people seemed to be enjoying watching golf become part of the world’s biggest multi-sport event for the first time in over a century…
The tennis tournament continues and it could be a busy day for Rafael Nadal.
For trivia buffs: Canada George Lyon won the last gold medal at the St. Louis Games in 1904.
One unknown remains the size of the gallery.
RUGBY: Nate Ebner, the safety for the New England Patriots who took a break from training camp to fulfill his Olympic dream, sprinted from nearly halfway to score a try in the right corner against Fiji to make it 24-19, piling the pressure on Madison Hughes.
United States’ Michael Phelps kisses his gold medal after the men’s 4×100-meter freestyle final during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
TRAMPOLINE: Rosie MacLennan competes in the women’s individual event.
Ledecky goes first, in the 200 meter freestyle, at 10:19 p.m. Phelps has his sights set on the 200 meter butterfly at 10:28 p.m.
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Italian Daniele Garozzo stunned top-ranked American Alexander Massialas to win the individual gold Sunday.
