If you tuned in to watch the Olympics last night, you may have seen Michael Phelps win his record-extending 19th gold medal, Simone Biles dominate nearly every event in the gymnastics qualifiers, or Katie Ledecky crush her own world record in the women’s 400-meter freestyle.
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“It’s so surreal to get Team GB’s first gold”. “It is tough being next to Katy”.
“People wear these revealing dresses, and you can see the cupping mark on their back”, Danesh said.
All her opponents can do is hang in there and hope.
Caeleb Dressel, Michael Phelps, Nathan Adrian and Held teamed to claim the gold in 3 minutes, 9.92 seconds for the first time since the 2008 Beijing Games. “It’s going to be the fastest race in history”, predicted Pellegrini.
Katie Ledecky and Sarah Sjostrom also had a quick turnaround as they tackled the 200m freestyle heats after world record-setting wins on Sunday night. The sophomore at North Carolina State didn’t make the USA team in an individual event, so getting the chance to swim the relay final with veterans Adrian and Phelps was huge.
To deal with the pain he turned again to cupping, a Chinese healing technique, that has left his upper body full of purple bruises, much commented on social media.
Cupping gets its name from special round cups that are placed on the skin over targeted muscle groups.
Back then, Phelps used to eat three egg sandwiches, a five-egg omelette, grits, three pieces of french toast and three pancakes for breakfast. “To have our first-born be able to watch ” I’ll say this just in case I come back ” my potential last Olympics”, he said during a press conference according to E!
Added Bauer: “It’s been around for a long time, and kind of comes and goes in waves of popularity, usually when someone famous mentions it”. I was thinking 1:57 would make it in this morning, but I saw a couple of 1:55s.
In contrast to the Brazilian crowd’s love-in with a fist-pumping Phelps, however, there was genuine animosity when Russian Yulia Efimova, who escaped a drugs ban to compete in Rio, was introduced before the 100m breaststroke semi-finals. “I wanted to be somewhere in the front of the heat”.
On what could be an exciting night for the American team, they’re set for gold in the final of the women’s team all-around gymnastics tournament after a dominant performance in qualifying.
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She’ll be favored for a third gold in the 200 individual medley, having obliterated the world record in the 400 IM.
