It’s been an exciting month of sport at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, and although Saturday marks the beginning of the summer showcase’s closing weekend, some of the biggest action has been saved for last.
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Gold medalist Andy Murray of Britain reacts after receiving his medal. “One day, I’m going to have to meet Daley, shake his hand and thank him for giving me something to chase after”.
The Australia Associated Press had reported that 10 athletes were detained for allegedly altering their credentials to improve their seats Friday at the Australian men’s semifinal basketball game against Serbia. Thompson ended in a season’s best 21.78 seconds.
The U.S. tries to become the first country to win two straight gold medals in women’s water polo when it takes on Italy in the Rio final at 3:30 p.m.
Most figured the World Cup champion US national team would be cruising to its fourth straight gold medal.
There is no 4×200 meter relay in track.
One of the few disappointments for USA track athletes on Wednesday was Justin Gatlin, who failed to qualify for the final of the 200 meters after placing third in his semifinal heat. Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands won silver and American Tori Bowie had to settle for bronze.
– Usain (yoo-SAYN’) Bolt has advanced to the final for the 200 meters with the fastest time of the year. Thursday night, he ran the anchor leg as Jamaica won gold in the 4×100 relay in 37.27. Spain has a roster filled with players who have National Basketball Association experience. The San Antonio Spurs point guard has played in France’s program for almost half his life and said it’s hard to say goodbye.
Is China’s dominance of the Olympic Games about to come to an end? The United States dominated this event until recent years. However, those teams were much different, particularly on the USA side. The Rio team made a decision to spend two weeks creating their mould by hand with precision tools rather than using more modern high-tech equipment.
The U.S. victory sets up a compelling semifinals matchup between the US and Spain, which trounced France 92-67 in the quarterfinals.
“It wasn’t too bad and it didn’t hurt”. Her fiancé Jason Kenny, has six Olympic gold medals to his name – three of which he claimed in the team sprint, individual sprint and keirin in Rio – plus a silver from Beijing 2008. The swimming icon who spent time early in his career at the University of MI, finished this year’s competition with five gold medals and a silver.
At the Sochi Winter Games in 2014, Canada took 10 gold, fewer than in Vancouver, but still the third-highest total behind Russian Federation and Norway (and, all importantly, ahead of the United States).
Meanwhile, Spain has a nice mix of seasoned veterans, still playing at a high level, and a few young contributors that have given the team a lift at various points of the tournament.
The fifth-ranked Americans topped second-ranked Poland on Wednesday, building momentum after dropping their initial two matches before stunning Brazil and finishing off France.
With three bronze medals already, Whitlock, 23, now has more Olympic medals than Britain’s gymnasts had earned in total until four years ago. Finding four at the same time to compete with the Americans is tougher.
The Americans’ duplicated Randy Barnes and John Godina, who finished first and second at the 1996 Atlanta Games.
Olympic champion Ezekiel Kemboi of Kenya, who finished third in the 3,000 metres steeplechase final, was disqualified after the judges found he had stepped out of his lane.
She’s not the only one covered in medals. It would be the first gold for a male US boxer since 2004.
The on-air spots direct viewers to NBCOlympics.com/GoldMap, which includes videos of athletes in all the Olympic sports. Police have found little evidence so far to support their accounts. The main event of a 19-fight card is at 7:15 p.m.
The team now sit in second behind US on the medals table with 15 gold, 16 silver and 7 bronze. The Chinese have 54 total medals, four more than the Brits.
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How did Michael Phelps spend his first day after Rio? The quartet’s 41.01 made the US back-to-back Olympic champions in the event and erased any lingering bad taste after their an unusual qualifying time trial, which the Americans dominated after a botched exchange in its preliminary heat Thursday.
