Golfers tee off as the women’s Olympic golf tournament begins and BMX racers appear at the Rio Olympics for the first time.
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“It’s going to be a stretch and we’ve said that all along that top five and 15-16 gold medals ain’t going to be easy”. Based on the commodity prices of the metals involved, gold is worth in the neighborhood of $600, silver about $300 and bronze next to nothing.
Durant and Anthony have a chance to pick up a gold medal themselves, as the Team USA basketball team is now unbeaten (5-0) heading into the quarterfinals. In fact, Phelps tried to best Mark Spitz’s record of winning seven gold medals but came up short, claiming six golds and two bronze. Missy Franklin placed seventh in her heat of the 200m backstroke-the event for which she won the gold in 2012-and thus failed to qualify for the finals. Men’s beach volleyball quarterfinals, women’s gymnastics balance beam final, and women and men’s cycling trials aren’t to be missed. Neymar was outstanding in the 2-0 win over Colombia despite being heavily marked. A photo of a Brazil jersey with Neymar’s name scratched off and replaced with the name of his female Brazilian counterpart Marta has gone viral.
“We support our fellow athletes throughout the whole Olympic team, we’re always cheering them on throughout all the events”, Waterhouse said.
And while sailing duo Mat Belcher and Will Ryan in the men’s 470 are expected to add another medal, it would require Australia to bag a further two medals to ensure Rio isn’t the worst performance by an Australian Olympic team since Seoul in 1988. On day 11 of the games the team is rapidly closing in on the target of 48 medals, one more than it achieved in Beijing in 2008. The Americans have three players, including Stacy Lewis. After an wonderful showing at the Rio Olympics, it seems as if Phelps is going out on top of the sport as he is set to retire. Bryony Page bounced her way into the history books by winning Great Britain’s first Olympic trampoline medal and on the final day of the Artistic competition, Amy Tinkler and Nile Wilson performed their hearts out to win bronze medals on floor and high bar. In the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase, Ruth Jebet of Bahrain finished ahead of Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi of Kenya in second and Emma Coburn of the United States in third.
Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands and Tori Bowie of the US, the silver medalist in the 100 meters at Rio, are aiming for a showdown Wednesday in the women’s 200 meters. The U.S. has done so in all three.
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The decathlon starts Wednesday with American Ashton Eaton a favorite for gold.
