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Olympic officer who was shot after wrong turn into slum dies
As usual, all eyes will be on Phelps in the final for the men’s 100-meter butterfly, which is historically one of his best races.
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Medals also will be awarded in the women’s 200 meter breaststroke, the women’s 100 meter freestyle and in the men’s 200 meter backstroke.
Noon session: Heats for women’s 50-meter freestyle, men’s 1,500-meter freestyle, men’s 4×100-meter medley relay and women’s 4×100-meter medley relay.
After being tested by Australia, the US men’s basketball team takes on Serbia, which lost to France by a point.
The U.S. men, who play Serbia on Friday, are still the team to beat.
On the men’s side, preliminaries start in the 800 meter and 400 meter.
A USA pool expert said that might not be so easy: “Once you get behind, it gets hard to get back in front of it”, said Jerry Wallace, chairman of the California Pool & Spa Association, a trade group. The three Olympic rookies on the American team have had an impressive start: Elena Delle Donne, Breanna Stewart and Brittney Griner have all taken over parts of games as the us women won their first two Olympic contests in dominating fashion.
HANGING ON: Venus Williams’ Rio Olympics is still going – just barely.
The seemingly unstoppable American Katie Ledecky is also back in the pool, this time to qualify for the 800 meter freestyle.
There are five sprinters to watch: Elaine Thompson of Jamaica, Murielle Ahoure of the Ivory Coast, Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands and Americans English Gardner, Tianna Bartoletta and Tori Bowie.
There was more British success however for David Florence and Richard Hounslow, who retained their Olympic silver medal in the men’s C-2 canoe slalom final.
American Missy Franklin, who holds the world and Olympic records (London) advanced to the semifinals with the 11th-fastest time of 2:09.36. She is the first American to win a medal in five consecutive Games.
One that she does better than anyone else.
DeLaet, trying to match countryman George Lyon’s 1904 victory in the most recent prior Olympic golf event, felt the tension. “There were more mobile phones and cameras than normal, I guess because it’s a different crowd out there than we normally have”.
Brazil has won three medals so far – one of each color.
The Rio de Janeiro Olympics were drenched in rain and continued questions about why the diving well and water polo pools look so much like neglected aquariums.
The grandstand was filled with more golf officials than fans. A police officer has died after being shot in the head when he and two others working security at the Rio Olympics got lost near a slum and encountered gunfire.
The officers from Brazil’s national security force were using a Global Positioning System device to navigate unfamiliar streets Wednesday afternoon when they took a wrong turn off a highway leading to Rio’s worldwide airport. Their truck was sprayed with bullets, and officer Helio Vieira was shot.
The other officers suffered minor injuries when the windows of their vehicle shattered.
Nate Ebner, the safety for the New England Patriots who took an absence from training camp to fulfill his Olympic dream, scored again in the rugby sevens tournament at sloshy Deodoro Stadium.
FINA did correct some mistakes, including that of a Kuwaiti swimmer competing under the International Olympic Committee flag.
Biles has spent the last three years dominating her sport, winning 15 world championships.
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In a statement Friday, FINA said the Olympic competition in Rio was not affected by the wrong times.