Days 1 and 2 of Olympic activity provided plenty of dramatic and memorable moments and this first full week of the games promises to be even better with marquee athletes from a wide range of different sports will be competing for everlasting Olympic glory.
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Silva, who grew up on one of Rio’s hillside shanty towns, won judo’s 57-kilogram division, then, overwhelmed with emotion, performed the Brazilian version of the Green Bay Packers’ “Lambeau Leap” to celebrate with her compatriots Monday.
Katie Ledecky, Women’s 200m Freestyle – Swedish sprint swimmer Sarah Sjostrom was neck and neck with Ledecky through the entire race, but Ledecky managed to stave her off and win gold #2 by 0.35 seconds.
Ebner eliminated: 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.
That breaks a tie with retired track cyclist Chris Hoy and gives Wiggins two more medals than retired rower Steve Redgrave, long considered Britain’s golden standard.
Men’s quarterfinals are underway a day after Sweden’s striking upset against the US women in penalty kicks.
The women take on Canada at 3:30 p.m. “But we couldn’t have done it without those three other guys this morning to really get us going and get us a good lane tonight”.
The U.S. now has 26 total medals, with nine gold medals, 8 silver medals and 9 bronze medals.
In Lochte’s absence, the Americans have won 15 medals, including four golds.
The men’s long jump finals will begin at 8:53 p.m. Rutherford, American Jarrion Lawson and Australia’s Fabrice Lapierre are the ones to watch.
“This is something I’ll be proud of the rest of my life, and what Bradley’s done to win five (gold medals) is out of this world”, Doull said. He won the worlds in 2013, 2014 and 2015 and is the defending gold medalist (London).
The defending champion USA women’s team takes on Columbia at 7 p.m.
The Phelps gold rush is unlikely to be finished with the 100m butterfly and more relay glory still on the cards.
American Simone Biles heads into the women’s individual all around starting at 4 p.m.
Australia’s medal standings are in part due to the first ever women’s rugby sevens event in Olympic history.
In mixed doubles, Venus Williams and Rajeev Ram of the USA face Italy’s Roberta Vinci and Fabio Fognini. After being knocked out in singles and doubles, this is Williams’ remaining event and one she entered because of the other eliminations.
Defending men’s gold medal champions Russian Federation take on 2014 world champions Poland at 3 p.m. The women compete at 6:04 p.m. Italy, Brazil, China, France, Russia, Britain, Egypt and the U.S. have made the team quarterfinals. After months of dire predictions from overseas about the mosquito-borne Zika virus, some locals are doing some stinging of their own: They’re jeering US athletes and taunting them over the fears that kept some competitors away from South America’s first Olympics.
American Kristin Armstrong won the race.
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