However, Australia did not start the race very well, losing to the U.S team more than one second after 200 meters.
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On the mats, balance beams and vaults, US women’s gymnastics team, which topped second-place China by a staggering 10 points in qualifiers, will be looking to turn all their star power into gold.
The United States brought home the gold with a team final score of 184.897, more than eight points ahead of the silver medal team Russian Federation.
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BYU gymnastics celebrates Team USA’s gold medal win.
Team manager Ye Zhennan has deemed the team ready as all the members meet the minimum age requirement set by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), reported South China Morning Post.
Sam Dorman and Mike Hixon helped the United States continue their advance in the medal stakes after clinching silver in the men’s synchronised three-metre springboard final, where Chinese duo Yuan Cao and Kai Qin took bronze.
Siobhan-Marie O’Connor is the first British female to win an Olympic medal in the 200m individual medley, and was just 0.30 seconds behind the Olympic record set by Katinka Hosszu who won Gold. Consider this: The margin between the US and the Chinese in qualifiers was greater than the margin between China and 12th-place Belgium.
Watching the Olympics as a team motivates the Cougars’ to work in the gym and to try new things as they prepare for the upcoming season.
Britain’s Adam Peaty goes on to break the world record in a heat of the men’s 100-meter breaststroke during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 6, 2016. Boos were heard when the Brazil men were held to a 0-0 draw by Iraq.
Both the USA men’s and women’s basketball teams routed their opponents Monday, with the men taking a 113-69 win over Venezuela and the women taking a 103-63 win over Spain.
The Virgin Islands and Washington, D.C., are represented in Rio – but not every American state is: No U.S. athletes said they were from North Dakota, West Virginia or Wyoming.
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Australia’s medal standings are in part due to the first ever women’s rugby sevens event in Olympic history.
