Biles, Lauren Hernandez, Gabby Douglas, Madison Kocian and Aly Raisman also gave retiring national team coordinator Martha Karolyi a fitting send off with powerful performances on all the apparatuses. What do you expect from the woman who won a gold medal when she was just 16?
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The biggest cheers at the Olympic Aquatic Center were for Brazil’s Marcelo Chierighini, who advanced to the final with the eighth-best time.
So far these Games, Ledecky is 2-for-2 in individual events.
Ledecky’s won her two other Rio medals when she took gold in world record time in the 400m freestyle and alongside teammates Dana Vollmer, Simone Manuel and Abbey Weitzeil the 4x100m freestyle relay (silver).
Freestyle queen Katie Ledecky made sure of her third swimming gold medal of the Rio Olympics, and fourth of her career, after anchoring the US women to victory in the 4×200 metres freestyle relay on Wednesday. And there’s more to come.
The defending Olympic champion USA team will play its first match against Spain in Group B competition.
Runge. Margalis and Franklin didn’t get to stand on the podium as the women received their gold medals, but they will still receive medals for being a part of getting the women’s team to the finals. He took the time to pose for a picture and to sign a poster for her.
The Americans will now chase individual glory in the four separate events and the individual all-around.
Earlier he had won gold number 20 with victory in the 200m butterfly.
Sjostrom, whose fly win made her the first Swedish woman to win Olympic swimming gold, was delighted with silver in 1:54.08.
But here’s why Tuesday’s races were very special for both of them.
Throughout his spectacular career, Phelps’ signature event was the 200-meter butterfly.
Swimming next to Lochte, Phelps put up an effortless-looking time of 1:55.78 to claim the prime middle lane in Thursday night’s final. Le Clos finished fourth.
“The last 10 meters were not fun”, Phelps said.
A little more than an hour after his triumph in the butterfly, Phelps picked up another gold in the 4×200 freestyle relay, anchoring a team that included his longtime teammate and rival Ryan Lochte, another old man of US swimming at age 32.
“It was a stressful race and I feel good now it’s over”.
After the initial 100 meters of Sunday’s race, she already led her closest opponent by 1.53 seconds.
In the upcoming swimming events that will be holding during the week, Ledecky will be participating in the 200 meter and 800-meter freestyles respectively.
“I hope I still get a chance to be on that 4×200 freestyle relay, that would mean the world to me, and then I have the 200 backstroke”, she said.
The U.S. men defeated France, 17-3, to take Olympic gold at Paris in 1924.
For Phelps, who quit the sport after London 2012 and then returned two years later, this was the moment he had been waiting for.
Tuesday will be a busy – and dramatic – day at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The Americans are expected to be competitive, but are not favored to medal in the 12-team field.
After falling behind by a goal, Crystal Dunn scored on a rebound from a Carli Lloyd shot in the 42nd minute to even things up. He was only the third-fastest swimmer on his team, but he was a full body length ahead of Britain’s James Guy when he touched in 7:00.66. She led off the relay in London, launching the U.S.to victory.
Despite the tie, the USA still won the four-team Group G and will advance to a quarterfinal match in the capital Brasilia on Friday. The Americans are going for their fourth consecutive Olympic gold. The U.S. has scored 100 or more points in consecutive games for the first time since the 2004 Olympics.
– Before Williams departed, French Open champion Garbine Muguruza was dumped out of the women’s singles, losing 6-1 6-1 to Monica Puig. “The better player won”.
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