Fairfax County’s Ginny Thrasher lived up to her aggressive name on Day 1, claiming the first gold medal awarded at the Olympics in the 10 meter air rifle competition, upsetting a favored two-time gold medalist from China.
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Simone Biles is must-see TV any time she competes, but this one should truly be special.
“We just had to change the game”, Paul George told NBC Sports. “That was one of the best gymnastics meets I’ve ever watched”.
The experienced Alia Atkinson, who is at her fourth Olympic Games, and Timothy Wynter will take part in swimming. If you haven’t watch Ledecky compete, you have to seize this final opportunity to do just that.
The U.S. women’s basketball team starts its run for a sixth consecutive Olympic gold medal against Senegal at noon. Australia is technically ahead of the Italians because of its three golds compared to Italy’s two. Only two of these five events, tennis and golf, were for women only.
An in-depth report from the Associated Press described Guanabara Bay, where many of Rio’s open water competitions are taking place, as contaminated with raw human sewage and dead bodies that could put almost 1,400 athletes at risk of getting violently ill. He was a member of the men’s team that finished fifth in the team competition at the 2012 London Games. The Americans have won 41 consecutive Olympic contests while the African nation is looking for its first victory.
The fifth-place finish matched the American men’s placement at the 2012 Olympics and at the 2015 World Championships. But belonging to the Olympic community is another top priority.
“We got a great head start in the U.S. because of the support they had in their schools and their colleges growing up”, said Scott Blackmun, CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee.
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Team USA will vie for the coveted Olympic Gold in the team all-around final Saturday afternoon in Rio where they will face off against Brazil, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Russia, Ukraine and the aforementioned China. While the men’s team shouldn’t have much (any) trouble handling Venezuela in their match on Monday, seeing some of the world’s best players on the court together is still worth a look. Also on their schedule this week – Wednesday against Australia (6 p.m. ET), Friday against Serbia (6 p.m. ET) and finally, Sunday against France (1:15 p.m. ET).
