Still, while fans at home are pledging greater tolerance for worse-than-expected performances at this year’s Olympics, the message is likely to take far longer to trickle down to the athletes, most of whom are completely financially reliant on the state and face great pressure to reach the top of their sport. Canada won in the bronze medal match against Britain.
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Simone Biles is must-see TV any time she competes, but this one should truly be special.
A scarcity of gold medals in the first few days of the Olympics is leading China to reflect on its past obsession with finishing first, amid agreement that being champion is no longer everything.
“:Today’s my first Gold medal in this event since the rules have changed, basically since 2012”.
However, Lochte didn’t qualify to defend that gold this year and the 200m will be his only chance to swim for individual gold in 2016.
Ledecky already has already claimed gold in these games after breaking her own world record in the 400m freestyle event on Sunday night. You can watch on NBC-TV or online through live streaming. To capture an Olympic medal in eventing, the horse and rider must possess finesse for the dressage arena, boldness for the cross-country course and precision for the show-jumping stadium. China’s Fu Yuanhu and Canada’s Kylie Masse tied for bronze at 58.76.
Campriani finished ahead of Ukraine’s Serhiy Kulish who took the silver with a score of 204.6 and Vladimir Maslennikov of Russian Federation earned the bronze at 184.2.
Thrasher added that her average during qualification was slightly above a 10.4.
The West Virginia University Rifle team continues to shine in Rio. The US women’s team is the team to beat going into this event.
Virginia Thrasher of the United States reacts after winning the gold medal in the 10m Air Rifle Women’s Finals on Day 1 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Shooting Centre on August 6, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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You’ll have to put civic pride aside in the interest of Olympic history here, but it’ll be worth watching Usain Bolt try to become the first man to win this event in three consecutive Olympic games.
