Leonidas of Rhodes, one of the most celebrated runners in Olympics history, won 12 individual Olympic wreaths (the ancient Olympics medal equivalent) through the 164-160-156-152 BC Ancient Olympic Games.
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Track and field starts Friday and includes preliminaries for the women in the 100 meter. Simone Manuel is in the women’s 50 free finals and likely for the women’s 4×100 medley relay.
Michael Phelps has said he has become more outspoken at the Rio Olympics as he embraces his role as a mentor to younger team-mates.
CLOSE CALLS: Rafael Nadal, the singles champion at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and Spain teammate Marc Lopez won the men’s doubles title. Carmelo Anthony scored 31 points on the night he became the USA men’s Olympic career scoring leader.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Putting aside the disconcerting lime-like waters at the aquatics center, the focus of the Rio Games turned toward the emerald green fairways of the Olympic Golf Course on Thursday.
“I was at the Casa Italia event the other night and they were approaching their 200th gold medal, I think they have one more to go, so it just goes to show the scale of accomplishment our athletes have achieved over the many years”, said United States Olympic Committee chairman Larry Probst. If he’s this good now, shouldn’t he come back to swim in Tokyo in 2020?
“We do have a very young team, so anything I can teach them on my last couple of days as a United States swimmer, I’m proud to do. I think that I want to take it day-by-day”.
SWIMMING SHOCKER: Kazakhstan has its first Olympic swimming medal, and it’s golden.
Later, Solo tweeted: “Losing sucks”.
Reed described his round as “horrendous”, “really bad” and “awful”, and his 1-over 72 was the best of the three. So, Rio became very attractive because we have not been to South America.
A potential Latin American grudge match is on tap at the Rio Olympics as Brazil takes on Colombia in the men’s soccer quarterfinals. Rowing competition was postponed Wednesday due to weather.
And two other Americans won gold, too.
United States’ Megan Rapinoe, kicks the ball past Sweden’s Lisa Dahlkvist during a quarter-final match of the women’s Olympic football tournament between the United States and Sweden in Brasilia Friday Aug. 12, 2016.
Solo, the USA goalkeeper, was angered by Sweden’s defensive style and branded the team a “bunch of cowards”.
Dominant New Zealanders Eric Murray and Hamish Bond stretched an eight-year unbeaten streak in the men’s pairs. He has not lost a major race since taking silver in the 10,000 at the 2011 worlds, but Ethiopia’s Yigrem Demelash is hoping to renew his nation’s ownership of the race.
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. “But in this day and age, the 100 freestyle is maybe the most fickle event out there”. By the end of the day, the men’s 50m freestyle champ will be crowned, as one swimmer will leave Rio with the best kind of souvenir – a gold medal! But he’ll have to do with some help from his teammates, swimming in the butterfly leg of the 400 medley relay on the final night of swimming Saturday. Phelps made a tactical error, though, in the 100 fly heats. Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the two-time defending Olympic champion, had the fastest time in qualifiers Friday night.
At least seven sprinters are in the mix to be crowned the fastest woman in the world as the 100 meter final takes place at Rio’s Olympic Stadium.
Defending champion Missy Franklin advanced to the semifinals with the 11th-fastest time of 2:09.36.
Phelps also described the participation of refugees in Rio as “special”. “I’m just honored and privileged to have the chance to race alongside him”. She’s seeking to complete a sweep of the 200, 400 and 800 freestyles for the first time since the 1968 Mexico City Games.
“Definitely not the start I was looking for”, said Fowler, who attended Murrieta Valley High. “But joining Debbie in that history is incredible”.
“I’m delighted”, she told reporters.
In a statement Friday, FINA said the Olympic competition in Rio was not affected by the wrong times.
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Kazikov says only one flag was involved and perhaps it was “the fault of a cleaner” rather than an anti-Russian conspiracy.
