The favorite is expected to live up to her billing as she battles a field consists of defending Olympic champ Ranomi Kromowidjojo and his sister Bronte Campbell.
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Luckily for Team USA however, the anchor position was filled by none other than rising Olympic superstar, Katie Ledecky.
The teenager from suburban Washington has one more race to go, and it might be the biggest lock of all. Da Silva will be joined in the first group by Canadian Graham Delaet and An Byeong-Hun of South Korea.
The men’s tournament gets under way as Matt Kuchar, Bubba Watson and Rickie Fowler represent the United States. On Thursday, before they race, they’ll be “goofing off, playing card games, just a normal life”, Lochte said. Britain finished second and Japan got the bronze. So she swam the final leg 2.73 better than the second-place Australians. If the team medals, Margalis will receive a medal because she helped the team qualify. This means that, according to historians, Phelps has levelled a 2,168-year-old record, previously held by Leonidas of Rhodes in 152 B.C.
When it comes to swimming in the Olympics, the United States continues to dominate the scene just as they always do.
One night after winning the 20th and 21st gold medals of his career, Michael Phelps wasn’t up for any hardware.
Daryl Homer became the first American to win a silver medal in men’s individual sabre in 112 years.
Britain’s Siobhan-Marie O’Connor took silver, with Maya DiRado of the U.S. coming home in third place. Australia’s silver medal was achieved with a touch of 7:44.87, and Canada earned a spot on the podium with a relay clock-in of 7:45.39. Australia’s Kyle Chalmers won the gold.
Team USA took the lead by the end of the 1st leg and gave Phelps the honour of finishing the event that looks like a coronation for him t the evening’s finale. Phelps and Lochte went head-to-head in their 200m individual medley semifinal.
Lochte, who owned the top time after the morning preliniary heats, will be in Lane 5 for Thursday’s final after posting the second-fastest time (1:56.28) in the semifinals.
Hali Flickinger will swim in the 200-meter butterfly.
Then there’s Kazakhstan, which claimed its first Olympic swimming medal. At 15, Phelps was youngest American male to make the US swim team in 68 years. Swiss cyclist Fabian Cancellara won gold in the men’s time trials. Both riders are set to retire after the Rio games.
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Hosszu is entered in one more individual event, the 200 backstroke. He’ll also have the chance to do that later during the Rio games in the 100-meter butterfly.
