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Simone Biles adds 3rd Rio Olympics gold with women’s vault win

American Danell Leyva will compete in both finals.

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After a day off, Usain Bolt returns to the track in his quest for more gold — in his favorite event, too: the 200 meters.

Had she won that, and she missed out by just 0.02, the landmark gold would have been hers alone but she was happy that was not the case. “I think the 100 meters is always the hardest one for me”. Then again, the fastest man on the planet has never lacked for confidence. The cancelled events were rescheduled into the remaining days and while it would have been possible to add days to the competition, the rowing events were able to finish as scheduled on Day 9.

Keep an eye on Jamaican Omar McLeod and American Devon Allen, the University of OR football/track standout, in the 110-meter hurdles.

Farah retained his 10,000 meters title on Saturday in Rio, but Ennis-Hill had silver and Rutherford took bronze in the long jump.

Boxer Joshua Buatsi, meanwhile, guaranteed he will win at least a bronze medal after reaching the semi-finals of the light heavyweight event, and will be aiming for gold as the competition this week at Riocentro. The stars of these games have already impressed us with their greatness, walking away with numerous gold medals.

This year, though, it was Sunday which was the show-piece for Britain at the Games’ halfway point, and why change a winning formula?

The U.S. men now know who they will face in the quarterfinals of the Olympic basketball tournament.

The U.S. women’s basketball team hits the court Tuesday to begin the knockout round. The Spaniards will earn a spot in the quarterfinals with a win or if Brazil loses to Nigeria in Monday’s first game in Group B. Spain and Argentina tip off at 7 p.m.

If Rick DeMont had his way, gold medal No. 1,000 would really be identified as gold medal No. 1,001.

In the Olympic Tennis Center, Monica Puig won Puerto Rico’s first ever Olympic gold medal when she defeated Germany’s Angelique Kerber 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 in the women’s singles final.

His win over Del Potro, played out in a raucous South American atmosphere, saw was his 18th in a row.

In the process, Michael Phelps enhanced his status as the most successful Olympian of all time with five victories and a runner-up place, taking his overall record to 23 gold, three silver and two bronze medals.

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About half the official competitions in those games had only American entrants, and some historians have suggested that even some of the athletes who are listed as part of the USA team likely were newly arrived immigrants who either hadn’t become citizens yet or never actually completed that process.

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