The four-time world champion merely needed to complete the final race to top the podium, finishing second in a medal race that doubled up as a lap of honour. “There is little support for women’s football in Brazil so the process for replenishment is slow”.
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Sweden has won two straight penalty shootouts.
The roaring crowd at the Maracana Stadium desperately wanted Lisa Dahlkvist to miss. The Brazilian’s nickname is “Sem Rim”, or missing kidney, because he lost one kidney after falling from a tree at age 10.
Day 12 of the Rio Games features medal action in track and field, beach volleyball, wrestling and more.
Her challenge Tuesday comes in the floor exercise, where the American gymnast will try to fend off teammate Aly Raisma.
One of the slips cost USA gymnastics star Simone Biles gold on the balance beam. On the women’s side, Mariana Pajon of Colombia is the defending champ.
Nile Wilson left British gymnastics in seventh heaven after adding to their extraordinary medals haul at the Rio Olympic Games.
And it was the second time Dahlkvist had come through under pressure on penalties: Her kick ousted the favored US women in the quarterfinals. The Japanese also have the rare distinction of being the only team left playing in the Olympics who have beaten the US, although that came back in 1976.
It was a national drama after the announcement of Neymar being ruled out for the remainder of the tournament and further frustration came when Brazil was defeated by Germany with the score of 7-1 in the semi-finals. Brazil has three entries in Tuesday’s men’s and women’s semifinals, including Alison and Bruno, who eliminated the American men’s team of Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena in the round of eight. The Brazilians will face the Dutch team of Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen.
“If that’s what it takes, I don’t mind”, Lindahl said Tuesday after leading Sweden to a 4-3 shootout win over host Brazil in the semifinals of the Olympic tournament.
Larissa Franca Maestrini and Talita Rocha of Brazil take on Germans Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst in the other women’s semifinal.
Biles has already earned three golds and a bronze, though her chance to become the first female gymnast to capture five golds in a single Olympics ended when she wobbled during the balance beam final on Monday and ended up with bronze.
Joe Joyce secured Britain’ second men’s boxing medal straight after Buatsi by demolishing Uzbekistan’s Olympic flagbearer Bakhodir Jalolov in three rounds. At the first Summer Games in 1896, before custom-built pools were the norm, swimming was held in the Bay of Zea. “We did so well in Beijing, we matched in it London”.
Brazil’s Poliana Okimoto went from just off the podium to bronze when France’s Aurelie Muller was disqualified for colliding with another swimming.
A day after Brazil won its first swimming medal of the games – a bronze in the women’s open water event – the men take to the sewage-filled waters off Copacabana beach for their 10K race.
Earlier, Giles Scott claimed Olympic sailing gold to continue Britain’s domination of the Finn class.
It’s a win-or-go home game as the USA men’s basketball team faces Argentina in the quarterfinals.
It was just the second time that Brazil’s women had played at the iconic Maracana and Vadao hopes the momentum built-up for the women’s version of the game in football-mad Brazil is not halted by the disappointment.
However, it was Brazil’s luck that ran out as top scorer in Olympics history Cristiane and youngster Andressa saw spot-kicks saved to hand the Scandinavians a place in Friday’s gold medal match against Germany.
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The Japanese women did beat the US team once – but that took place back in 1976.
