Earlier, Manuel took the silver in the 50m freestyle, missing on a gold medal by 0:02, being out-touched by Denmark’s Pernille Blume.
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The gold won by the relay team of Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer and Manuel, has been recognized by the US Olympic Committee as the nation’s 1,000th gold medal in Summer Olympics history.
His other golds were in the 4×100m and 4×200m freestyle relays, the 200m butterfly and in the 200m individual medley, where he became the third American Olympian after the track and field athletes Al Oerter and Carl Lewis to win the same event in four Olympics. Sock’s efforts squeezed out the first-ever team gold medal for the United States, beating out Spain by one point, Rafael Nadal not able to win the bronze medal match against Kei Nishikori that would have tied the U.S. for the gold medal. The number will increase as the games reach its conclusion.
At the end of day nine, United States topped the medal tally with 69 medals (26 Gold, 21 Silver, 22 Bronze). Now the US has reached a medal milestone in Rio.
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.
“The taxpayer contributed just under Aus$40 million ($30 million) to fund the Australian swimming program for the past four years, and they expect a certain return for their investment”. Germany wouldn’t get there until 2204.
This means that an gold medal is only in actuality worth about $600. It’s the first US gold in the event since 2004. If each of the gold medals were actually made of gold, the Olympics would spend approximately $7.7 million on them alone.
In Olympic history, nobody comes close to the U.S.in medals. The 29-year-old became the first ever tennis player to win two consecutive Olympic titles, after a thrilling four-set match against Argentina’s Martin del Potro. Now Britain places third with 10 golds just behind the United States and China, who just claimed one silver and three bronze medals in the day.
“Right now”, Murphy said, “it’s just enjoying the moment”.
Whitlock’s golds sandwiched Rose’s historic victory on the golf course. This time his retirement is for real said Bowman.
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Gymnast Max Whitlock led the way with two gold medals in gymnastics, while cyclist Jason Kenny stormed to gold in the sprint, ahead of teammate Callum Skinner.
