The historic victory came with a time of 3:53.13.
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“It’s really special and the fact that I could do it with the relay is awesome”.
Manuel said: “It’s really special that I could do it with the relay; just sharing it with three other women is icing on top of the cake”.
Earlier in the night, Manuel took silver in the 50 freestyle.
Puig pulled off the upset of Olympics to knock Kerber out in three tight sets, becoming the first Puerto Rican to win a gold medal. The gold went to Denmark’s Pernille Blume, the 22-year-old who finished in 24.07.
We take a look at the current overall medal table before previewing some of Monday’s biggest events.
Michael Phelps did it when he won.
In doing so, Murray wrote his name into the Olympic history books by become the first tennis player ever to win two singles gold medals.
But there have been some very interesting story lines on the US road to 1,000. “This is kind of our stage to show the world that”.
In future games, the country might reach 2,000 gold medals at the Summer Olympics before another nation reaches 1,000. USA! USA! USA!
Phelps, of course, led the way.
Golfer Justin Rose also kept his composure in the final stages to beat his rival Henrik Stenson to win the first gold medal in Olympic golf in 112 years.
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14: The United States continued their haul of gold medals at the Rio Olympics on the back of strong performances in swimming, athletics and rowing.
Backstroker Ryan Murphy and breaststroker Cody Miller dived the pool ahead of Phelps, who seized the lead for freestyle anchor Nathan Adrian for the win.
“One thousand gold medals is a remarkable achievement made possible by the culture of sport that is the fabric and foundation of Team USA”, United States Olympic Committee (USOC) head Scott Blackmun said. “You add up the next four and they barely have more than we do”. We qualified more male boxers to an Olympic tournament than ever before but you can’t control the draw.
Before the Rio Games started, USOC said the occasion of the 1,000th gold would be marked by an as-yet unspecific tribute of some kind. The American women have never won Olympic gold in the sport.
“This medal is not just for me”.
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Team USA swimmer Katie Ledecky established herself as a legend-in-the-making at the 2016 Rio Olympics: Her four gold medals and world record times have her looking like the future of Olympic swimming.
