But if the entire medal was made of gold it would be valued at almost $22,000.
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State media and internet users had already begun to go easy on the athletes, who are cultivated from young through a sophisticated government-sponsored sports school system, after few medals were won in the first few days of the Olympics.
The official target was 48 medals, one more than Britain’s previous best at an overseas Olympics in Beijing in 2008, but with the team galloping towards 40 that mark seems conservatively low. Isabell Werth of Germany and Kristina Broring-Sprehe, also of Germany, took the silver and bronze medals in the event, respectively.
China’s gold-medal count at the halfway mark in Rio stood at 13, far less than the 25 golds obtained by the same point in London.
The countries placed in second and third for the total number of Olympic medals are tied in second for the race towards gaining the most number of gold medals from the most popular sporting event.
The former GB cycling coach Sir Dave Brailsford said lottery funding was the key to the team’s success.
Simone Biles will compete for her fourth gold medal in Rio.
And if that wasn’t enough, Day 9 was even better!
The team now sit in second behind U.S. on the medals table with 15 gold, 16 silver and 7 bronze. The victory earned Team USA its 1,000 gold medal.
China, which sent its largest overseas delegation of 416 athletes to Rio this year, won 16 golds in 1996 and 28 in 2000.
The team finished with a time of 6:03.98 at the Lagoa to claim GB’s first ever Olympic medal in the event, although a photo finish was called upon to determine their place on the podium. “To do it today, the Olympic Games, I don’t know what to say”.
In gymnastics, United States dynamo Simone Biles remained on course for a record haul of five women’s titles in Rio on Sunday.
Keeping in mind that German Chinese Han Ying is the top force on the other end of the table, Kong opted for Liu to follow up Li Xiaoxia in the opening two games, rather than newly crowned singles champion Ding Ning, who’s not as good as the duo at playing choppers. “Our Olympian and Paralympic athletes should be anxious about breaking world records, not breaking the bank, when they earn a medal”, Schumer said in a statement last week.
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Manuel shared the first place with Penny Oleksiak of Canada in 100m freestyle final with a record time of 52.70 sec.
