They finished second in the medal table.
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“Brazil has lost the most important medal at play during Rio 2016: the chance to become a champion on human rights”, Amnesty International Brazil Executive Director Atila Roque was quoted as saying in the statement.
World tennis number one Djokovic, looking to complete a career “Golden Slam” of Olympic gold and the four majors, was knocked out in the first round by a rejuvenated Juan Martin del Potro who went onto make the final.
“This experience has been the dream of a lifetime for me”, said USA gymnast and closing ceremony flagbearer Simone Biles, who won five medals, four of them gold, in her first Olympics.
No false modesty here: NBC Sports has declared that its presentation of the Rio de Janeiro Games was “the most successful media event in history”.
According to the Global Times, this was all because of the success of the Chinese women’s volleyball team who reached for a much-needed victory before the Games ended.
With each medal won, the US women demanded more and more of the spotlight.
“Got ’em”, Felix said, smiling. But the significance in Rio were the sheer amounts of hardware.
Ahead of the start of the Games, the organization said that police killings doubled to 49 year-on-year in June.
Most countries win majority of medals in few sports.
Let us take some time to appreciate the other athletes who struggle against all odds and keep our flag flying high. No wonder it’s been gratifying to see our athletes turn their hard work into such historic results on the world stage that was Rio 2016.
Among her competition is Gwen Jorgensen, who earned the U.S. its first triathlon gold medal since the sport made its Olympic debut in 2000, and swimmer Katie Ledecky, who set two world records on her way to winning four golds and one silver and becoming only the second swimmer to sweep the 200 metres, 400m and 800m freestyle titles at a single Games.
“The atmosphere at the GB house has been awesome in the village”, said Mo Farah, who won gold for Britain in the 5,000- and 10,000-meter races to match the feat he pulled off at London in 2012. Gold, silver, bronze. The atmosphere has been brilliant.
The US swimmer also had his doubters on the eve of Rio, but left with five more golds to take his total to a stunning 23.
The Russians and the Chinese probably didn’t feel the same.
Gold medallists Max Whitlock and Nicola Adams were first to emerge from the gold-nosed Being 747 which carried 320 athletes and support staff, plus equipment including bikes, javelins, sails and medals back home.
As a Brazilian representing my country in the United Kingdom, I was thrilled by British athletes’ enormous contribution to our Games, and touched by their message of “obrigado” to the local public on that closing night. Efimova has twice been banned.
“It was not positive”, Efimova told the BBC.
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“In terms of the attractiveness of the Olympic games, I don’t think that’s going to diminish at all”, he said. “This is the most ambitious task in the media business, and our team. all deserve a gold medal”.
