The U.S. women’s gymnastics team gave retiring national team coordinator Martha Karolyi a fitting send-off in the Olympic finals, putting on a two-hour display of precision and class. Germany’s Paul Biedermann holds the world record and is competing in Rio.
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The men’s 200 meter freestyle finals are slated for 10:21 p.m. after semifinals Sunday.
Medal events include men’s 200 meter breaststroke, women’s 200 meter butterfly, men’s 100 meter freestyle and the women’s 4×200 meter freestyle relay. Phelps had entered the race as both the two-time defending Olympic champion and the world record holder.
Swimmer Katie Ledecky of the United States celebrates winning gold and setting a new world record in the women’s 400-meter freestyle final on August 7 at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
The dominant US men’s basketball team takes on Venezuela at 7 p.m. after Saturday’s romp over China, 119-62. They face Denmark at 7 p.m. MDT (WATCH HERE).
On Copacabana Beach, the USA team of Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena play a team from Mexico.
Goalkeeper Ashleigh Johnson, who later said she was nervous as she walked onto the pool deck for her Olympic debut, stopped 11 of 15 shots in a strong, aggressive performance.
But the country’s leaders have urged its citizens to ditch the obsession with gold medals, saying that it encourages corruption in sports, especially within soccer which has been hit by match-fixing scandals.
He starts on the floor exercise and comes to the event with a gold in hand from the men’s team finals Monday. While Japan has been a favorite, the team looked shaky in preliminaries.
When Pellegrini set the record at the 2009 World Championships in a now-banned polyurethane swimsuit, she split 27.34-28.26-28.78-28.60.
In addition, long delays at security checkpoints on the first day of full competition frustrated spectators.
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Each of the three American women on each of the four events one-upped her predecessor as the US topped the scoreboard in every apparatus.
