American teammate Katie Ledecky will return to the pool for the 800 freestyle, where she set an Olympic record Thursday. The state-run Kuwait News Agency Thursday quoted officials saying al-Deihani’s win in double-trap demonstrates the capabilities of Kuwaiti athletes in the face of “hardships”.
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On Wednesday night, Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura won the men’s individual all around gold medal, adding to an awesome record that includes three world championship titles and gold at the 2012 London Olympics.
The Spanish duo of Rafael Nadal and Marc Lopez won the first tennis gold of the Rio Games in men’s doubles. Only two athletes, discus thrower Al Oerter and long jumper Carl Lewis, ever have managed the feat. If he gets through to Friday’s final, he’ll also be seeking his fourth gold in a row in that event. He advanced to the final of the 200-meter individual medley as the top qualifier Wednesday and will swim right next to longtime rival Ryan Lochte.
Olympic track and field events are starting Friday, including preliminary heats in the women’s 100 meters. He was aiming to get into the second semifinal, which would have given him some extra recovery time after the 200 IM final. Her coach said he believes Van Acker contracted a severe intestinal infection while training in Rio in July that sapped her energy.
Rugby is back in the Olympics for the first time since 1924.
“Obviously, the first one (200 IM), I need to take care of business”, he said.
Joseph Schooling of Singapore topped the 100 fly heats in 51.41.
Cordes swam second on the team after David Plummer and before Tom Shields and Caleb Dressel during the heats for the 4x100m medley relay Friday. Also advancing were Chad le Clos of South Africa, James Guy of Britain and Santo Condorelli of Canada.
The U.S. women are heading home without an Olympic medal for the first time. Ayana eclipsed a 23-year-old record time by 14 seconds. Meanwhile, Nathan Adrian and Anthony Ervin will represent the U.S.in the men’s 50-meter freestyle final.
“I try not to think too much about the history of anything”, said Ledecky, who didn’t get to bed until after 3 a.m. after anchoring the USA women to victory in the 4×200 free relay on Wednesday. “It’s all just about doing my best every time”. Two years ago, Russian Federation annexed his home of Crimea and he rejected changing nationality.
The first track and field medal up for grabs is in the women’s 10,000m with reigning champion Tirunesh Dibaba expected to battle it out with fellow Ethiopian Almaz Ayana for gold.
Silva, who grew up on one of Rio’s hillside shanty towns, won judo’s 57-kilogram division, then, overwhelmed with emotion, performed the Brazilian version of the Green Bay Packers’ “Lambeau Leap” to celebrate with her compatriots Monday. She has her eye on third consecutive medal in this event. Hilary Caldwell of Canada had the second quickest time of 2:07.40. Maya DiRado of the United States, who has won gold, silver and bronze at her first Olympics, was third fastest in 2:08.60.
The Guardian newspaper in Britain reported that 17 swimmers from 16 countries still had qualifying times that didn’t match the actual results from last year’s world championships in Kazan, Russia.
Four years ago, Franklin finished fourth in the 200 free, one of seven Olympic events on her jam-packed schedule.
EBNER ELIMINATED: Nate Ebner, the safety for the New England Patriots who took a break from training camp to fulfill his Olympic dream, sprinted from nearly halfway to score a try in the right corner against Fiji to make it 24-19, piling the pressure on Madison Hughes. “My goal is going to be making it into the finals”. Along with her individual golds, Ledecky also topped the podium with the 4×200 relay.
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Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, a two-time Olympic champion in the 200 back, qualified ninth.
