Good stories also boost value: The most valuable Olympic medal ever sold was track star Jesse Owens’ gold medal from the 1936 Olympics in Nazi-occupied Berlin, which went for almost $1.5 million in 2013. There hasn’t been a consensus conclusion on which is correct.
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Grainger is also the first British female to win a medal at five consecutive Games, while it was the first Olympic medal for Thornley having competed as part of the Team GB eight at London 2012.
Swimming, women’s 200 meters butterfly: After finishing second in this event four years ago, Mireia Belmonte of Spain took gold with a time of 2:04.85, barely ahead of Madeline Groves (2:04.88) of Australia.
Fiji harvested their first ever Olympic gold as their men’s rugby sevens team trounced Britain 43-7 in a lopsided final.
Winning a gold medal at the Olympics is a life-changing experience.
The U.S. hopes to hold its lead to rank top for the second Olympics in a row. This year in Rio, a particular spotlight has been trained at the Olympics 2016 medals cost especially with the economic and political crisis Brazil is undergoing. But Gracenote, the sports statistics company formerly known as InfoStrada, reported the US had 977.
But the excitement doesn’t end there – there’s also the men’s long jump and discus finals. If it advances past the quarters and the semis, the final is at 5:15 p.m.
At least seven sprinters are in the mix to be crowned the fastest woman in the world as the 100 meter final takes place at Rio’s Olympic Stadium.
Wu and Shi with their gold medals.
It is certainly satisfying to earn an Olympic medal representing your country in the Olympic games, winter or summer, but if there was a nice check waiting in your mailbox when you got home, wouldn’t that make it even better? Britain’s Mo Farah, Rupp’s training partner, will aim to defend his gold (8:27 p.m. ET).
Rowing: Kath Grainger is in her fifth Olympic final today, racing with Victoria Thornley in the women’s double sculls.
10 a.m.: Team USA’s Steve Johnson faces Andy Murray in the men’s singles quarterfinal match.
The U.S. has four shots at gold in the swimming pool too.
She is favored to get the job done with relative ease in the 800-meter freestyle event. Connor Jaeger and Jordan Wilimovsky will swim in the men’s 1,500-meter freestyle final at 9:11.
Just over an hour earlier, the Great Britain women brought the pro-British crowd to its feet with a world-record time of 4:13:260 in the women’s team pursuit.
We’ll continue to update this article throughout the day as the results of the various events come in.
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From left to right, silver medalist Emma Johansson of Sweden, gold medalist Anna van der Breggen of Netherlands and bronze medalist Elisa Longo Borghini of Italy bite their medals following the women’s road race on Saturday.
