It was the third worldwide loss for Burroughs, who won gold in London in 2012 and whose charismatic, social media-friendly persona has made him the face of wrestling in the U.S. In the end, despite the weird nature of the situation, they qualified easily in 41.77 seconds. But it can’t beat the U.S.
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The finals, coming after a day of competition, start at 4 p.m. Bolt and Jamaica won the event at the Beijing and London Olympics, where the team set the world and Olympic records. The Argentines went behind early before goals from Pedro Ibarra, Ignacio Ortiz and Gonzalo Peillat put them in command. Algerian Taoufik Makhloufi and American Matt Centrowitz hope to crash the party.
But what happens when we take a look at where these medal-winning American athletes hail from? And keep an eye on teenager Vashti Cunningham, who’s the daughter of longtime National Football League quarterback Randall Cunningham.
The gold-medal match in London was hardly a rout; US survived with a 107-100 win that went down to the wire.
In the other game, Australia plays Serbia at 7 p.m. Instead, Sweden shocked the world in the quarterfinals before silencing Brazil in the semifinals. Spain, meanwhile, has assured itself of the first medal in women’s basketball in the country’s history.
The two teams met in the preliminary pool and the Americans won by 40 points. They did have a healthy Sue Bird for that game. They still won by 19 points.
Canada and Brazil face off earlier Friday for the bronze medal. Still, that gave him Olympic gold medal No. 8 and a third straight 200 title to go with the same trifecta in the 100 meters.
The embarrassing imbroglio offended the Olympic hosts and overshadowed the USA swimmers’ dominance in Rio, relegating to the margins Michael Phelps’ medal haul in his own Olympic farewell.
Inbee Park kept her composure in strong wind and made two late birdies to regain the lead, posting a 1-under 70 for a two-shot lead going into the final round at Olympic Golf Course. Her round could have been better if not for a double-bogey on the 14th hole. Gerina Piller, an American who has not won on the LPGA tour (but perhaps best known for a clutch putt in the 2015 Solheim Cup), is also two shots back.
Serbia will face a young Chinese squad led by former US coach Jenny Lang Ping in the women’s finals at 10:15 p.m.
Blackmun said that while USA officials haven’t seen the formal statements made by Bentz and Conger, who were with swimming star Ryan Lochte last weekend when Lochte claimed they were robbed at gunpoint after a late-night party, he understands that Bentz and Conger’s account matches what Rio police said earlier Thursday: that the robbery story was a fabrication.
Brazil ended their sailing regatta on a high when Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze won gold in the women’s 49erFX class, which was making its Olympic debut.
The Chinese women’s national volleyball squad has advanced to the championship round at the ongoing 2016 Rio Games after beating the Netherlands in an impressive 3-1 victory on Thursday. They recovered with four straight victories.
The United States wrapped up five gold medals as it became the runaway leader on the medals table at the Rio Olympics.
The Chinese were in close pursuit. Qui earned silver in London; Daley took bronze.
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The American men take on Spain (2:30 p.m. ET) with the victor advancing to the gold medal game.
