The 120 member team was led by flag bearer and the only individual gold medal victor in history of the country Abhinav Bindra. The United States may not be favored, but the Americans certainly have a shot.
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Michael Phelps: The ace swimmer, arguably the most decorated Olympian in history, would be the flag bearer for Team USA during Friday’s opening ceremony.
Simone Biles: The artistic gymnast is eyeing her first ever Olympic medal after dominating her sport for several years.
Day 2 too was very eventful as American swimmer Michael Phelps who is now the most decorated Olympic contestant competed in the 4×100 relay and came out victorious to win his 19th gold medal.
The Australian 4×100-meter team set a new world record in the 4×100-meter freestyle by winning in 3 minutes and 30.65 seconds, breaking the previous record set by the Aussies two years ago by just a third (1/3) of a second. The Americans have won 41 consecutive Olympic contests while the African nation is looking for its first victory.
The Brazilian women play South Africa at 11 p.m. and the host nation’s fans have become enamored of their team as the men disappoint.
A full day of men’s individual foil competition culminates with medal matches that start at 5:15 p.m., with the gold medal bout at 5:45 p.m.
Men’s and women’s beach volleyball preliminaries run through the day after opening rounds Saturday.
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The United States men face Canada at 5:05 p.m. and defending champion Russian Federation follows against Cuba at 8:30 p.m. before the Iranian men make their Olympic debut. Women in Iran complained they could not attend games in their country.
