Lloyd Spooner: Spooner may not be as much of a household name as numerous others on this list, but his performance in the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp in shooting nonetheless stands out as one of the greatest of all time.
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Australia’s Olympic Committee, hours later, shot back in Horton’s defense, saying he was speaking out in support of clean athletes, and wished him luck.
Here’s a look at 10 events coming up this week that you’re not going to want to miss.
The top spot on that podium is a place Michael Phelps is used to. Their last Olympic medal came with a bronze at the 2008 Beijing Games.
Simone Biles is must-see TV any time she competes, but this one should truly be special.
Swimming alone will hand out four gold medals tonight, in the men’s 200 meter freestyle and the 100 meter backstroke, and in the women’s 100 meter breaststroke and 100 meter backstroke. Australia’s Mitch Larkin is ranked third (+250), while Camille Lacourt of France is fourth (+700). Also, do not forget to cheer on all the US military service members competing for Team USA. She makes her Olympic debut at 11 a.m.
The team of Emma McKeon, Brittany Elmslie, Bronte and sister Cate Campbell ensured Australia defended its Olympic title in a world record time. If you haven’t watch Ledecky compete, you have to seize this final opportunity to do just that.
While Biles will be the heavy favorite and star attraction at the all-around final, one of the biggest stories heading into the final is surrounding 2012’s gold medal victor, Gabby Douglas.
Later in the night, the United States took home a gold medal in the 4×100-meter relay in one of the more exciting races of the day. The Muslim-American fencer made history sporting her hijab, but was eliminated in her second bout in the women’s sabre tournament. The Richland native and former University of Washington star has already served as the starting goalie on the USA teams that won gold in 2008 and 2012.
Also the New Zealand equestrian team sit in medal contention following the cross country.
Now, they’ll face Colombia in their final Group G matchup before the quarterfinals begin on Friday, Aug. 12.
Rafaela Silva has won Brazil’s first gold medal of the Rio Olympics.
Bronte and Cate become the first Australian siblings to win gold. They won the world championships previous year in Glasgow and finished second to China in both the 2014 worlds and the 2012 Olympics in London.
Sure, a handful of the world’s top golfers have bailed on the Olympics, but there’s still plenty of talent as golf returns to the Olympic games from a 112-year layoff.
However, the US fell back to sixth once the other teams finished their fourth rotations, and could only manage to move up one spot over their final two rotations despite turning in solid performances on the parallel bars and horizontal bar. Alex Naddour fell on his last tumbling pass on the floor exercise.
The women’s basketball team has started Olympic play with two wins.
The men’s 200 meter freestyle finals are slated for 10:21 p.m. after semifinals Sunday.
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Bryan Altman is, for some reason, an unabashed fan of the Rangers, Jets and Mets.
