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Walsh Jennings, Ross knock out Italians en route to quarterfinals.
Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross extended their winning streak to 4-0 in a Round of 16 victory over Italy’s Marta Menegatti and Laura Giombini.
Walsh Jennings and Ross made quick work of the Italians, winning 21-10, 21-16 in just thirty minutes.
The U.S. women finished at the top of Pool C after capturing a three set victory over Switzerland’s Forrer/Verge-Depre on Wednesday. But while the pair secured their third straight win, the Swiss managed to force Walsh Jennings to lose her second set of her Olympic career.
Walsh Jennings is now 51-2 in Olympic sets.
The American duo will advance to the quarterfinals where they’ll face the winner of the Round of 16 match between Poland’s Kolosinska/Brzostek and Bawden/Clancy of Australia. Should they continue their winning streak, and Agatha and Barbara of Brazil continue theirs, a Brazil vs. USA face off could come as soon as the semifinals on Aug. 16.
Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross extended their winning streak to 4-0 in a Round of 16 victory over Italy’s Marta Menegatti and Laura Giombini.
Walsh Jennings and Ross made quick work of the Italians, winning 21-10, 21-16 in just thirty minutes.
The U.S. women finished at the top of Pool C after capturing a three set victory over Switzerland’s Forrer/Verge-Depre on Wednesday. But while the pair secured their third straight win, the Swiss managed to force Walsh Jennings to lose her second set of her Olympic career.
Walsh Jennings is now 51-2 in Olympic sets.
The American duo will advance to the quarterfinals where they’ll face the winner of the Round of 16 match between Poland’s Kolosinska/Brzostek and Bawden/Clancy of Australia. Should they continue their winning streak, and Agatha and Barbara of Brazil continue theirs, a Brazil vs. USA face off could come as soon as the semifinals on Aug. 16.
Michelle Carter wins women’s shot put gold medal.
Gold: Michelle Carter (United States)
Silver: Valerie Adams (New Zealand)
Bronze: Anita Marton (Hungary)
Michelle Carter saved her best for last, claiming the gold medal and breaking the American record on her final throw.
New Zealand’s Valerie Adams seemed poised to become the first woman to win three consecutive Olympic shot put gold medals before Carter's final attempt. Adams' best throw, 20.42m (67 feet), had her in first place by .55m (1 foot, 9 3/4 inches). Then Carter stepped into the circle and threw 20.63m (67-8.25) to earn the title.
"It's tough, but it's sport," Adams said to the Associated Press. "Sometimes you take one on the chin."
Carter, a certified professional makeup artist who is nicknamed the “Shot Diva,” is the first U.S. Olympic women's shot put gold medalist. She became the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in the event since 1960, when Earlene Brown claimed bronze.
Carter’s father, Michael was the 1984 Olympic shot put silver medalist.
He also won three Super Bowl rings as a football player with the San Francisco 49ers.
Adams’ brother, Steven Adams, is a seven-foot center for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Valerie, who is 6-foot-4, still refers to him as “lil bro.”
Hungary’s Anita Marton was the bronze medalist. China’s Lijiao Gong, who entered the competition with the year’s top throw, finished fourth.
American Raven Saunders finished fifth. Saunders, 20, is a three-time NCAA champion.
The men’s shot put competition will begin on August 18. Poland’s Tomasz Majewski is the two-time defending Olympic champion.
Gold: Michelle Carter (United States)
Silver: Valerie Adams (New Zealand)
Bronze: Anita Marton (Hungary)
Michelle Carter saved her best for last, claiming the gold medal and breaking the American record on her final throw.
New Zealand’s Valerie Adams seemed poised to become the first woman to win three consecutive Olympic shot put gold medals before Carter's final attempt. Adams' best throw, 20.42m (67 feet), had her in first place by .55m (1 foot, 9 3/4 inches). Then Carter stepped into the circle and threw 20.63m (67-8.25) to earn the title.
"It's tough, but it's sport," Adams said to the Associated Press. "Sometimes you take one on the chin."
Carter, a certified professional makeup artist who is nicknamed the “Shot Diva,” is the first U.S. Olympic women's shot put gold medalist. She became the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in the event since 1960, when Earlene Brown claimed bronze.
Carter’s father, Michael was the 1984 Olympic shot put silver medalist.
He also won three Super Bowl rings as a football player with the San Francisco 49ers.
Adams’ brother, Steven Adams, is a seven-foot center for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Valerie, who is 6-foot-4, still refers to him as “lil bro.”
Hungary’s Anita Marton was the bronze medalist. China’s Lijiao Gong, who entered the competition with the year’s top throw, finished fourth.
American Raven Saunders finished fifth. Saunders, 20, is a three-time NCAA champion.
The men’s shot put competition will begin on August 18. Poland’s Tomasz Majewski is the two-time defending Olympic champion.
Anthony Ervin unsure what to do with second Olympic gold medal after selling first one.
RIO DE JANEIRO – Anthony Ervin won his second Olympic gold medal on Sunday, but he no longer owns the first one. What will he do with this one?
“I don’t know,” he said Thursday afternoon.
Will he keep it?
“I don’t know,” Ervin said again, this time louder, after qualifying for Thursday night’s 50m freestyle semifinals. “I’m living in the moment, man. I know nothing about what I’m going to do other than how I’m trying to set myself from what I just did to how I’m going to swim tonight.”
Ervin, 35, tattooed and the oldest member of the U.S. swim team, went a remarkable 16 years between Olympic medals when he earned gold as part of the 4x100m free relay Sunday.
In 2000, a 19-year-old Ervin, then sans body art but with earrings, shared gold in the 50m freestyle with best friend Gary Hall Jr. and earned silver as part of the 4x100m free relay.
He later sold his Sydney 2000 50m free gold medal on Ebay for $17,101 to aid the 2004 tsunami relief efforts in Indonesia.
He lost the Sydney 2000 4x100m free relay silver medal while traveling during an eight-year retirement from 2003 to 2011.
Ervin came back and made his second Olympic team in 2012, finishing fifth in the 50m freestyle in London. He endured a tough stretch the last four years, bottoming out at the 2015 World Championships.
At those Worlds, he swam in the prelims of the 4x100m free relay and clocked a split time slower than any of the 40 swimmers in the top 10 finishing nations. The U.S. tied for 11th, shockingly missing the eight-team final.
Ervin, a native Californian who was training in Berkeley, then moved twice, eventually in April settling in Charlotte under David Marsh, who also coaches Ryan Lochte, among others.
Two months later, Ervin made his third Olympic team at the Trials by finishing fourth in the 100m freestyle (making the relay only) and second in the 50m freestyle.
It would have been a surprise given his 2015 struggles, but this is Ervin, perhaps the only swimmer in the Tyson Zone.
So here is Ervin at his third Olympics, already with one gold medal and with a shot at a second in the 50m free final Friday, should he advance.
He wasn’t on the podium to receive the 4x100m free relay gold, as he swam in the prelims only. Prelim swimmers do receive their medals later, away from cameras.
Unlike the 2015 Worlds, Ervin was a star in the morning 4x100m free relay heat with the fastest split time on the U.S. quartet.
Only one of the prelim swimmers would be brought back for the final. U.S. coaches chose Olympic rookie Ryan Held over Ervin. Even though Ervin was 0.14 seconds faster in that prelim heat.
Ervin appeared to handle the decision with class, via the Charlotte Observer:
“Anthony first just took a deep breath, looked straight ahead and was obviously contemplating what to say,” Marsh said, according to the newspaper. “Then he started nodding and said, ‘What do we need to do to make the most of this?’”
Marsh suggested Ervin be the one to deliver to Held the news he will remember for the rest of his life, and the captain obliged.
“That was a team effort, getting that medal, being a part of that relay was something I always wanted, even though the 100 is not necessarily where my strongest gift is,” Ervin said Thursday. “The 50, the things I do in there, the things I try to display to the world, I guess, it kind of comes naturally to me. But for the 100, you’ve got to work for that. That’s the real labor as far as being able to swim for a living goes. I wanted to do it. I wanted to put myself through the crucible of fire it takes, to finish a 100 as well, just so I can contribute to that team effort.”
RIO DE JANEIRO – Anthony Ervin won his second Olympic gold medal on Sunday, but he no longer owns the first one. What will he do with this one?
“I don’t know,” he said Thursday afternoon.
Will he keep it?
“I don’t know,” Ervin said again, this time louder, after qualifying for Thursday night’s 50m freestyle semifinals. “I’m living in the moment, man. I know nothing about what I’m going to do other than how I’m trying to set myself from what I just did to how I’m going to swim tonight.”
Ervin, 35, tattooed and the oldest member of the U.S. swim team, went a remarkable 16 years between Olympic medals when he earned gold as part of the 4x100m free relay Sunday.
In 2000, a 19-year-old Ervin, then sans body art but with earrings, shared gold in the 50m freestyle with best friend Gary Hall Jr. and earned silver as part of the 4x100m free relay.
He later sold his Sydney 2000 50m free gold medal on Ebay for $17,101 to aid the 2004 tsunami relief efforts in Indonesia.
He lost the Sydney 2000 4x100m free relay silver medal while traveling during an eight-year retirement from 2003 to 2011.
Ervin came back and made his second Olympic team in 2012, finishing fifth in the 50m freestyle in London. He endured a tough stretch the last four years, bottoming out at the 2015 World Championships.
At those Worlds, he swam in the prelims of the 4x100m free relay and clocked a split time slower than any of the 40 swimmers in the top 10 finishing nations. The U.S. tied for 11th, shockingly missing the eight-team final.
Ervin, a native Californian who was training in Berkeley, then moved twice, eventually in April settling in Charlotte under David Marsh, who also coaches Ryan Lochte, among others.
Two months later, Ervin made his third Olympic team at the Trials by finishing fourth in the 100m freestyle (making the relay only) and second in the 50m freestyle.
It would have been a surprise given his 2015 struggles, but this is Ervin, perhaps the only swimmer in the Tyson Zone.
So here is Ervin at his third Olympics, already with one gold medal and with a shot at a second in the 50m free final Friday, should he advance.
He wasn’t on the podium to receive the 4x100m free relay gold, as he swam in the prelims only. Prelim swimmers do receive their medals later, away from cameras.
Unlike the 2015 Worlds, Ervin was a star in the morning 4x100m free relay heat with the fastest split time on the U.S. quartet.
Only one of the prelim swimmers would be brought back for the final. U.S. coaches chose Olympic rookie Ryan Held over Ervin. Even though Ervin was 0.14 seconds faster in that prelim heat.
Ervin appeared to handle the decision with class, via the Charlotte Observer:
“Anthony first just took a deep breath, looked straight ahead and was obviously contemplating what to say,” Marsh said, according to the newspaper. “Then he started nodding and said, ‘What do we need to do to make the most of this?’”
Marsh suggested Ervin be the one to deliver to Held the news he will remember for the rest of his life, and the captain obliged.
“That was a team effort, getting that medal, being a part of that relay was something I always wanted, even though the 100 is not necessarily where my strongest gift is,” Ervin said Thursday. “The 50, the things I do in there, the things I try to display to the world, I guess, it kind of comes naturally to me. But for the 100, you’ve got to work for that. That’s the real labor as far as being able to swim for a living goes. I wanted to do it. I wanted to put myself through the crucible of fire it takes, to finish a 100 as well, just so I can contribute to that team effort.”
THREE-PEAT!.....That`s 3 Gold in a row for the women`s 8.....Congrats!
ALL THREE of our women's steeplechase athletes advance to the FINALS!.....Emma,Colleen and Courtney.....Congrats!
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Great job Gevvie.....Congrats!
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NZL wins the Gold in the Men`s single scull.....Congrats!
Allyson Felix wins in Rio debut.
Allyson Felix won her first round 400m heat in 51.24 seconds to advance to the semifinals. Comfortably in the lead, she slowed to a jog over the final 50m before accelerating as she crossed the finish line.
Felix, the 2015 400m world champion, is running the individual 400m for the first time at the Olympics.
But she does have two Olympic 4x400m gold medals.
Fellow Americans Phyllis Francis and Natasha Hastings also advanced to the 400m semifinals. All three U.S. athletes won their heats.
Francis, who clocked 50.58 seconds, had the fastest time in the eight heats.
The women’s 400m semifinals will take place Sunday at 7:35 p.m. ET, followed by the final Monday at 9:45 p.m. ET.
Allyson Felix won her first round 400m heat in 51.24 seconds to advance to the semifinals. Comfortably in the lead, she slowed to a jog over the final 50m before accelerating as she crossed the finish line.
Felix, the 2015 400m world champion, is running the individual 400m for the first time at the Olympics.
But she does have two Olympic 4x400m gold medals.
Fellow Americans Phyllis Francis and Natasha Hastings also advanced to the 400m semifinals. All three U.S. athletes won their heats.
Francis, who clocked 50.58 seconds, had the fastest time in the eight heats.
The women’s 400m semifinals will take place Sunday at 7:35 p.m. ET, followed by the final Monday at 9:45 p.m. ET.
Usain Bolt was pretty relaxed in his 100m heat, too, after a rapturous reception from the crowd. He finished in 10.07 after spending most of the race looking across at his nearest rival to ensure he was marginally in front. He'll get neck ache like that!
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Bubba Watson has moved into contention at the Olympic Golf Tournament as he is 5 under par through 10 holes. Watson, who got off to a slow start in the tournament, now trails tournament leader Justin Rose by 3 shots. Rose, from England, is 4 under par through 6 holes to move ahead of Marcus Fraser and Henrik Stenson.
Madison is playing for a Bronze.....Good luck!
