He called Gatlin the winner of the heat....Mean while he came in 3rd....Dummy
The 200M final is coming up next!...Good luck Deajah and Tori!'
Congrats Brittany!
Wonderful job Tianna.....Congrats!
Elaine Thompson wins gold in the women's 200m at 21.78s......Congrats!
Good effort Tori.....Congrats!
Congrats Kerry and April!
Americans take gold, silver, AND bronze in the women's 100m hurdles final!
Team USA Rolls Into Men's Basketball Semifinal Round With Convincing Win Over Argentina.
RIO DE JANEIRO -- The U.S. men's basketball team powered into the semifinals of the Olympics, beating Argentina 105-78 on Wednesday night.
The Americans turned a slow start into an early ending with a 27-2 run in the first half.
They will meet Spain on Friday in a rematch of the last two gold-medal games. Spain beat France 92-67 earlier Wednesday.
Kevin Durant scored 27 points for the Americans.
Luis Scola scored 15 points and Manu Ginobili had 14 for Argentina in what's expected to the final time the remaining core members of its Golden Generation play together.
Ginobili was taken out in the last few minutes of the game and saluted by the fans, then embraced by each of his teammates on the bench. After the teams headed to their locker rooms, Ginobili returned and was presented the game ball by an Olympic official.
RIO DE JANEIRO -- The U.S. men's basketball team powered into the semifinals of the Olympics, beating Argentina 105-78 on Wednesday night.
The Americans turned a slow start into an early ending with a 27-2 run in the first half.
They will meet Spain on Friday in a rematch of the last two gold-medal games. Spain beat France 92-67 earlier Wednesday.
Kevin Durant scored 27 points for the Americans.
Luis Scola scored 15 points and Manu Ginobili had 14 for Argentina in what's expected to the final time the remaining core members of its Golden Generation play together.
Ginobili was taken out in the last few minutes of the game and saluted by the fans, then embraced by each of his teammates on the bench. After the teams headed to their locker rooms, Ginobili returned and was presented the game ball by an Olympic official.
U.S. Women’s Water Polo Team Wins Semifinal, Advances To Third Straight Olympic Gold-Medal Match.
RIO DE JANEIRO — In 2000, women’s water polo was added to the Olympic program. The U.S. team won silver. At Athens in 2004, bronze. At Beijing in 2008, silver again.
And finally, at London in 2012, the gold, standing at the top of the podium at last.
The U.S. is on its way to an unprecedented fifth straight podium finish in women’s water polo. The women beat Hungary in a semifinal, 14-10, to advance to the gold-medal game. The U.S. will face Italy on Friday at 3:30 p.m. in the first matchup of previous gold medal winners.
Italy, which won the gold medal in 2004, is the last team to defeat the U.S. in a major competition. The U.S. has won 21 consecutive matches since a 10-9 loss to Italy in July 2015.
Four members of the U.S. team, Melissa Seidemann, Maggie Steffens, Courtney Mathewson and Kami Craig, were on the championship team in London. Craig also won silver in Beijing.
“I’m pretty excited to go for another medal, but it’s really about taking the opportunities as they come,” Seidemann said. “This is the first gold medal (game) for this team. I think it’s about going out there and playing like you have something to win.”
U.S. goalkeeper Ashleigh Johnson can add to a championship legacy as the first African-American on the women’s Olympic team.
“I think I’m important in that I’m bringing people to our sport and I’m letting them see our team succeed at this level,” Johnson said.
Going into Wednesday’s game, Hungary had yielded an 11-6 victory to the Americans in the group round. The U.S. women knew they could advance past this particular opponent, having done so recently, but they couldn’t let their guard down.
“Hungary is a big rival of ours,” Seidemann said. “We know they play physical. We know they play tough.”
After Hungary’s Anna Illes had an exclusion foul in the first quarter, the Americans took advantage of one less defender and Makenzie Fischer flung the ball into the net for the first point of the game.
However, Hungary scored soon after to tie the game early and again to take the lead, 2-1. Swimming down to the Hungarian end of the pool, Steffens took a shot that bounced off the post. A rebound and series of quick passes led to a score by Seidemann to tie the game, 2-2. The quarter ended 3-2 in favor of the U.S., which did not relinquish that lead the rest of the game. The U.S. was led by Steffens, whose four scores gave her a total of 16 for the tournament.
“Going out there and just grinding through some of that physicality,” Craig said of the team’s focus throughout the game.
RIO DE JANEIRO — In 2000, women’s water polo was added to the Olympic program. The U.S. team won silver. At Athens in 2004, bronze. At Beijing in 2008, silver again.
And finally, at London in 2012, the gold, standing at the top of the podium at last.
The U.S. is on its way to an unprecedented fifth straight podium finish in women’s water polo. The women beat Hungary in a semifinal, 14-10, to advance to the gold-medal game. The U.S. will face Italy on Friday at 3:30 p.m. in the first matchup of previous gold medal winners.
Italy, which won the gold medal in 2004, is the last team to defeat the U.S. in a major competition. The U.S. has won 21 consecutive matches since a 10-9 loss to Italy in July 2015.
Four members of the U.S. team, Melissa Seidemann, Maggie Steffens, Courtney Mathewson and Kami Craig, were on the championship team in London. Craig also won silver in Beijing.
“I’m pretty excited to go for another medal, but it’s really about taking the opportunities as they come,” Seidemann said. “This is the first gold medal (game) for this team. I think it’s about going out there and playing like you have something to win.”
U.S. goalkeeper Ashleigh Johnson can add to a championship legacy as the first African-American on the women’s Olympic team.
“I think I’m important in that I’m bringing people to our sport and I’m letting them see our team succeed at this level,” Johnson said.
Going into Wednesday’s game, Hungary had yielded an 11-6 victory to the Americans in the group round. The U.S. women knew they could advance past this particular opponent, having done so recently, but they couldn’t let their guard down.
“Hungary is a big rival of ours,” Seidemann said. “We know they play physical. We know they play tough.”
After Hungary’s Anna Illes had an exclusion foul in the first quarter, the Americans took advantage of one less defender and Makenzie Fischer flung the ball into the net for the first point of the game.
However, Hungary scored soon after to tie the game early and again to take the lead, 2-1. Swimming down to the Hungarian end of the pool, Steffens took a shot that bounced off the post. A rebound and series of quick passes led to a score by Seidemann to tie the game, 2-2. The quarter ended 3-2 in favor of the U.S., which did not relinquish that lead the rest of the game. The U.S. was led by Steffens, whose four scores gave her a total of 16 for the tournament.
“Going out there and just grinding through some of that physicality,” Craig said of the team’s focus throughout the game.
Judge issues search warrants, seizure of passports for 2 US swimmers, including Ryan Lochte, around alleged robbery.
