2016 Olympics

[BridgeTroll]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/10/sports/olympics/schedule-rio-medals-watch-summer-games.html?_r=0

Ledecky wins again... 43 year old woman wins in bicycling event in 3rd straight Olympics...

The medal count... for those who care...

                        G       S     B     Total
United States   11    11    10    32
China                 10     5     8    23
Japan                 6     1    11     18
Australia            5     2    5       12
Hungary            5     1    1       7

Rio Olympics: Here's What Happened Wednesday
By THE NEW YORK TIMES

Katie Ledecky and the U.S. 4x200 relay team won the gold medal Wednesday, to the surprise of no one. Since the event became a part of the Olympics in 1996, the Americans have won five of six.

Ledecky anchored a squad that included Allison Schmitt, Leah Smith and Maya DiRado to a 1.84 second victory over Australia, the only other country to triumph in the event at the Summer Games. Canada was third. The Americans were trailing by 89-hundredths of a second when Ledecky hit the water. She split 1 minute 53.74 seconds, to stop the clock at 7:43.03.

Move Over, Michael Phelps. Sort of.

The American cyclist Kristin Armstrong won her third consecutive gold medal in the individual road time trial on Wednesday, becoming the first person to win the same Olympic cycling event three times in a row.

What's more, Armstrong — no relation to Lance — accomplished the feat one day shy of her 43rd birthday, which also makes her the oldest woman to have won an Olympic cycling gold medal.

"We've been told we should be finished at a certain age, but there are a lot of athletes out there who are showing that's not true," said Armstrong, who overcame a nose bleed at the 12-kilometer mark.

Armstrong completed the 29.8-kilometer (18.5-mile) course in 44 minutes 26.42 seconds, just ahead of Olga Zabelinskaya of Russia, who finished in 44:31.97. Anna van der Breggen of the Netherlands won the bronze medal.

Soon after her win, Armstrong got a pat on the back from another athlete who seemed to defy age: Barry Bonds. A cycling enthusiast, Bonds posted an image from the race and wrote, "Congratulations Kristin Armstrong 3 time gold medalist," on his Instagram account.

Remarkably, Armstrong almost did not make it to Rio. She came out of retirement in 2015, three years after calling it quits. Her latest gold medal was "the most gratifying," she said. "It was the hardest of my Olympic journeys."

Men's basketball: The United States had an unaccustomed scare in men's basketball, beating Australia by only 98-88. The U.S. trailed by 5 at the half and needed some big 3's late by Carmelo Anthony to win. Patty Mills of the San Antonio Spurs led Australia with 30 points; Anthony had 31 for the United States.

Men's gymnastics all-around: Kohei Uchimura of Japan, often called the greatest gymnast ever, retained his title. He delivered a 15.8 with a difficult high bar routine to overtake Oleg Verniaiev of Ukraine on the final apparatus. The practically unbeatable Uchimura has also won the last six world championship all-around titles.

No Medal for U.S. Rugby Sevens: The American men lost to Fiji, 24-19, and were eliminated from the competition. The United States missed by the narrowest of margins: Its point differential, plus-18, was just 1 short of that of New Zealand, which grabbed the last spot in the quarterfinals.

Daryl Homer Wins Rare American Silver in Fencing

Daryl Homer of the United States won the silver medal in men's saber, missing a chance to become the first American man to win an Olympics fencing gold medal in more than a century.

Homer, who fences out of the Manhattan Fencing Center and was seeded 10th, beat fencers from Kazakhstan, Germany and Iran on the way to the final.

The gold medal match was aggressive and quick, like most saber matchups. Homer quickly fell behind Aron Szilagyi of Hungary and lost, 15-8. With the silver, Homer became the first American medalist in saber since Peter Westbrook won a bronze in 1984.

The last American gold medal for a man in fencing came at the 1904 St. Louis Games in the single sticks event, in which combatants belted each other with long wooden sticks. The winner, Albertson van zo Post, prevailed over a field of three, all of them Americans.

[BridgeTroll]

More US domination is the water and women's gymnastics...
Ryan Murphy of Jacksonville wins second gold...
Who knew we had a women's gold in Judo??

Archery
Women's individual

Gold--Hyejin Chang, South Korea
Silver--Lisa Unruh, Germany
Bronze—Bobae Ki, South Korea

Basketball (men)

Croatia 80, Brazil 76
Spain 96, Nigeria 87
Lithuania 81, Argentina 73

Basketball (women)

Turkey 74, Belarus 71
France 74, Brazil 64
Australia 92, Japan 86

Canoe/Kayak
Men's canoe double slalom

Gold--Slovakia, 1:41.98
Silver-Great Britain, 1:32.01
Bronze--France, 1:43.24

Women's kayak single

Gold--Maialen Chourraut, Spain, 1:38.65
Silver--Luuka Jones, New Zealand, 1:41.82
Bronze--Jessica Fox, Australia, 1:42.49

Cycling
Men's team sprint

Gold--Britain (Philip Hindes, Jason Kenny, Callum Skinner)
Silver--New Zealand (Edward Dawkins, Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster, Zac Williams)
Bronze--France (Gregory Bauge, Michael D'Almeida, Francois Pervis)

Field hockey (men)

Netherlands 2, India 1
Ireland 4, Canada 2
Argentina 4, Germany 4
Belgium 3, Spain 1

Field hockey (women)

Spain 2, Germany 1
Australia 1, Argentina 0
United States 3, India 0

Gymnastics (women)
All-around

Gold--Simone Biles, United States
Silver--Aly Raisman, United States
Bronze--Aliya Mustafina, Russia

Handball (men)

Tunisia 26, Qatar 25
Poland 33, Egypt 25
Croatia 27, Denmark 24
Brazil 33, Germany 30
Slovenia 29, Sweden 24
France 31, Argentina 24

Judo
Men's 100-kilogram

Gold--Lukas Krpalek, Czech Republic.
Silver--Elmar Gasimov, Azerbaijan.
Bronze--Cyrille Maret, France.
Bronze--Ryunosuke Haga, Japan.

Women's 78-kilogram

Gold--Kayla Harrison, United States
Silver--Audrey Tcheumeo, France
Bronze--Mayra Aguiar, Brazil
Bronze--Anamari Velensek, Slovenia

Rowing
Men's quadruple sculls

Gold--Germany, 6:06.81
Silver--Australia, 6:07.96
Bronze--Estonia, 6:10.65

Women's quadruple sculls

Gold--Germany, 6:49.39
Silver--Netherlands, 6:40.33
Bronze--Poland, 6:50.86

Men's coxless pair

Gold--New Zealand, 6:59.71
Silver--South Africa, 7:02.51
Bronze--Italy, 7:04.52

Women's double sculls

Gold--Poland, 7:40.10
Silver--Great Britain, 7:41.05
Bronze--Lithuania, 7:43.56

Men's double sculls

Gold--Croatia, 6:50.28
Silver--Lithuania, 6:51.39
Bronze--Norway, 6:53.25

Men's coxless lightweight four

Gold--Switzerland, 6:20.51
Silver--Denmark, 6:21.97
Bronze--France, 6:22.85

Rugby (men)

Gold--Fiji 43, Britain 7
Bronze--South Africa 54, Japan 14
Fiji 20, Japan 5 (semifinals)
Great Britain 7, South Africa 5 (semifinals)
New Zealand 24, France 19 (placing 5-8)
Argentina 26, Australia 21 (placing 5-8)
United States 24, Spain 12 (ninth-place game)
Kenya 24, Brazil 0 (11th-place game)

Shooting
Women's 50-meter rifle, three positions final

Gold--Barbara Engleder, Germany, 458.6
Silver--Binbin Zhang, China, 458.4
Bronze--Du Li, China, 447,4

Swimming (men)
200-meter backstroke

Gold--Ryan Murphy, United States
Silver--Mitchell Larkin, Australia
Bronze--Evgeny Rylov, Russia

200-meter individual medley

Gold--Michael Phelps, United States
Silver--Kosuke Hagino, Japan
Bronze--Shun Wang, China

Women
200-meter breaststroke

Gold--Rie Kaneto, Japan
Silver--Yulia Efimova, Russia
Bronze--Jinglin Shi, China

100-meter freestyle (tie for 1st)

Gold--Simone Manuel, United States
Gold--Penny Oleksiak, Canada
Bronze--Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden

Table Tennis
Men's singles

Gold--Ma Long, China 4, Zhang Jike, China 0
Bronze--Jun Mizutani, Japan 4, Vladimir Samsonov, Belarus, 1

Semifinals

Ma Long (China) 4, Jun Mizutani (Japan) 2
Zhang Jike (China) 4, Vladimir Samsonov (Belarus) 1

Volleyball (men)

Iran 3, Cuba 0
Russia 3, Egypt 0
Poland 3, Argentina 0
France 3, Canada 0
Italy 3, Mexico 0
United State 3, Brazil 1

Water Polo (women)

Russia 14, Brazil 7
Italy 8, Australia 7
United States 12, China 4
Spain 11, Hungary 10

[Adam White]

Stay classy, USA (or Hope Solo - it doesn't appear that anyone else on the team was this rude):

http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/11102/us-womens-team/2016/08/12/26454522/rio-olympics-hope-solo-calls-sweden-cowards-after-usa-defeat

[YouGotSkeels]

The US Women's 8 National Rowing Team doesn't get the media attention it should.  They won gold today.  For 10 years, they have been the best in the water.  They have been the best in the world.  They have dominated.

I knew nothing about rowing until I met my wife who coaches crew.  So, yeah . . . I got a special glimpse inside the world of crew. I came to understand the dynamics of the sport and now have a great appreciation for how much of a team sport Rowing is - you cannot keep the boat afloat, much less row it without each rower being on the same page.  In order to be successful, every rower needs to be a strong athlete with great endurance and tenacious grit. They must be well coached, show great discipline in their technique and stroke as a unit.  Timing and length is everything.  It's a difficult sport.  I know.  I tried it once and nearly fell out of the boat. The Women's Team won Gold today, congrats! But, they have been doing it for 10 years now.  Amazing!

[JaxAvondale]

Schooling (Bolles Alum) beats Phelps! 4 Gold medals from the Jacksonville area with Schooling, Murphy, & Dressel.

[spuwho]

I enjoyed watching the Egyptian Womens Beach volleyball team play. They wore modest sport clothes and one wore a hajib. They are getting roundly criticized on both sides from the Arab world, but they havent lost their spirit.

This is a perfect example of why the Olympics should exist. Competition with respect to culture.

They said they wore the clothing not for their country, but because they are devout Muslims.

The Syrian refugee and Libyan swimmers are getting harsh criticism for competing "naked".  I guess I have to ask, if one considers it offensive nudity, then why would they be watching it knowing it is permitted?

The Egyptian judo competitor who will be sanctioned because he refused to shake hands or bow after losing to an Israeli counterpart.

Saudi Arabia was going to get kicked out of the Olympics this year if they didnt permit females to participate. So this year they have 4 women on the team. Hmm, interesting dynamic at play considering Wahabism.

The Brazilian president getting impeached while a major international event us playing out in their country.

The Olympics always reflect the changes happening in the world and Rio is no different. I find it all interesting to observe.

[Keith-N-Jax]

RIO getting a lot of bad press from dirty water to substandard Olympic village. I hope Our US track competitors do much better this Olympics.

[ProjectMaximus]

Schooling (Bolles Alum) beats Phelps! 4 Gold medals from the Jacksonville area with Schooling, Murphy, & Dressel.

Santo Condorelli, a Canadian swimmer, just barely missed the podium in the 100m free. He also trained at Bolles. Interestingly I was watching the Canadian broadcast of the Olympics, where they said Condorelli trained "at an international swim academy in FL."

Also an interesting note, Schooling is the first Singaporean to win gold. The govt awards 1M SGD to its gold medal winners so Schooling will bring home a cool 700k USD. Should more than pay for that Bolles room and board...

[finehoe]

RIO getting a lot of bad press from dirty water to substandard Olympic village.

And of course this:  http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/14/sport/us-swimmers-ryan-lochte-robbed-rio-olympics/