What to watch at the Rio Games on Thursday

The US star claimed the 22nd Olympic gold of his Olympic career Thursday after powering past the opposition in the final of the 200-meter individual medley.

Armstrong covered the course through driving wind and rain in 44 minutes, 26.42 seconds, beating reigning bronze medalist Olga Zabelinskaya of Russian Federation by just 5.55 seconds. World champions Mexico face Fiji and will also be looking for their first win of the tournament.

In a statement, the organizers of the Games shared details of the driver’s report on the incident.

The frenetic finishes in the swimming pool capped a day that included a big escape by the US men’s basketball team and a stunning loss by the women’s soccer squad. “We are taking fire'”.

On Tuesday, two windows were shattered on a bus carrying journalists from an Olympic venue in the impoverished Deodoro district.

“Immediately, he looked in the rear view mirror and noticed that the passengers were lying on the ground”. She’ll likely compete in the 4×100 medley relay at 10:49 p.m. with the potential to grow her new fan base.

“I know what a gun sounds like”, she said.

Michaelson said Artur Zhol, a broadcaster from Belarus, suffered cuts to his hand from the glass and Kaan Korkmaz, an Olympic volunteer from Turkey, had a gash on his arm. He saw a police vehicle and stopped.

Rio is deploying about 85,000 soldiers and police to secure the games, twice as many as London did four years ago.

She said the bus “came under gunfire” while traveling along the TransOlympic highway, which was built for the Games.

Host nation Brazil must play big or go home Wednesday when its men’s soccer team takes on Denmark – for the country scarred by a 2014 World Cup debacle is facing another possible embarrassing elimination at home. The South African pulled off a stunning upset of Phelps at the 2012 London Games.

She was hardly a donkey among thorougbreds-Thrasher placed fourth at a World Cup event in Munich, after all-but the 19-year-old was overlooked in a field that included world No. 1 Andrea Arsovic and China’s Li Du and Yi Siling.

“We don’t know exactly what happened”, organising committee spokesman Mario Andrada said.

” All my hard work has paid off and I am really happy about it”. A representative for the team explained the players use the masks to protect themselves from powerful drag flicks, but they are then taken off and thrown behind the goal after the ball is cleared.

Men’s individual all-around finals in gymnastics, Sam Mikulak aims to dethrone Japan’s Kohei Uchimura, who’s seeking a second straight all-around gold.

Water quality has been a major issue surrounding the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, but in the ocean and lagoons, not the pools.

Women’s sabre medals begin with the bronze bout is set for 5:15 p.m. and the gold for 5:45 p.m. Russia’s Sofya Velikaya and Ukraine’s Olga Kharlan are among those to watch.

British cyclist Chris Froome, who is coming off his third Tour de France victory in four years, goes last as the men’s individual time trial takes place Wednesday.

The United States continued to rack up the medals on Monday.

Men’s and women’s beach volleyball preliminaries run through the day after opening rounds Saturday. Dutch teammate Ellen van Dijk is also a strong contender.