Phelps goes out with gold in 4×100 relay

Hope you can stick around awhile. Officials blame the green water on algae, poor maintenance, heat and more swimmers than expected using the facility.

Organisers now run the risk of heavy fines if they spend this money. He plans to marry Johnson after the Olympics and said he wants to watch his son grow, maybe even dole out a swimming lesson or two.

Roche guessed on Twitter that he got sick from a “bad aircon in Rio”. He finished 29th after dropping a chain on the base of the final climb.

Justin Gatlin of the U.S., considered Bolt’s main rival for the gold medal, recorded the fastest time of the heats with 10.01 seconds. At a meeting with the female athletes on the eve of the games, he told them about the Homestead Act, the 1862 law that encouraged America’s westward migration by providing free land to settlers. She became the first African-American woman to win an Olympic swimming title with her win in the 100 free. Still, he won comfortably in 14:34.57.

It’s impossible not to watch Usain Bolt when he’s on the track. The track evening session begins at 4:20 p.m., with the men’s 100 m final at 7:25 p.m.

Seeded second, Kerber won the Australian Open in January and was the runner-up at Wimbledon last month.

Three Americans qualified for the 100 semifinals: Justin Gatlin, Trayvon Bromell and Marvin Bracy.

Britain were sixth following Walker-Hebborn’s backstroke leg, but a blistering breaststroke stint from Peaty – a split time of 56.59 – saw the fastest qualifiers surge into the lead.

The two golfers were undefeated as partners two years ago at the Ryder Cup. Australia were second and Denmark third.

Beyond that, Ledecky pointed to a US trials format that sets up the team to perform well at the Olympics. It’s the first US gold in the event since 2004.

“I’m not going four more years and I’m standing by that”, he said.

Go Dawgs! UW rowers are bleeding purple and Olympic gold after the USA women won the eight this morning.

There’s something to be said for the camaraderie displayed by the American team.

American Jeff Henderson won the long jump with a leap of 8.38m, and immediately dedicated the victory to his mother, who has Alzheimer’s disease. The Americans haven’t been beaten since 2006, winning every world championships and Olympic title since then.

“We are going to have team medals, live site at Olympic Park with more attractions”.

In the women’s 4×100-meter medley relay, Simone Manuel, Dana Vollmer, Lilly King and Kathleen Baker – a lot of them already historic figures in their own rights – notched the US its 1,000th Olympic gold medal. Nadal plays Japan’s Nishikori Kei for the bronze.

“We feel so fortunate to be part of this team”, said Eleanor Logan, who was also part of the gold medal teams in 2008 and 2012.

The women’s doubles gold will either go to Martina Hingis and Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland or Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina of Russian Federation.

Olympic rowing ended today with Great Britain winning the men’s eight gold to top the medal table for the third successive Games.

Great Britain’s Mo Farah became became a back-to-back gold medalist in the 10,000-meter race after he finished first in 27:05.17, despite stumbling at one point during the race. Not the final kick of rival Paul Tanui. He initially retired after the 2012 London Olympics, only to decide about a year later to return. The water at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center has been green-tinged and murky for five days. So, they’re draining the larger pool to transfer almost 1 million gallons from a nearby practice pool.

The synchronized swimmers go into action Sunday, as do the wrestlers.

In the end, this is the way he wanted to go.

Phelps was beaten in his last Olympic individual race Friday night by a 21-year-old who grew up idolizing him.

“It turned out pretty cool”, Phelps said, another gold medal around his neck. “Being able to cap it off with these Games is just the flawless way to finish”.

To put this in perspective, no other Olympian has more than nine golds.

With all the medal contests in the next 48 hours, there’s a good chance the top 10 will be reshuffled by the end of the weekend.

“It’s not even once in a generation”, said his coach, Bob Bowman.

It was the kind of expansive public demonstration the old Phelps rarely allowed himself, just as the old Phelps wouldn’t have let himself get too emotional on the 200m medley medal stand, knowing he had a 100m butterfly semi coming up.