Biles wins 4th gold in Rio following floor exercise

Day 11 of the Rio Games features medal action in gymnastics, track and field, boxing, wrestling and more.

Sweden, which has never before played in the gold medal match at the Olympics, will face Germany on Friday at the Maracana, the site of the men’s World Cup final in 2014.

The American women’s 4×100 relay team received a reprieve following a collision on a handoff and will try to make the most of it when the gun goes off at 10:15 p.m.

On the first day, former Olympic champion shooters Du Li and Yi Siling could only claim a silver and bronze, while swimmer Sun Yang came in second in the 400 metres freestyle event and then failed to qualify for the 1,500 metre freestyle final.

One of the feel-good moments in Rio occurred in the 5,000 when American Abbey D’Agostino’s was involved in a chain-reaction tumble Tuesday with New Zealand’s Nikki Hamblin and, instead of running off, D’Agostino helped her up. Jason Kenny is going for his third title of the Rio Games in the keirin at 6:14 p.m., Katy Marchant and Becky James are still alive in the individual sprint at 6:26 p.m., and Laura Trott is favored to defend her title in the women’s omnium at 5:05 p.m.

Ma Long of China plays against Quadri Aruna of Nigeria.during their Men’s team table tennis first round match at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. She and the rest of her teammates have been ordered to return their medals.

Medals are also to be awarded in the men’s 50km race walk (it starts at 8 a.m.) and the women’s 20km race walk (2:30 p.m.), and the men’s hammer throw (9:05 p.m.). American women are seeking a sweep in the 100-meter hurdles, and a showdown is on tap in the women’s 200 meters between Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands and American Tori Bowie.

This U.S. team, less talented and experienced then the last two gold medalists, has already had four games decided by 10 points or less. But the Americans were ousted by Sweden in the quarterfinals.

With the USA out, many figured host Brazil and national star Marta would be playing for gold.

As Brazil routed Honduras in the Olympic semifinals, the crowd chanted that Germany’s “turn is coming up”.

USA HOOPS: After meeting in the semifinals of the last three Olympics, the us men’s basketball team plays Argentina in the quarterfinals.

Well, here they are.

Brazil avenged a loss to Russian Federation in the 2012 London Games gold-medal match with a straight-set victory Friday night.

Men’s semifinal, 6 p.m. – CNBC (live): Australia plays its first semifinal since 2000 against a scrappy Serbian team.

The four US swimmers say they were robbed at gunpoint by men dressed as police as they returned from a party at the French swim team’s hospitality house in an upscale Rio neighborhood. The dominant woman in her division, the 21-year-old hasn’t lost a fight since the London Games, winning two world championships and a Pan-Am Games title.

Tuesday’s other semifinal match, between Canada and Germany, will be held at 4 p.m. Inbee Park of South Korea finished shot a 5-under 66 to lead by one.

The surprise was Aditi Ashok, the 18-year-old from India who had another 68 and was four shots out of the lead.

Chinese sports enthusiasts and leaders are gradually coming to terms to their athletes’ current medal haul during the 2016 Rio Olympic Games as Great Britain comes close to replacing China in second place. With star player Foluke Akinradewo injured early, the Americans came back from a 2-1 deficit to force a fifth set before falling 15-13.

A new Olympic women’s lightweight champion will be chosen when France’s Estelle Mossely takes on China’s Yin Junhua at 4 p.m.

And U.S. middleweight Claressa Shields is a huge favorite to advance to her second gold-medal Olympic bout when she takes on Kazakhstan’s Dariga Shakimova in the semifinals at 3:30 p.m.

A day after Brazil won its first swimming medal of the games – a bronze in the women’s open water event – the men take to the sewage-filled waters off Copacabana beach for their 10K race.

Italy is a ideal 5-0 in Rio, including a 12-9 victory against Russian Federation on Wednesday, and last won gold in Athens in 2004.

Australia faces Spain for the bronze at 11:30 a.m. Poland plays Germany for the bronze.

If the Chinese men can win the final event a day after the women took silver and gold, it would match their best Olympic performance ever.

Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands and Tori Bowie of the US, the silver medalist in the 100 meters at Rio, are aiming for a showdown Wednesday in the women’s 200 meters.

That’s 24 medals for the United States in track and field, including eight gold. The gold is up for grabs starting at 3:10 p.m. after two-time victor Maris Strombergs of Latvia was knocked out in a wreck-filled quarterfinal round.