Bolt says this is goodbye; Lochte says he’s sorry
Bolt, who has won the 100, 200 and 4×100 relay gold medals at Beijing, London and now Rio, crossed in 37.27 seconds. The Jamaicans, with the second-fastest time in qualifiers, are always formidable.
Gold medal finals coverage continues on U.S. at 8 p.m. with boxing, men’s freestyle wrestling, and taekwondo at 10 p.m. She appealed but failed to overturn the ruling. Next up for Mike Krzyzewski’s team will be either Australia or Serbia, two teams that gave them fits in pool play. It was 36-32 U.S.in the second quarter and 53-48 U.S.in the third.
As Brazil routed Honduras in the Olympic semifinals, the crowd chanted that Germany’s “turn is coming up”. But the result was the same, with the Americans winning 82-76 to advance to Sunday’s gold medal game.
Well, here they are.
Water Polo: Women’s gold medal match 2:30 p.m. They suffered a defeat in their semifinals against Serbia.
Jamaica, the US and Belgium had the top qualifying times on Friday night for the men’s 4×400 finals, which are being run at 10:35 p.m.
WRESTLING UPSET: Defending Olympic and world champion Jordan Burroughs was stunned in the quarterfinals of men’s freestyle wrestling. Burroughs is seeking his fifth world title in just his sixth year of worldwide competition.
Inbee Park takes a two-shot lead into the final round of women’s golf at Olympic Golf Course.
Swimmer Simone Manuel, who was born in Sugar Land, became the first African American woman to win gold in an individual Olympic swimming event.
With U.S. looking susceptible to a loss in the group play, this shaped up as a winnable game for Spain and perhaps its best chance to beat the U.S.
The fifth-ranked Americans topped second-ranked Poland on Wednesday, building momentum after dropping their initial two matches before stunning Brazil and finishing off France.
In the 1,500, Kenyans Asbel Kiprop and Ronald Kwemoi are good shots for medals at 9 p.m. Other boxing matches include the women’s middleweight semifinals, the men’s flyweight semifinals, the men’s light welterweight semifinals and the men’s super heavyweight semifinals.
The two most successful nations in Olympic boxing will meet with a gold medal on the line for the first time in 20 years.
South Africa’s Caster Semenya has dominated the 800 meters this year and is a favorite to win the gold medal at 9:15 p.m. No team has come close to beating the Americans in this tournament.
The victory sends Italy to Sunday’s final against the Russia-Brazil victor.
The bronze is being contested between Hungary and Russian Federation at 11:20 a.m.
But the USA was disqualified for a pass outside the exchange lane and the bronze went instead to Canada, something the Americans didn’t realize until they were trotting around the track draped in flags and smiles.
Mariana Pajon of Colombia tries to defend her gold medal in BMX cycling when the women return to the track.
Golf Channel presents final round coverage of the women’s golf competition, beginning at 6 a.m., with the leaders concluding their final round around 2:30 p.m.in quest of a place on the medal stand.
Brazil’s Isaquias Queiroz chases his third medal in Rio in the men’s canoe doubles as the flatwater sprint competition wraps up. All five American riders – three men and two women – remain in the field with the United States hoping to return to the podium after getting shut out in London in 2012.