Death, doping and disrespect at Rio Olympics

Her victory – the last before her retirement – was considered unlikely against Hungary’s “Iron Lady” Katinka Hosszu, who ultimately came in second. She’s looking to complete a sweep of the 200, 400 and 800 freestyles for the first time since the 1968 Mexico City Games. Officially, they lasted for almost five months, had a marathoner disqualified for using a auto on the route, another marathoner likely miss a medal because he ate rotten apples on the course and stopped for a nap, saw gymnast George Eyser win six medals despite having a wooden leg and featured events such as dumbbells and tug-of-war. The winning time was 2:20.30.

“I was at the Casa Italia event the other night and they were approaching their 200th gold medal, I think they have one more to go, so it just goes to show the scale of accomplishment our athletes have achieved over the many years”, said United States Olympic Committee chairman Larry Probst. Upset in the first round in singles and doubles while battling a virus, the four-time gold medallist was a late entrant into mixed doubles. Her time in Rio comes to an end with four gold medals, one silver and immeasurable anticipation for her next go-round in the Olympic games.

The Brazilian women, meanwhile, have an entire nation of 209 million people rooting for them when they meet Australia on Friday.

There are six sprinters to watch: Elaine Thompson of Jamaica, Murielle Ahoure of the Ivory Coast, Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands and Americans English Gardner, Tianna Bartoletta and Tori Bowie. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the two-time defending Olympic champion, is also in the field. Merritt is the 2008 champion and van Niekerk is a South African who surprised those two to win the world championships previous year.

Phelps qualified fourth fastest in 51.60 seconds for the 100 fly.

Diro was involved in a tangle in the pack and lost her right shoe during the third heat in qualifying.

Iglesias won gold in 2012 and bronze in 2008 as a light welterweight, but the 27-year-old moved to welterweight for his third Olympics.

It was one to remember, however, thanks to Carter, whose father Mike won silver in the shot put at the 1984 Olympics and who became only the second American woman after Earlene Brown in 1960 to medal in the event since it was introduced in 1948. Now, the 31-year-old will return to Arizona with his fiancée and their 3-month-old son, Boomer, and settle into fatherhood.

The dominating United States teams are back on the court.

David Boudia and Steele Johnson hope to win their first Olympic medal as a team in Monday night’s final.

The U.S. women, coming off a rare draw against Colombia, continue into the quarterfinals at 1 p.m. against Sweden.

American Olivia Smoliga finished sixth at 58.95. Led by standout striker Marta, the Brazilians will surely be eager for revenge, since Australia knocked them out of the Women’s World Cup a year ago. 1-0 in the round of 16.

In other men’s soccer matches, Portugal takes on Germany, Nigeria goes up against Denmark and Korea faces Honduras. Rose made two eagles in the opening five holes and shot a 6-under 65 to build a one-shot lead over British Open champion Henrik Stenson.

The U.S. now has 26 total medals, with nine gold medals, 8 silver medals and 9 bronze medals. She missed the 200 free final in her only other individual event in Rio.

The men’s heavyweight semifinals start at 12:45 p.m. with Evegeny Tishchenko of Russian Federation vs Rustam Tulaganov of Uzbekistan. Ervin, the 2000 Olympic champion in the 50, was clocked in 21.63.

The U.S. men, who play Serbia on Friday, are still the team to beat.

While Ledecky, at 19, is the youngest member of the USA team, Ervin is the oldest at 35.

In fencing, Romania beat top-ranked China to win the gold medal in women’s epee.

The men’s 100 meter finals are on Sunday, and Bolt has told his parents he’s ready despite a sore hamstring.