Lochte, Phelps race in 200m medley showdown

Here are the top stories you need to know about from Wednesday in Brazil.

On the sixth night of swimming in Rio de Janeiro, the Campbell sisters seek the same golden prize in the women’s 100 freestyle. She previously won silver in the 400-meter individual medley and bronze in the 200-meter individual medley. And if Team USA doesn’t medal at all, Italy would have grabbed bronze, their first and only medal in the event since they started fielding a team in 1972.

“I think my emotions are so high right now that I just want to soak that in and figure out the rest later”. Coverage of the preliminary heats begin at 12 p.m. EDT.

Lubna Al-Omair of Saudi Arabia during the 2016 Rio Olympics fencing in Rio de Janeiro Wednesday. As a 2-year-old, she had a brush with Michael Jordan during a Washington Wizards game back when he was a part owner of the team.

Other medal events include men’s 50 meter pistol shooting, men’s slalom canoeing, several divisions of both men’s and women’s judo and women’s individual table tennis.

Also in action Tuesday will be Ryan Lochte, swimming his first Rio race as part of the USA men’s 4x200m freestyle relay team, and Maya DiRado, who claimed silver in the women’s 400m individual medley on Saturday and has a chance to add a second medal in Tuesday’s 200m IM final. Phelps won each time and Lochte finished second, third and second.

A little more than 24 hours after winning the 200-meter freestyle, Ledecky anchored the 4×200-meter free relay, helping a team that included Allison Schmitt, Leah Smith and Maya Dirado to a almost two-second win over Australia, finishing in 7:43.03.

Ledecky anchored a squad that included Allison Schmitt, Leah Smith and Maya DiRado to a win over Australia, the only other country to triumph in the event at the Summer Games. The 200 IM is Lochte’s only individual event of the Olympics and he has been concentrating on the event for weeks.

Anna Espar Llaquet of Spain and Courtney Mathewson of the United States contest the ball during the Preliminary Round, Group B Womens Waterpolo match between Spain and the U.S. on Day 4 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre on August 9, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The U.S. women’s gymnastics team took gold for a second consecutive Olympics.

This is Adrian’s sixth career Olympic medal.

The triumph was never in doubt, their score of 184.897 at the Rio Games was more than eight points clear of the field.

His remarkable talent in the pool has earned him 21 gold medals.

“That’s a lot of medals”, grinned the American.

Yosuhiro Koseki of Japan went out fast and was more than a second under world-record pace at the final turn.

Oh, and let’s not forget Missy Franklin, the darling of the London Games. After pinning second-seeded Clarisse Agbegnenou of France to the mat for 20 seconds, just two minutes into the fight, Trstenjak scored an automatic ippon victory. The women’s bronze medals were won by Yarden Gerbi of Israel and Anicka Van Emden of the Netherlands.

France won their first gold of Rio in the equestrian team events. The day was capped by the 19-year-old Biles, a fan favorite, whose boundary-pushing floor exercise showed just how far ahead they are of everyone else.