Russian long jumper gets OK to compete at Rio

Her challenge Tuesday comes in the floor exercise, where the American gymnast will try to fend off teammate Aly Raisma. On Monday, she looks for her fourth when she performs on the women’s balance beam.

The men will wrap up the Olympics with the high bar at 2 p.m. and parallel bar finals at 3:34 p.m. Oleg Verniaiev, who came in second to Kohei Uchimura in the men’s all-around, leads the field on parallel bars.

Cycling: Men’s omnium time trial; Women’s sprint 1/8 finals, 1/8 finals repechages, omnium scratch race Time: 9 a.m. TV: NBCSN, tape-delay programming begins at 1 p.m.

At the Rio velodrome, the British team is hoping for big things. The other secured Shaunae Miller’s win in the women’s 400 metres over Allyson Felix, the US star who missed out on her fifth Olympic gold medal.

Exploding out of the blocks Sunday, Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa broke Michael Johnson’s 17-year-old world record in the 400 meters in Rio de Janeiro, leaving two of the greatest one-lap runners of this era in his dust.

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The U.S. men’s beach volleyball team of Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena play their quarterfinal match on Monday (4 p.m.) against the defending world champions from Brazil, Alison and Bruno. The main event of a 19-fight card is at 5:15 p.m.

Brazil will face Sweden in the women’s soccer semifinals at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday, August 16 at 9 a.m. PT at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Larissa Franca Maestrini and Talita Rocha of Brazil take on Germans Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst in the other women’s semifinal.

Standing in her way is the former world champion and 2012 Silver medallist Wang Yihan.

Genevieve Lacaze of Australia competes in the Women’s 3000m Steeplechase final on Day 10 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 15, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The inaugural open water event in 2008 was staged at Beijing’s rowing and canoeing canal.

On Monday, Brazil’s Poliana Okimoto won bronze in the open water swim when France’s Aurelie Muller was disqualified for colliding with another swimmer.

Sharon van Rouwendaal claimed gold for the Netherlands. They cruised through pool play, winning the five games by an average of 40.8 points.

Felix also earned gold medals in the 4×100 and 4×400 relays in London to become the first female US track athlete to win three gold medals at a single Olympics since Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988. The Japanese also have the rare distinction of being the only team left playing in the Olympics who have beaten the USA, although that came back in 1976. Bolt blamed the hour turnaround from the semifinals to the finals for his lumbering start before he recovered to win his third consecutive gold medal and retain the title as the world’s fastest man. “We’re on a track, no brakes”.

For decades, coaches have told sprinters to “lean in” at the finish line.

“I think the stance should have been taken that Russian Federation across the board was removed from these Olympic Games”, Rutherford told ITV News.

Allyson Felix and Simone Biles are just two of the featured American athletes on Monday.

“I don’t know what happened”.

He’s feeling good. And that’s never good for his competition.

“I’m always confident going into the 200 meters”, said Bolt, who surged past Justin Gatlin to win the 100 meters on Sunday, his seventh Olympic gold.

The men were also wrapping up their individual events.

United States’ Micah Christenson prepares to serve during a men’s preliminary volleyball match against Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 7, 2016.

The American’s shutout came on a day the Rio Games were dogged by rain, wind and fire.

“It’s atrocious. It’s hard to compete in weather like this”, said Jamaican hurdler Omar McLeod, who won the first heat amid heavy rain.

“It’s a moment you’ve seen in many other sports”, Rose said. “The water is beaming down in your face and your eyes and its real hard.”.

Some sailing races were canceled and the boats raced to get back to shore safely.

At the Olympic Stadium, someone had some fun: “Singin’ in the rain” was blaring on loudspeakers.

The world track and field body has accepted a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport and says Russian long jumper Darya Klishina will be competing at the Rio Olympics. Like hundreds of athletes, Stepanova accesses the WADA system to enter her whereabouts, so doping-control officers can find her if she’s selected for out-of-competition testing.