US closing in on milestone 1000th gold medal

Coming to Rio with three all-around world titles in a row and a total of 10 gold medals from the World Championships, Biles has been the odds-on favorite in many events at the 2016 Olympic 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.

Charlotte Dujardin is in a strong position to defend her Olympic dressage title, now in first place in the individual competition following the Grand Prix stage, with Team GB in silver medal position in the team rankings. The most money ever made from a medal sale was $1.47 million for the gold medal that was awarded to runner Jesse Owens in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

But, before you get into the Olympic medal business, keep in mind that most don’t go for that kind of cash.

The U.S. leads the way with 16 gold medals, followed by China with 11 and Japan with seven.

The 28-year-old, not only won the race but sealed it with a world record time of 57.13 seconds.

Chloe Tutton narrowly missed out on a medal on her Olympic debut, finishing an impressive fourth in the 200m breaststroke.

When athletes do sell their metals, it can be a sign that they are “in bad shape financially”, IOC Collectors Commission member Jim Greensfelder told USA Today. That’s every Winter and Summer Games since 2006.

“Wait I posted the wrong one!” she captioned the second shot, after accidentally cropping herself out of the first image.

The Chinese Swimming Association says 18-year-old Chen Xinyi has tested positive for the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide after she finished fourth in the women’s 100-meter butterfly Sunday, missing a bronze medal by nine-hundredths of a second.

Rhode is looking forward to her opportunity to win a medal in her sixth consecutive Olympics, but such a chance to make history doesn’t come without a bit of pressure.

American Simone Biles heads into the women’s individual all around gymnastics competition at the Rio Olympics with a none-too shabby record: she has already won three world championships and a team Olympic gold just a few days ago. Saada was arrested last Friday on allegations he sexually assaulted two Brazilian housekeepers in the village.

Franklin is trying her best to keep a good attitude about Rio, but she told the San Francisco Chronicle’s Ann Killion, “right now, it sucks”. “That was really good”. In a coup for US-Canadian relations, the prodigious duo finished in a dead heat, beating Aussie star sisters Bronte and Cate Campbell.The result meant that Manuel became the first African American woman to win individual swimming gold.

Germany was second in the medals standings, with 13.

Elsewhere, US judoka Kayla Harrison won back-to-back Olympic titles in women’s 78kg event.