What to watch at the Rio Games on Monday

When Cameron DeCort arrived Rio with his family from the airport and drove to their hotel to begin a week of watching the Olympic games, the 15-year-old noticed a odd sight. In 2009, at the height of Brazil’s commodity-driven economic boom, Lula led a diplomatic effort to bring the Olympics to Brazil as part of his campaign to become a world leader, much like Putin did with the Sochi Games. Each country can enter just two competitors.

-Simone Biles, who has a legitimate chance to pull in a record five gold medals from gymnastics.

“Brazilians are very dissatisfied”, Fabiana Amaral, 32, said as she visited the Olympic flame burning in a redeveloped pedestrian area of central Rio.

Next, Maya DiRado, the 23-year-old Stanford grad who is retiring from swimming after the Olympics.

Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, looks to add to his record 22 medals.

Three-time doubles gold medalists Serena and Venus Williams lost an Olympic match as partners for the first time, stunned in the opening round by the Czech Republic’s Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova 6-3, 6-4.

From serves into the net early and others that sailed long, to kill attempts that fell wide and missed blocks, the Americans were off from the start.

Looking for some United States of America basketball, men’s and women’s variety?

More than half a dozen world records have tumbled on the first two days of full competition and more athletes, some yet unknown, will leave their mark here, the International Olympic Committee President told Reuters in an interview. Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen won gold.

Women’s sabre medals begin with the bronze bout is set for 5:15 p.m. and the gold for 5:45 p.m. Russia’s Sofya Velikaya and Ukraine’s Olga Kharlan are among those to watch. The Americans will need to clean up their routines to have a shot at a medal.

Men’s and women’s beach volleyball preliminaries run through the day after opening rounds Saturday. Players readying for the 12 p.m. women’s basketball match between France and Turkey say they hope to present a unified front for those back home.

At 30, Natasha Hastings is making her second Olympic appearance and could factor into the 400-meter mix, as well as the relay team.

One of the most anticipated races Monday night will be the women’s 100 breaststroke final because of the trash talking that occurred the previous night. “Amazing, fantastic match for me”, del Potro said.

Women and men compete for medals in the lightweight divisions (57kg and 73kg, respectively), with bouts taking place through the day. But when the big Argentine is healthy and smacking his signature forehand around the court, his play is worthy of the gold-medal match – no matter that his backhand is still a work in progress.

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