Women Won the Most Medals for Team USA at the Rio Olympics

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday congratulated Brazil, the city of Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian people, the Rio 2016 Local Organizing Committee and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for having successfully concluded the 2016 Olympic Games.

The 2016 Olympics undoubtedly belonged to the women from the United States of America as they dominated the proceedings and sent a clear message: women from the United States run the sports world.

The most popular athletes included U.S. swimmers Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky, gymnast Simone Biles, footballer Neymar and sprinter Usain Bolt.

Here’s a look at the percentage of U.S. medals won over time by the women (not including mixed-gender sports and events).

Puerto Rico – Monica Puig won the gold medal in women’s tennis making it the Island nation’s first gold in their 18th trip to the Olympic Games.

Celebratory post by Neymar Jr., Brazilian soccer player whose penalty kick helped win Brazil its first national medal in soccer, was Facebook’s second-most shared post and the most-tweeted about moment during the Olympics. “This is the most ambitious task in the media business, and our team. all deserve a gold medal”.

In the preparations for Rio 2016, British expertise played a role in various areas – from the intense collaboration between our police and security forces with regard to public safety to the significant influence of British architects in the design of the Olympic Park.

The previous record for US medals at a fully attended Olympics was 110, set at Beijing eight years ago.

China took the third slot claiming one gold less than Britain but overall three more medals (26-18-26).

NBC had decidedly mixed results when it comes to ratings for its 17 days of coverage from the Summer Olympics in Rio.

Overall, of the many legacies from the Rio 2016 Olympics, the one most dear to me is the knowledge that the Games have brought Brazil and the United Kingdom closer together. The British won 67 medals in Rio, 27 of them gold.

Host Brazil captured seven gold medals and 19 overall to finish in 13th place.

The Rio Olympics ended with a spectacular carnival-inspired closing ceremony, and the official handover to 2020 hosts Tokyo. He also became the all-time leading scorer in USA men’s Olympic history.

After their humiliating exit in a 7-1 defeat to Germany at the World Cup two years ago, Brazil were determined to claim a maiden Olympic gold in the men’s football tournament.

The women’s 400 metre final went down to the wire, but Shaunae Miller’s dive for gold saw her pip Allyson Felix to the line by 0.07 seconds.

Rousseff, who denies breaking the law and condemns the trial as a “coup”, has paid a heavy price for the recession and a massive corruption scandal at state oil giant Petrobras – which is separate from her impeachment case but has stained the entire political class.

The fourth round was simply a coronation for a fighter who put women’s boxing on the map.

The Rio Games welcomed the debut of a refugees team.

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL: The United States rallied from a two-set deficit against Russian Federation in volleyball on Sunday to win the Olympic bronze medal with a 3-2 victory.

The Americans linked arms in a tight circle and hopped in celebration as the crowd chanted “U-S-A!” The US men (55) would have ranked fifth. In his final Olympic event, the sprinting icon surged away and sealed the 4×100-meter relay for Jamaica.

India, for the record, finished in tied-67th place alongside Mongolia, with one silver and one bronze. Rupp became the first American to medal in this event since Meb Keflezighi won silver in 2004.

In fact, the Rio ratings were the first time the TV audience declined from the previous Summer Olympics since the games in Sydney, Australia back in 2000.