It is an absolutely packed day, with six different
gold medal finals taking place over the course of the afternoon.
There are still five
gold medal finals remaining on the day's schedule.
Qualifying heats will be shown at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. in all time zones, while the four
gold medal finals will be on NBC from 7 p.m. until midnight — along with other sports — in all time zones.
In
the gold medal final of the men's long jump, the host country of Great Britain got a chance to cheer as Greg Rutherford took home the top prize.
Not exact matches
American Lilly King took home the
gold medal in Monday's 100m breaststroke
final, then got in one last dig against Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova.
The American gymnast is the breakout star of this Games»
Final Five, earning a handful of
medals: four
gold and one bronze.
Rafaela Silva of Brazil celebrates after winning the
gold medal in the Women's -57 kg Final - Gold Medal Contest on Day 3 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Ga
gold medal in the Women's -57 kg Final - Gold Medal Contest on Day 3 of the Rio 2016 Olympic G
medal in the Women's -57 kg
Final -
Gold Medal Contest on Day 3 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Ga
Gold Medal Contest on Day 3 of the Rio 2016 Olympic G
Medal Contest on Day 3 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Michael Phelps celebrates with his
gold medal during the podium ceremony for the Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Final.
Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates winning the
gold medal in the men's 4x100 - meter relay
final during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 19, 2016.
FILE - In this file photo dated Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, Kenya's Asbel Kiprop celebrates winning the
gold medal in the men's 1500m
final at the World Athletics Championships at the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing.
At last summer's worldchampionships Ziegler won
gold medals in the 1,500 and 800 freestyles, andHardy set a world record of 1:06.20 in the 100 breaststroke semifinals beforefinishing second in the
final to Australia's Leisel Jones.
The United States was second to Australia going into the last leg of the women's 4x200 - meter freestyle relay
final Wednesday at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but Allison Schmitt turned in yet another dominant swim to help the team set an Olympic record at 7:42.92 and win the
gold medal.
The signature event of the Olympics will take place Sunday afternoon as Jamaica's Usain Bolt looks to defend his
gold medal in the men's 100m
finals in track and field.
The all - time greatest Olympic champion will take to the water one
final time in the 4x100 medley relay, where the Americans are expected to win and capture Phelps» 18th career
gold medal to close out his competitive swimming career.
The 22 - year - old swam the last leg in 1:54:09, just a half second over her
gold medal winning time in the individual 200 - meter freestyle
final.
Sanya Richards - Ross, one of the stars of the U.S. Olympic Track and Field team, lived up to her massive potential and captured the
gold medal in the
finals of the 400m dash.
The Russians came fast in the
final week to win the most
medals, but the Americans had the most
golds and the real victory.
The Jamaican sprinter took home the
gold medal in the men's 100m
final for the second straight Olympics.
Russia added another
gold medal to its count on Monday at the 2016 Rio Olympics, when men's Greco - Roman wrestler Davit Chakvetadze bested Zhan Beleniuk of Ukraine in the 85 kg division
finals.
In the end they forced a move of the gymnastic competition to the larger Winnipeg Arena where, on the
final night, there was a standing - room - only crowd of 10,000, as the U.S.'s Mark Cohn, a magna cum laude graduate of Temple University, won the side horse, and Linda Jo Metheny, a 19 - year - old University of Illinois physical - education major, won four
gold medals in her shocking fuchsia tights.
The handball competition will begin on August 6, and the women's
gold medal game will be held on Saturday, August 20 with the men's
final taking place the next day.
He helped his team to a
gold medal at the 1952 Olympics, although he missed out on World Cup success, as his side were controversially beaten in the 1954
final, losing 3 - 2 to West Germany.
American David Boudia wins
gold medal in men's platform diving on
final dive, first
gold for a U.S. male diver in 20 years.
Two very quick thoughts on
medal - stories from the day's action 1) The «Tall and talented» programme bears fruit So the hosts got on the
Gold medal board today, courtesy Heather Stanning and Helen Glover who absolutely dominated the women's pair rowing
final at Eton Dorney.
The men's
gold medal game is set for Sunday, August 21st, with the women's
final taking place on Saturday, the 20th.
In the 1994 Olympics at Lillehammer he was the heart of the Canadian team that won the silver
medal, missing the
gold when he failed to score in a shoot - out in the
finals against Sweden.
In Sunday night's
final of the 100 meters — the event in which Bolt, now 25, won the 2008 Olympic
gold medal and the»09 world title, lowering the world record from 9.72 to 9.58 seconds — the world's most famous runner false - started and was disqualified from the race.
After winning just one
medal in the first five events of the Games (Julia Mancuso's unexpected bronze in the super combined, boosting her U.S. women's record
medal total to four), the U.S. won four
medals in the
final five events, beginning with a silver and a bronze by Andrew Weibrecht and Bode Miller, respectively, in the Super-G, followed by Ted Ligety's dominant
gold as the heavy favorite in the giant slalom and, finally, Shiffrin's
gold.
Instead, he played a lead role in a
gold medal win, saving his only double - double of the tournament for the
final game.
Shannon Rowbury will try to net the United States another
gold medal in the women's 1500 meters and there will be U.S. athletes competing in all of the
gold medal events, with the exception of the
finals in the women's hammer throw.
Team USA is playing its
final tune - up before the Olympics begin in London next week against a team many consider a major roadblock to a second consecutive
gold medal for the Americans: Argentina.
It was all USA in the
final, as Kevin Durant led the way for the Americans as they captured their third straight
gold medal.
Megumi Field (Cerritos, Calif.) earned another
gold medal, this time in the 12 & Under solo
final.
Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge added Commonwealth Games
gold to their Olympic bronze as England took two
gold and two silver
medals from the
final day of badminton action.
Olympic bronze medallists Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis add Commonwealth
gold to their haul as English badminton players win four
medals on
final day
After a difficult penultimate race day, the British duo faced an uphill battle to try and wrest
gold from the grip of the Austrian defending champions Lara Vadlau and Jolanta Ogar, who started the
final 10 - boat
medal race with a near insurmountable 18 point lead.
Last year VC St Raphael won a dramatic
final in which their opponents, Science in Sport, crashed just as they were on the verge of catching them and winning the
gold medal.
The
final night of swimming action sees England's Ben Proud successfully defend his 50m freestyle title while Duncan Scott adds to his impressive
Gold Coast
medal tally.
After the Beijing Olympic men double
final, case Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng was quite down as they lost in the
gold medal match in front of their home crowd.
Germany's Nadine Kleinert, who has won silver
medals at one Olympics, three World Championships, one World Indoor Championships and one European Indoor Championships, finally took
gold, controlling the
final and then recording a best of 19.18 m in round four.
The men's team sprint trio of Joe Truman, Ryan Owens and Jack Carlin took silver in the
gold -
medal final after a series of scintillating rides.
As Michael Phelps was racing for the
final gold medal of his career, the Arlington Heights Park District was hosting a competition featuring the lifeguard staff.
Usain Bolt finishes with a
gold medal Usain Bolt ended his Olympic career by claiming an unprecedented «triple triple» and his ninth
gold as Jamaica won the 4x100m relay
final in Rio.
Also at at 11 a.m., the Empire State Building hosts the «
Final Five»
gold medal - winning U.S. Women's Gymnastics team — Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman, Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian — following their return from Rio to celebrate Team USA's success at the 2016 Olympic Games, 350 Fifth Ave., Manhattan.
The Mamfe Methodist Girls» SHS did not only place 5th in the
finals for their innovation in the area of Social Responsibility Business (SRB), but also won a
gold medal for their innovation towards the achievement of the United Nations (UN) SDG 8, which talks about promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
You may have been able to guess that it took incredible core strength to achieve those
gold medal - winning gymnastics feats, but three of the
Final Five gave us photo proof on the beaches of Rio.
Take the U.S. ice hockey team in the 1980 Winter Olympics, when a team of college kids beat both the Soviets and Finland in the
final round and won the
gold medal.
Last Raven is no exception as even after thrashing the entirety of Ninebreaker, with all of its 150
Gold medals acquired for each of its training programs, the
final entry to the PlayStation 2 Armored Core pantheon promptly blew me into oblivion on the first mission.
It becomes essential to master techniques such as bunny - hopping otherwise it becomes near - impossible to pass some of the
final stage tracks, let alone aim to achieve a faultless run and be rewarded with a shiny
gold medal.
Hockney went on to study at the Royal College of Art in London, where he was awarded the
gold medal for his year in 1962, despite having refused to write the essay component of his
final examination (Hockney asserted that he should be judged on his work alone).