Thursday, August 9, 2012

Day 14







The USA women's volleyball team advances to the gold medal match against Brazil by beating Korea 3-0, 25-20, 25-22 and 25-22.

Alysia Montano of the USA advances to the finals of the women's 800M.

The USA women's 4 by 100 relay team advances to the finals.

The USA women's water polo team wins gold beating Spain 8-5. Spain wins silver and Australia wins bronze.

The USA women's soccer team wins gold by beating Japan 2-1. Carli Lloyd scored both goals for the USA. Canada wins bronze.

Kenya's David Rudisha set a world record in the men's 800M with a time of 1 minute 40.91 seconds while winning gold.

No American medaled in the men's 200M. Usain Bolt of Jamaica wins gold with a time of 19.32 seconds. Yohan Blake of Jamaica wins silver with a time of 19.44 seconds and Warren Weir also of Jamaica wins bronze with a time of 19.84 seconds. Wallace Spearmon of the USA finished 4th with a time of 19.90 seconds.

Christian Taylor and Will Claye, both of the USA, wins gold and silver respectively in the men's triple jump. Fabrizio Donato of Italy wins bronze.

Ashton Eaton and Trey Hardee win gold and silver respectively in the Decathlon. Eaton had 8839 points. Hardee had 8671 points. Leonel Suarez of Cuba wins bronze with a total of 8523 points.

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Medal standings after Day 14

USA 39 gold 25 silver 26 bronze - 90 total
China 37 gold 24 silver 19 bronze - 80 total
Russia 12 gold 21 silver 23 bronze - 56 total
Great Britain 25 gold 13 silver 14 bronze - 52 total
Germany 10 gold 16 silver 11 bronze - 37 total

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