Friday, August 10, 2012

Day 15



David Boudia and Nick McCrory both of the USA advanced to the finals of the men's 10M diving competition.

American Jordan Burroughs wins gold in men's freestyle wrestling 163lbs beating Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi of Iran 3-0. Goudarzi wins silver.

The USA men's water polo team lost to Spain 8-7 in the 5-8 classification.

The USA women's 4 by 400M relay team advanced to the finals.

The USA men's 4 by 100M relay team advanced to the finals.

The USA women's 4 by 100M relay team consisting of Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight and Carmelita Jeter wins gold with a world record time of 40.82 seconds. Jamaica wins silver with a time of 41.41 seconds. Ukraine wins bronze with a time of 42.04 seconds.

The USA men's 4 by 400M relay team consisting of Bryshon Nellum, Joshua Mance, Tony Mcquay and Angelo Taylor wins silver with a time of 2 minutes 57.05 seconds. The Bahamas wins gold with a time of 2 minutes 56.72 seconds. Trinidad and Tobago wins bronze with a time of 2 minutes 59.40 seconds.

No American's medaled in the women's 1500M, men's pole vault and women's 5000M.

The USA men's basketball team advanced to the gold medal game against Spain by beating Argentina 109-83. The USA was leading 47-40 at halftime. Kevin Durant led team USA with 19 points and Lebron James and Carmelo Anthony had 18 points each.

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Medal Count after Day 15

USA 41 gold 26 silver 27 bronze - 94 total
China 37 gold 25 silver 19 bronze - 81 total
Russia 15 gold 21 silver 27 bronze - 63 total
Great Britain 25 gold 15 silver 17 bronze - 57 total
Germany 10 gold 18 silver 14 bronze - 42 total

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