Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Day 5



The USA men's beach volleyball team of Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena beat Pulido/Gomez of Mexico 21-14, 21-17.

The USA women's water polo team beat Spain 11-4.

Nathan Adrian and Caeleb Dressel, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the men's 100 freestyle.

Cammille Adams and Haili Flickinger, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 200 butterfly.

Kevin Cordes and Josh Prenot, both of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the men's 200 breaststroke.

The USA advanced to the finals of the men's 4 by 200 freestyle relay.

The USA men's volleyball team lost to Italy 3-1, 26-28, 25-20, 23-25, 23-25.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Lauren Fendrick/Brooke Sweat lose to Larissa/Talita of Brazil 16-21, 13-21.

Travis Stevens wins silver in men's Judo 81 kg. Khasan Khalmurzaev of Russia wins gold. Sergui Toma of UAE and Takanori Nagase of Japan tie for bronze.

In women's 10M Synchro, USA divers Amy Cozad/Jessica Parratto finished 7th with a total of 301.02 points. Huixia Liu/Chen Roulin of China win gold with a total of 354 points. Jun Hoong Cheong/Pandela Rinong Pamg win silver with a total ofc 344.34 points. Meagan Benfeito/Rosaline Filion of Canada win bronze with a total of 336.18 points.

The USA women's gymnastics team wins gold with a total of 184.897 points. Russia wins silver with a total of 176.688 points. China wins bronze with a total of 176.003 points. Simone Biles scored at 15.933 on vault, 15.800 on floor exercise, 15.300 on balance beam and 14.800 on uneven bars. Aly Raisman scored a 15.833 on vault, 15.366 on floor and 15.000 on balance beam. Laurie Hernandez scored a 15.233 on balance beam, 15.100 on vault and 14.833 on floor exercise. Gabby Douglas scored a 15.766 on uneven bars. Madison Kocian scored a 15.933 on uneven bars.

The USA women's soccer team tied Columbia 2-2. Goals were scored by Crystal Dunn and Mallory Pugh. Columbia scored on a shot that went through USA goalkeeper Hope Solo's legs. The USA had the lead 2-1 when in the 90th minute Columbia scored again to tie it. The USA wins group G.

Nathan Adrian and Caeleb Dressel, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the men's 100 freestyle.

Katie Ledecky of the USA wins gold in the women/s 200 freestyle in 1 minute 53.73 seconds. Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden wins silver in 1 minute 54.08 seconds. Emma McKeon of Great Britain wins bronze in 1 minute 54.92 seconds.

USA swimmer Michael Phelps wins gold in the men's 200 butterfly in 1 minute 53.36 seconds. Masato Sakai of Japan wins silver in 1 minute 53.40 seconds. Tamas Kenderesi of Hungary wins bronze in 1 minute 53.62 seconds.

Cammille Adams and Haili Flickinger, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the women's 200 butterfly.

Kevin Cordes and Josh Prenot, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the men's 200 breaststroke.

Maya DiRado of the USA wins bronze in the women's 200IM in 2 minutes 8.79 seconds. Katinka Hosszu of Hungary wins gold in 2 minutes 5.58 seconds. Marie Siobhan-O'Connor of Great Britain wins silver in 2 minutes 6.88 seconds.

The USA team of Conor Dwyer, Townley Haas, Ryan Locte and Michael Phelps wins gold (7 minutes 0.66 seconds) in the men's 4 by 200 freestyle relay. Great Britain wins silver in 7 minutes 3.13 seconds. Japan wins bronze in 7 minutes 3.50 seconds.

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Medal Count after Day 5

USA 9 gold, 8 silver, 9 bronze - 26 total
China 8 gold, 3 silver, 6 bronze - 17 total
Japan 3 gold, 1 silver, 10 bronze - 14 total
Russia 3 gold, 6 silver, 3 bronze - 12 total
Australia 4 gold, 0 silver, 5 bronze- 9 total

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