MICHAEL PHELPS'S FIRST RACE AT RIO 2016 IS GOLDEN
The USA won the men's 4x100M freestyle relay with a time of 3:09:92, giving the sport's poster boy and the most decorated Olympian of all time his 23rd medal. It's also the 19th Olympic gold medal for Michael Phelps.
Phelps swam second for the USA and started with a slight deficit behind France. He swam one of the fastest split times of the night — 47.12 seconds — and gave his team a lead they did not reliquish.
France earned silver in 3:10:53, and Australia followed in 3:11.37 to claim the bronze.
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DESPERATE FOR A REASON TO CHEER
The Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be far more enjoyable for all spectators the world over if Brazil advances through the group stage of the men's football tournament.
To do that, it will help if Brazil score. They tied South Africa without putting the ball in the net and tonight also tied Iraq without scoring.
In the photo, Gabriel Jesus falls to his knees during a scoreless draw against Iraq at Mane Garrincha Stadium in Brasilia. (Photo Getty Images/Celso Junior)
MICHAEL PHELPS IS ABOUT TO CRASH TWITTER
OK, probably not, but we understand the anticipation.
The last swimming event of the night at they Olympic Aquatic Centre, the men's 4x100 freestyle relay begins at 11:52pm local time. The USA are in lane 5 and are Caleb Dressel, followed by Phelps, then Ryan Held and Nathan Adrian.
Belgium is in lane 1, Canada in lane 2, Australia lane 3, Russia lane 5, France lane 6, Brazil lane 7, and Japan in lane 8.
ALL OF THE THINGS: LEDECKY NABS WR AND OLYMPIC GOLD
US swimmer Katie Ledecky won a gold medal tonight by smashing the previous 400m freestyle world record — her own — with a time of three minutes, 56.46 seconds.
Ledecky had such a lead on the competition, she was celebrating her incredible time as the silver-medallist reached for the wall. Jazz Carlin of Great Britain finished second, nearly four seconds behind Ledecky in 4:01.23.
SHOCKER FOR THE JOKER: NOVAK DJOKOVIC NOT LAUGHING NOW
The world's top-ranked men's tennis player will not win the Olympic medal he came for. Serbia's Novak Djokovic was eliminated from Rio 2016 in the first round.
Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro dethroned the king in two hard-fought sets, winning 7-6(4), 7-6(2) at the Olympic Tennis Centre tonight.
The game lasted nearly two and a half hours, with throwing down a crushing serve that topped out a 210 km/h.
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TUNE IN NOW: LEDECKY GOES FOR GOLD, PB AND WR ALL IN ONE SWIM
Katie Ledecky set an Olympic Record in the heats for the women's 400m freestyle this morningalthough she didn't swim a personal best. Had she swum her fastest time, she would have picked up a world record.
Why? Because she owns currently it.
A PB for Ledecky would have been a WR.
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ADAM PEATY SETS NEW WORLD RECORD
Great Britain's Adam Peaty broke his own world record in the 100m breaststroke, with a time of 57.13 seconds.
UPSET SIBLINGS
It was a bad day for highly-touted siblings in the tennis competition at the Rio 2016 Games.
First, the USA's Venus and Serena Williams lost their doubles match to the Czech Republic’s Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova 6-3, 6-4. Heading into Sunday's match, Venus and Serena had a 15-0 record at the Olympic Games.
Later in the day, Great Britain's Andy Murray and his brother Jamie lost to Brazil's Thomaz Belluci and Andre Sa after a lengthy second-set tiebreaker.
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FLYING TO THE WALL: WORLD RECORD FOR SJOSTROM
Sarah Sjostrom grabbed a piece of history tonight in the pool. The Swedish swimmer set a world record in the 100m butterfly, clocking in at 55.48 seconds.
"It was a nice thing to make everything right," she said afterwards.
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TUNE IN NOW: MURRAY ON CUSP OF ELIMINATION
Brazilian duo of Thomaz Belluchi and Andre Sa are on the cusp of eliminating Wimbledon champion Andy Murray and his brother Jamie in men's doubles tennis.
The hosts — and would be giant-slayers — won the first set and are fighting to break a stalemate in the second set. The Brazilians currently trail 9-10 and must win by two.
If Great Britain wins the tie-break, they will play a third set.
CROATIAN SENSATIONS
Another day, another upset in men's basketball. Yesterday, Australia shocked France with a 87-66 win.
On Sunday, it was Spain losing 72-70 to upstart Croatia. The Spaniards led for the first three quarters of the game, but the Croatians outscored 25-16 in the fourth quarter.
Bojan Bogdanovic led Croatia with 23 points while veteran Pau Gasol netted 26 points in the loss.
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WILLIAMS SISTERS RECORD FIRST DOUBLES LOSS. WE MOURN
Doubles partners Serena and Venus Williams were knocked out of Rio 2016 before they even had a chance to get going.
The sisters dropped back early and could not catch up, ultimately falling 6-3, 6-4 to Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic.
The loss marks the first time the Williams sisters have dropped a doubles tennis match at the Olympic Games. The duo had racked up 15-straight Olympic wins coming into the match.
Serena continue in the women's singles tournament. Venus was knocked out after losing in three sets to Belgium's Kirsten Flipkens on Saturday night.
WHOA, CANADA!
Looking for a feel-good story? Then look no further than Canada's men's volleyball team.
A Canadian newspaper referred to the team as "the best Olympic story you don’t know about", but they won't be unknowns much longer after they shut out the United States 3-0 in their opener at the Rio 2016 Games.
The 12th-ranked Canadians won 25-23, 25-17, 25-23 to upset the no.5 Americans.
Things won't get any easier for the plucky Canadians. They face top-ranked Brazil on Monday.
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GREAT DAY FOR USA GYMNASTICS
The USA women's artistic gymnastics team treated fans to an impressive performance this afternoon at the Rio Olympic Arena on Sunday.
The team, consisting of Ally Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Simone Biles, Madison Kocian and Laurie Hernandez, are the leaders in the competition after four out of the five subdivisions. Biles and Raisman also qualified for the all-round competition final.
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DIAZ HAS FILIPINOS SHOUTING 'MABUHAY!'
Hidilyn Diaz will likely be greeted by the celebratory phrase "Mabuhay" when she returns to the Philippines with a silver medal.
For 20 years, the people of the Philippines have waited to see one of their own stand on the podium at the Olympic Games.
The wait is now over thanks to Diaz.
Diaz earned silver in the women's 53kg weightlifting contest, becoming the first competitor from her home country to medal since Mansueto Velasco took silver in boxing in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
Diaz, who is competing in her third Olympic Games, also became the first female athlete to win a medal for the Philippines.
Diaz finished with a total weight of 200, 12 kiograms behind gold-medalist Hsu Shu-Ching of Chinese Taipei.
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