Sweden and Canada will battle it out for the gold medal, which neither nation has ever won in women's soccer. Sweden took silver at the Olympics, and Canada won bronze in both and In the group stage, the USWNT tied Australia , though players and coaches insisted that their reserved style of play was a deliberate strategy in preparing for the rest of the tournament.
Across 31 meetings, the U. Unlike the MLB rule, which has a runner on second to start extras, runners start on first and second at the beginning of innings. Hassan used a furious sprint on the final lap of the women's 5, meters Monday to pull away from the field and win with a time of It's the first of what could be three golds for Hassan, who is competing in the 1, meters, 5, meters and 10, meters in a span of nine days.
The gold-medal performance was even more impressive given Hassan's race earlier Monday. She fell to the track at the start of the final lap after another competitor fell in front of her, but sprinted the rest of the way and still managed to win the heat. Valarie Allman won the gold medal in women's discus on Monday, the first Olympic gold in track and field for the U. It's the first discus medal by an American woman in the event since Allman won with a throw of feet, 3 inches Monday to beat Germany's Kristin Pudenz , who took silver.
Ranked No. She won the U. Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon, to qualify for Tokyo. Equestrian Andrew Hoy won the silver medal with Australia's eventing team and in doing so became the oldest Olympic medalist in more than 50 years.
Hoy is 62 years old. However, Hoy's journey at the Tokyo Games didn't stop there. Just hours later, he won bronze in individual eventing. This also was not Hoy's first Olympic medal. He won his first gold in at the Barcelona Olympics, and he added one apiece at the Atlanta Games and Sydney Games. He also has a silver from the Games. Hoy is one of only two athletes to ever win successive Olympic medals more than 20 years apart at the Summer Olympics.
Hans Fogh of Canada is the only other person to accomplish the feat, winning medals in sailing 24 years apart in and The USC product advanced to the Olympic final in the meter hurdles by placing second in her heat, running a Following her semifinal race, Cockrell was told her brother and the Buccaneers were rooting her on all the way from Tampa.
She got visibly emotional and revealed she had a long phone conversation with her brother last night about being nervous. I had a long conversation with my brother last night on how I was nervous. It's really great to have a brother who is a Super Bowl champion.
The five-time world champion failed to achieve her longtime goal of Olympic gold after finishing seventh at the Rio Olympics by losing in the quarterfinals. Gray battled through shoulder and knee injuries in Rio that ultimately kept her off the mat for a year in Gray earned a victory over her German opponent. The two have competed against each other since they were teenagers, and Gray even invited Rotter-Focken to her wedding. Making her Olympic debut, Rogers placed sixth at the Tokyo International Forum in a category that far exceeds her natural bodyweight.
Rogers, who has medaled in the 69kg and 71kg categories at the World Championships and currently weighs , had to move up to the 87kg class in order to qualify for the Tokyo Games.
In her first international competition at 87kg, Rogers successfully made her very first Olympic lift of kg. She then missed her second Snatch attempt of kg, which would have set the American record. Her third attempt — kg — was ruled a good lift before the jury overturned it, citing a press-out on her left elbow. In the Clean and Jerk, Rogers missed her first two attempts at kg before digging deep and making a successful lift on her third and final attempt at that weight that left her in tears on the Olympic platform.
Salazar set two new Pan American records: kg Clean and Jerk and kg total. Both competitions were underway in the field when the rain started to come down. The track and field officials had a delayed reaction to the wet weather, and the throwers were noticeably affected by the rain. Four-straight discus throwers, including American Valarie Allman, fouled before the competition was paused.
Japan cut the lead to one with two runs against pitcher Anthony Carter, who left after recording just one out. Common phrases you might hear mentioned across the three events include: Problem: A climber's term for a bouldering route. Crux: The crux of a climbing route is considered its most difficult section. Crimp: A small climbing hold, done by wrapping the thumb over the index finger in a kind of pinching motion. Bridging: A climber in a corner might spread their legs so that each foot touches a separate wall.
A bridge refers to a climber's legs, and bridging refers to the act of balancing by doing the splits. Dyno: Short for dynamic, it describes a difficult move that involves jumping between holds and breaking contact with the wall completely.
Deadpoint: The moment in a dynamic move where the climber grabs a hold while moving between upwards acceleration and falling back down to the ground. Flag: Sticking a leg out against a wall for balance. Smearing: A climbing move that employs the wall, rather than holds, on a route. It involves smearing a foot down a wall to gain momentum in the absence of a foothold. Pumped: A sign that a climber is weakened or in pain.
It refers to bulging forearms that are pumped full of blood during a more grueling climb. Deck: The flat part of the skateboard a rider stands on.
Bail: When a skateboarder falls or decides in mid-air to not land a trick. Bank: Any kind of incline used for a trick. Fakie: Skating backwards. Goofy-footed: Riding with the right foot at the front of the board instead of the left foot, which is more common.
Grind: Scraping the board's axles on any kind of railing or curve. The United States women's national team advanced to the OIympic semifinals on a penalty kick shootout, goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher made two saves and Megan Rapinoe scored the deciding penalty kick. The USWNT returned to their high press, and looked like the dominant counter pressing team they'd been prior to their Olympic group stage struggles. USA quickly established tempo early, and had a goal ruled offside, before Miedema scored the opening goal of the match in the 17th minute.
USA responded just ten minutes later with a diving header from Mewis. The decision to slot in Williams continued to pay off, as the forward was active in the attack from the opening whistle, recording an assist on the Mewis' goal and recording the first half go-ahead goal in the 30th minute. An early second half equalizer for the Netherlands came by way of Miedema once again in the 53rd minute. Even with a new attacking line, the second half highlight was delivered by Alyssa Naeher, as she came up with a big late game penalty save on Lieke Martens in the 80th minute as the two sides headed into extra time.
Miedema and Netherlands had the majority of looks during the first period of extra time, as USA struggled to generate any attack despite their fresh legs, conceding corners, and losing the pressing game. Naeher came up with a big save on Miedema before the second half of extra time. USA had chances in the latter half of the second half of extra time from Christen Press and Alex Morgan, but both goals were ruled offside as the two sides needed a penalty shootout to determine the outcome.
Two goliaths in Miedema and Naeher kicked off the shootout, with Naeher making a save against the Olympics best goal scorer. The two teams exchanged two makes each, until Naeher came up with a second save on Nouwen, and Rapinoe slotted the deciding penalty kick to seal a semifinal appearance for Team USA.
The United States advance, and will face their Concacaf rivals Canada on August 2 in a semifinal match for a trip to the Olympic gold medal final to take place on August 5. A potential semifinal against Brazil or Canada, No.
USWNT star Alex Morgan, however, insisted the performances in the group stage will bear no impact on the Americans' chances to progress through the knockout phase. Despite a lacklustre group stage, Morgan maintained the USWNT has the tactical flexibility and experience that could prove crucial in the knockout stages. The USWNT has won eight of its previous nine meetings against the Netherlands, with its only loss coming 30 years ago in the first meeting between the two sides.
The reigning European champions, however, cannot be underestimated. The Netherlands finished top of Group F with seven points, scoring a staggering 21 goals, with a draw against Brazil sandwiched in between a shellacking of Zambia and a thrashing of China. The scoring spree was par for the course for the Dutch, who scored 48 goals in 10 games in the qualifying phase of the UEFA Women's Euro tournament, winning every match and conceding a mere three goals in the process.
Star striker Vivianne Miedema could win her th cap in the game against the U.
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