Rio Olympics results: Phelps, USA gymnastics, swimming win gold on Day 4
Day 4 of the Olympics was all about the U.S. women’s gymnastics team. The five competitors came in with nearly impossible expectations, but they somehow exceeded them.
There were also medals in equestrian and judo, with swimming coming up later Tuesday night.
Day 4 Medal Count
Day 4 U.S. medals
Gold
- Women’s gymnastics, team competition
- Michael Phelps, Men’s 200m butterfly (swimming)
- Katie Ledecky, Women’s 200m freestyle (swimming)
- Men’s 4x200m freestyle relay (swimming)
Silver
- Travis Stevens, Men’s Judo 81kg
Bronze
- Phillip Dutton, Individual eventing (equestrian)
- Maya Dirado, Women’s 200m individual medley (swimming)
Highlights
The Final Five: The women’s gymnastics team was utterly dominant, finishing with a margin of victory of over eight points — the largest victory at a major gymnastics meet.
Phelps steals the show: Everyone, including the USA basketball team, was cheering on Phelps as he won an incredibly close 200m butterfly race over rival Chad le Clos. It was Phelps’ 20th gold medal. Just an hour later, he swam the anchor leg in a gold medal win in the 4x200m freestyle relay.
Killer Katie: In what will probably be her toughest race of the Olympics, Katie Ledecky won the 200m freestyle in exciting fashion. It was her second gold medal of the games, her third overall.
Not perfect: The U.S. women’s soccer team showed that it does have flaws in a 2-2 draw with Colombia. The UWNT still won the group, however, and advances to play Sweden.
Bye, bye Serena: After losing in doubles with her sister Venus, Serena Williams was ousted from the singles tournament on Tuesday at the hands of Elina Svitolina. No top seed is left in any of the Rio tennis draws.
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