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WINE: Russian women secured team gold in saber fencing at the Olympics on Saturday. Russia finally won with a score of 45-30 against Ukraine. They immediately took the lead and never relinquished the lead.

ATHLETICS: Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson is the fastest woman in the world. He won the 100 meters in 10.71. That’s 12 hundredths ahead of the US’ Tori Bowie and 15 hundredths ahead of compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in third place. Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands never made it and finished in 5th place.

The long jump final was evenly matched, but it was American Jeff Henderson who ultimately recorded the long jump with 8.38. He jumped one centimeter longer than Luvo Manyonga. Defending champion Greg Rutherford jumped 8.29 meters, and finished in third place.

Britain’s Mo Farah retained his gold at the London Olympics in the 10,000 meters, despite falling. With two rounds remaining, there was a close group of six. Farah leads. Kenya’s Paul Kipngetich Tanui tried his hand in the final round, but was unable to punish the outstanding Briton.

FOOTBALL: Brazil finally won 2-0 over Colombia in the quarterfinals of the men’s soccer tournament. Neymar and Luan were behind the goal. Now Honduras awaits in the semifinals.

HANDBALL: Sweden led for a long time, but Poland turned things around in the final phase of the match. Poland ultimately won 25–24, and Sweden was eliminated in the group stage after four straight defeats.

SWIMMING: The men’s 1500 meter freestyle final went as expected. Henrik Christiansen had a very difficult time, and was more than 28 seconds behind winner Gregorio Paltrinieri.

Pernille Blume (22) swam to Olympic gold in the 50 meter freestyle. The time of 24.07 is a new Danish record.

Swimming legend Michael Phelps swam in his last Olympics. Last night he ended his Olympic career with gold in the 4 x 100 meter medley. The time of 3.27.95 holds the new Olympic record. The US relay team consists of Ryan Murphy, Cody Miller, Nathan Adrian and the aforementioned Phelps. This is Phelps’ fifth gold medal in Rio, the 23rd of his career. England won silver and Australia won bronze.

TENNIS: 22-year-old Monica Puig beats German favorite Angelique Kerber in the women’s tennis final. The deciding set ultimately ended 6-1. Nine of the ten best women in the world took part in the Olympics, but it was Puig (ranked 34th) who walked away with gold.

HEIGHT LIFTING: Iran’s Sohrad Moradi won the 94 kg class with a lift of 403 kg. Vadzim Straltsou (Belarus) and Aurimas Didzbalis (Lithuania) followed behind.

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