Saturday marked the end of the swimming competitions in Rio, and the Americans went out with a bang with 33 total medals won during the week. The U.S. is still atop of the medal table, far ahead of both China and Great Britain. Here’s some of the highlights from Saturday:
8 days. 33 medals. 7 Olympic Records. 4 World Records. pic.twitter.com/d1K2iim76u
— U.S. Olympic Team (@TeamUSA) August 14, 2016
Star of the day: Women’s Eight, USA, Rowing
THREE-PEAT! 🇺🇸
That’s 🏅🏅🏅 in a row for @usrowing‘s women’s eight! pic.twitter.com/gve2dvkxXX
— U.S. Olympic Team (@TeamUSA) August 13, 2016
The Women’s Eight boat won their third consecutive gold medal on Saturday.
Also shining brightly: Jeff Henderson, USA, Track and Field
#TeamUSA‘s Jeff Henderson wins gold in the Long Jump BY A CENTIMETER.
More Track and Field: https://t.co/LJf9pvPIbV https://t.co/M1EjL7Bxos
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) August 14, 2016
Henderson won gold in the long jump by one centimeter.
Phelps’ finale: This time, Michael Phelps says he’s done. For real. No Tokyo 2020. (His teammates disagree.) He closed out his time in Rio with a gold medal in the 4×100 medley relay. Teammate Ryan Murphy, who already had two golds from the backstroke events, set a world record during the lead-off leg.
“My swimming career might be over, but I have the future ahead of me.” – @MichaelPhelps. https://t.co/3ULZHqPPOe https://t.co/e5uyU2pRxj
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) August 14, 2016
Efimova bested once again: It was Lilly King vs. Yulia Efimova one more time in the pool, and the American women came out on top in the 4×100 medley relay. Anchored by 100m freestyle gold medalist Simone Manuel (who also picked up a silver in the 50m freestyle earlier that night), the Americans swam to an easy victory. Their win also marked the 1,000th Olympic gold medal won by Team USA.
.@KathleenBaker2, @_king_lil, @danavollmer & @ @simone_manuel bring home ANOTHER #GOLD for #TeamUSA! #SwimUnited pic.twitter.com/9L6AduRB0V
— USA Swimming (@USASwimming) August 14, 2016
Never ever give up: Gevvie Stone, a rower for Team USA, thought her rowing career was over before she decided to try to qualify for London in 2012. There, she placed seventh in single sculls. Yesterday, she brought home the silver.
OMG! On Cloud 9! #Silver #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/FRyZ77DjrA
— Gevvie Stone (@gevgevs) August 13, 2016
Puerto Rican gold medal drought ends: Team Puerto Rico brought home its first-ever gold medal yesterday, from tennis player Monica Puig. Despite being a U.S. territory, Puerto Rico has a separate Olympic team than the United States.
Oh what a time… To be alive!!!! Im still in shock! Thanks for all the beautiful messages! I love you all!!! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/0ocNCn0GKs
— Monica Puig (@MonicaAce93) August 14, 2016
He got knocked down, but he got up again…and won gold: A tip of the cap to Team GB’s Mo Farah, who despite a fall in the 10,000m race managed to rebound and repeat as a gold medalist.
Fall down. Get up. Win Gold. @Mo_Farah receives his 10,000m #Gold medal: https://t.co/LJf9pvPIbV https://t.co/rF3ghAPw4A
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) August 14, 2016
The pool has been drained: Good news for the synchronized swimmers: the pool that was formerly green has been drained, cleaned, and refilled, and is now a much more normal blue color.
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