Today is the last full day of competition in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Hold on, I need to go wipe my tears.
There's going to be a bunch of crazy people doing something called a triathlon in the morning. I have zero clue how on actually accomplishes this and I think they're all crazy. American Gwen Jorgensen, who finished 38th in London after a flat tire in her bike, is now one of the favorites to win. If she wins, she'd be the first athlete to win in that event for the U.S. at the Olympics.
It's been 116 years since medals were handed out in the Olympics for women's golf but that changes today. Inbee Park maintained her lead from the second round but has others nipping at her heel. World No. 1 Lydia Ko and USA's Gerina Piller are both two shots back to potentially make this a bit more exciting final than the men's tournament.
After a tough loss on Thursday, the U.S. women's volleyball team faces the Netherlands in the bronze-medal game today at noon (EST). These games are tough because if you lose that's it, you go home empty-handed.
At 2:30 p.m. (EST) the U.S. women's basketball team plays for its sixth straight gold medal. Team USA has won 48 straight Olympic games and is averaging a 38.4 point margin of victory over opponents in Rio. These blowouts include a 40-point win against the team's opponent in the final - Spain. If the U.S. lost, it would be the biggest upset in sports history. But the U.S. won't lose. It won't even be close.
Today is both the semifinals and finals for the men's 10m platform diving. Great Britain's Tom Daley is in the lead, after winning our bonze in London, followed by the pair of Chinese drivers, including Qiu Bo, who won the bronze in London, and Chen Aisen. Reigning Olympic champion, David Boudia currently sits in fourth with Steele Johnson just making the cut after the prelims.
In track and field, it's the men's and women's 4x400m relays, the men's 5,000m and 1500m final and the women's 800m and high jump final. The U.S. has its best chance at medals in both the relays. The U.S. men have won 17 of 24 times in the race but claimed silver behind the Bahamas tonight. The team had the second qualifying score behind Jamaica and ahead of Belgium. You can be sure they'll be careful of their handoffs after what happened in the 4x100 last night.
The U.S. women are the two-time defending U.S. champions and had the top prelims score followed by Jamaica and Ukraine.
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