Kuwaiti marksman Fehaid Aldeehani battled wet and blustery conditions to win the men's double trap event on Wednesday, becoming the first athlete to ever win a gold medal while competing under the Olympic flag.
Trailing by nearly a point entering Wednesday's final rotation and his chances of a second all-around title very much in jeopardy, Kohei Uchimura pondered what for the last seven years has been unthinkable.
Germany clocked a time of 6 minutes and 6.81 seconds to lift the title of the men's quadruple sculls in the rowing regatta of the 2016 Olympics Games here on Thursday.
Even he will be 31 in 2020, Japan's Kohei Uchimura does not want to miss the Tokyo Olympic Games.
China's Chen Ruolin said she almost quit diving before deciding to compete at in Rio, where she secured her fifth gold medal on Tuesday.
Male swimmers from China have flown the Chinese swimming team's flag and kept its dream alive as almost all female players missed podium spots at the Rio Olympics.
"Pretty sure that's the closest I've come to throwing up in the middle of a race. I'm just so glad I got my hand on the wall first."
By his own admission, Michael Phelps could not have scripted it better as he won back the title closest to his heart on an evening of pure gold for the most medaled Olympic athlete of all time.
Weightlifting champion Deng Wei showed her toughness by breaking two world records at once.
The Americans invented beach volleyball and Brazilians made it a passion.
Defending champion Xu Lijia did not let losing top spot in the standings for sailing's laser radial class faze her on Monday, as she bounced back to on Tuesday.
China's Ding Ning beat teammate Li Xiaoxia 4-3 to win women's table tennis singles gold medal at Rio De Janeiro in Brazil on August 10, 2016. Li won silver metal of the match.
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