{"id":27254,"date":"2016-08-23T16:28:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T16:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=27254"},"modified":"2016-08-23T16:28:48","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T16:28:48","slug":"highlights-from-rio-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=27254","title":{"rendered":"Highlights from Rio Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dalilah Muhammad (gold, women\u2019s 400-meter hurdles)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New York: The 2016 Rio Olympics have come to an end, and the Summer Games enter a four-year hibernation before hitting Tokyo in 2020.<\/p>\n

The United States was its usual, dominant self, winning 121 overall medals. Take away the Rio-best 46 golds, and the U.S. still won more overall than any other nation.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t a perfect Games for the U.S. \u2014 just ask Ryan Lochte and his late-night pals \u2014 or host country Brazil \u2014 which had trouble keeping some of its water smelling or looking clean. On the whole, things could have been worse.<\/p>\n

There was plenty more to celebrate, though. Here\u2019s a look at some of the Olympic standouts.<\/p>\n

Pool rulers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lochte\u2019s infamous \u201crobbery\u201d aside, American swimmers had a marvelous run in Rio.<\/p>\n

Michael Phelps closed out his incredible Olympic career by adding five golds and a silver, upping his career totals to 23 gold and 28 overall.<\/p>\n

Katie Ledecky, the new swimming superstar, didn\u2019t do so bad herself. She won four golds and a silver, and she\u2019s only 19. Having also won a gold in London four years ago, Ledecky could make a run at Phelps\u2019 mark someday.<\/p>\n

Her relay teammate, Simone Manuel, made history of her own when she became the first African-American woman to win individual swimming gold, claiming victory in the 100-meter freestyle.<\/p>\n

Triple-triple<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jamaican track phenom Usain Bolt might have competed in his final Games. If that\u2019s the case, he went out in style.<\/p>\n

Bolt retained the unofficial \u201cworld\u2019s fastest man\u201d title by winning the 100-, 200- and 4×100-meter relay for the third consecutive Olympics.<\/p>\n

Now with nine gold medals in 10 career Olympic events, Bolt tied the great American Carl Lewis. the Jamaican speedster has a claim to GOAT status.<\/p>\n

American acrobats<\/strong><\/p>\n

Team USA medaled in every women\u2019s artistic gymnastic event \u2014 earning multiple medals in three of five individual events. The team won the all-around, and Americans went 1-2 in both individual all-around and the floor exercise.<\/p>\n

Aly Raisman, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian and Gabby Douglas all shined, but none was brighter than Simone Biles. The diminutive dynamo was brilliant en route to four golds and a bronze.<\/p>\n

Five boroughs standouts<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Big Apple sent a host of athletes with city connections to Rio, and several came back with hardware for their efforts.<\/p>\n

Red Hook-born Knicks star Carmelo Anthony helped the U.S. earn men\u2019s basketball gold, while Christ the King H.S. alumnae Tina Charles and Sue Bird did the same for the women\u2019s team.<\/p>\n

Several New York Athletic Club athletes helped the U.S. earn gold in women\u2019s water polo: KK Clark, Kami Craig, Kaleigh Gilchrist, Ashleigh Johnson, Courtney Mathewson, Melissa Seidemann and Maggie Steffens.<\/p>\n

On the track, Queens\u2019 Dalilah Muhammad (gold, women\u2019s 400-meter hurdles) and Sheepshead Bay native Justin Gatlin (silver, men\u2019s 100-meter) captured medals.<\/p>\n

Several fencers excelled, led by Bronx native Daryl Homer\u2019s silver in men\u2019s individual sabre. Miles Chamley-Watson, who trains at midtown\u2019s Fencers Club, took bronze as part of the men\u2019s foil team. The women\u2019s sabre team also earned bronze thanks to the efforts of Manhattan Fencing Center\u2019s Monica Aksamit and Dagmara Wozniak, as well as Ibtihaj Muhammad of the Peter Westbrook Foundation in Manhattan. Muhammad also made history as the first Muslin-American athlete to compete in the Olympics while wearing a hijab.<\/p>\n

Swimmer Lia Neal, of Fort Greene, helped the women\u2019s 4×100-meter freestyle relay team to a silver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New York: The 2016 Rio Olympics have come to an end, and the Summer Games enter a four-year hibernation before hitting Tokyo in 2020. The United States was its usual, dominant self, winning 121 overall medals. Take away the Rio-best 46 golds, and the U.S. still won more overall than any other nation. It wasn\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":27256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,44],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n