THE United States closed the Rio Olympics swimming competition with a final dominating flourish, sweeping the medley relay events and sending Michael Phelps out on a triumphant note.
The women’s 400-meter medley relay was first, and the American quartet of backstroker Kathleen Baker, breaststroker Lilly King, butterflyer Dana Vollmer and freestyler Simone Manuel delivered an emphatic victory in a time of 3:53.13. Australia came up second with a time of 3:55.00 to take silver and Denmark rounded out the podium one-hundredth of a second later.
The men’s medley relay followed with its own moment of glory, maintaining an all-time perfect Olympics record in the event when the U.S. has participated. Double gold medalist Ryan Murphy led off on backstroke, followed by Cody Miller on breaststroke, Phelps on butterfly and Nathan Adrian swimming the freestyle leg.
97-year-old Kogi monarch, the Obalohun of Okoloke, Oba James Dada Ogunyanda has regained his freedom…
Also, progress by promoting economic growth, social justice, and human development as well as accountability…
As Nigerians commemorated June 12, Democracy Day, Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, and Kogi State…
Cross River State Government has launched an ambitious strategy to transform its cocoa and coffee…
He reiterated that significant resources have been lost in the area, but expressed optimism that…
He used the forum to commend the swift response of President Bola Tinubu and Governor…
This website uses cookies.