Bolt ran, Biles reigned, Conceicao made boxing history and 28 gold medals were won on day 11 of the Olympic Games
The day began with split-second dramatics after nearly two hours of open water freestyle in the men's 10k swim. The Netherlands' Ferry Weertman, named the 2015 European open swimmer of the year, hit the board in one hour, 52 minutes and 59.8 seconds — the same time as Greece's Spiros Gianniotis who was awarded silver.
The win gave the Netherlands a clean sweep in the 10km swim after Sharon van Rouwendaal won the women's race the previous day.
Great Britian's Laura Trott and Jason Kenny continued their country's golden streak in the velodrome. The London 2012 champion in the women's omnium defended her title and added to the gold medal she took in the team pursuit at the Rio Olympic Velodrome. With four Olympic golds, she becomes Team GB's most decorated female Olympian.
Kenny, who is engaged to Trott, took gold in the men's sprint, his third Olympic title at Rio 2016 and — incredibly — the sixth for Great Britian's powerhouse track cyling team since the men won every event except the omnium, in which they still claimed silver.
A bonafide superstar, USA's Simone Biles was crowned the Olympic champion the floor exercise, winning her fourth gold medal at Rio 2016. Team-mate Aly Raisman won silver, capping a tremendous week that saw the women's gymnastic team claim eight individual medals for the USA as well as the all-around team gold.
Sports Illustrated marked the occasion with a commemorative cover that included Biles and a couple USA swimmers who won 11 Olympic medals between themat Rio 2016.
Brazil's lightweight boxer Robson Conceição won his country's first Olympic gold in boxing, taking the men's -60kg division in a unanimous decision over France's Sofiane Oumiha.
From the gritty Boa Vista de São Caetano neighbourhood on the periphery of the tough north-eastern city of Salvador, to Rio 2016 where Conceição dazzled in front of the roaring, dancing, chanting fans who packed the 9,000-seat Riocentro Pavilion 6 to give the tournament a thrilling atmosphere. Brazilian fans counted down the final seconds, and when Conceição had his hand raised in victory, he dropped to his knees as the crowd erupted and shook the bleachers.
A raucous Copacabana crowd cheered Brazil's men into the gold medal match of the Rio 2016 beach volleyball tournament, and now Alison and Bruno say they feel the pressure. After beating the Netherlands in a tie-breaking third set in front of a capacity crowd, Alison celebrated the victory by collapsing and sobbing face-first in the sand. "It's not easy to start a game with the obligation to win another, but we reverse this pressure in a fun way and that's why we're in the Olympic finals," said Alison.
Christian Taylor and Will Claye of the USA completed another gold and silver sweep in the men's triple jump, repeating their feat at London 2012.
His silver medal assured, Claye then leapt into the stands to propose to his girlfriend and team-mate, hurdler Queen Harrison. She said yes in what was the fourth (!!!) Olympic Games proposal so far at Rio 2016 — at least that we know about.rio2016.com
source: rio2016.com
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