Rio 2016 Olympics Day 6: Gold Medal Hauls, New Records and Weird Events
The sixth day at Rio Olympics spawned several surprises as well as heartbreaks. The past week featured world records, rising stars and accomplishments against insurmountable odds. Here are the highlights following Thursday;
Since reintroduction of rugby in the Olympics after almost a century, Fiji brings home the gold after dismantling Britain with a score of 43-7 in the final match at Deodoro Stadium. Fiji also routed Japan in the semi-final match with 20-5 before facing Britain. The British took a silver home, while South Africa took the bronze.
Meanwhile in women's gymnastics, Simone Bile continues to dominate with her second gold after besting compatriot Aly Raisman who claimed silver. Aliya Mustafina of Russia bags bronze. Bile garnered a total of 62.198 points to become the first woman in Olympic gymnastics to hold the all-around title, while simultaneously reigning as world champion.
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For Britain, the best haul in day 6 was the men's track cycling team getting the gold apart from resulting into a world-record performance. The neck-to-neck race clocked at 42.440 for a three-lap race in a 250-meter circuit. New Zealand took the silver by trailing a hairline of 0.102 behind Britain, while France won the Bronze after beating Australia.
In the women's track cycling, Britain still raced supreme by clocking a world-record four minutes 13.260 seconds, shattering the previous four minutes 13.683 record in World Championships held by Australia.
Meanwhile, for another historical feat, China completed its journey to the 500th medal since participating in the Olympics. The last piece is a silver from women's team epee fencing. Romania held on to the gold by besting China 44-38, while Russia took the bronze.
In archery, South Korea's individual winner at 2012 Olympics Ki Bo-bae secures the bronze by defeating Alejandra Valencia of Mexico. The women's archery resulted in a better haul though after Chang Hye-jin bagged gold against Germany's Lisa Unruh, 6-2. Hye-jin said that she keenly watched her opponents commit mistake because of the wind and that helped her find the mark.
Now for weird developments during day 6, the Olympic authorities took another sample from Silvia Danekova of Bulgaria after resulting positive for performance-enhancing drugs during the initial test. The authorities did not immediately confirm the result, but said that they will wait for the second one. Danekova is Bulgaria's top bet in running.
In another unfortunate-fortunate event, Namibia's flag bearer and boxer, Jonas Junius, was released after being accused earlier for sexual assault. Junius was earlier held in custody after a maid in the Olympic village complained that the boxer made sexual advances against her. The Olympic organizers ruled, however, that the light welterweight fighter is free to compete at the Rio Games a day after the incident was reported.
