Rio 2016 | Simone Biles wins fourth gold; Lasha Talakhadze takes gold with world-record lift on Day 11
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After a mistake ended her hopes of winning a record haul of 5 gold medals, Simone Biles bounced back by securing gold in women’s floor exercise to end her Games on a high. Another world record tumbled on Day 11 as Georgia’s Lasha Talakhadze lifted 473kg to win the gold in men’s +105kg category.
American gymnast Simone Biles, who won the gold medals in women’s team, individual
In weightlifting, Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia set a new world record total lift of 473kg in men’s +105kg category to take the gold, instead of the favourite, Behdad Salimi of Iran. Talakhadze lifted 215kg
In women’s football, Sweden ended hosts Brazil’s hope of winning a gold after defeating them 3-4 in a penalty shoot-out in the semi-final. Brazil, who thrashed Sweden 5-1 in the group stages, failed to register a goal for the third match in a row, and Sweden made the most of it by taking the match to penalties before knocking out the hosts. In the second semi-final of the day, 2012 Olympics third place winners Canada, who defeated Germany 2-1 in the group stages, suffered 0-2 loss to bow out of the tournament. Melanie Behringer and Sara Daebritz scored for Germany to help them enter the final.
In men’s hockey, Argentina entered the final yesterday after thrashing defending champions Germany 5-2 in the semi-final. Drag-flicker Gonzalo Peillat scored a hat-trick for the Pan American champions to end the campaign of the Germans. In the second semi-final, Belgium, who defeated India in the quarters, stunned Netherlands 3-1 to enter their first-ever Olympic final. Jerome Truyens, Florent van Aubel and John-John Dohmen scored the goals for Belgium, while Mink van der Weerden pulled one back for the Dutch.
USA’s Christian Taylor repeated his gold medal winning performance in men’s triple jump from 2012 Olympics to add another gold to the tally for his country. Taylor jumped 17.86m to take the gold, while fellow American Will Claye and China’s Bin Dong took the silver and bronze respectively. In men’s 110m hurdles, Jamaica’s Omar McLeod won the country’s first Olympic gold medal in the event by finishing in 13.05 seconds. Orlando Ortega of Spain finished .12 seconds behind the Jamaican to take the silver, while Dimitri Bascou of France took the bronze.
The USA maintained their place at the top of the medals tally by adding three more golds on Day 11, while Great Britain and China continued their tussle for the second place.
