Tragedy struck yesterday as a fresh graduate of the Imo State University took his last breathe as students poured him water in jubilation of final year completion. What seem to be jubilation turned into a gathering of sorrow when the victim was running away from a number of students who pursued after him to pour dirty water on him. In that quest to dodge the water being poured on him,
These are some of the ways Simone Biles has been described by her competition, even before her Olympic debut. Biles, a 19-year-old gymnast for Team U.S.A., is already the most decorated gold medalist in world championship gymnastics history. In Rio, she is on the fast track to becoming the best in the world, again, being an odds-on favorite to bring home as many as five gold medals.
Kristin Armstrong gave herself a nice early birthday gift as she warded off the rainy weather to complete a three-peat in the cycling individual time trial at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Armstrong, of no relation to Lance Armstrong, overcame a late push by Russia's Olga Zabelinskaya to earn gold with a time of 44.26.42.
Armstrong turns 43 on Thursday and was the final cyclist to take off and the oldest competitor in the race.
With her third consecutive victory, she is now the oldest female Olympic cycling champion.
Armstrong retired after winning gold in the 2012 London Olympics but earlier this year decided to make a comeback.But it wasn't a smooth ride for her to reach the Summer Games. Last month, an arbitration hearing called by U.S. time trials champion Carmen Small debated whether Armstrong was unfairly selected. It was eventually decided -- a week prior to heading to Rio de Janeiro -- that Armstrong's spot was secured.
When Kuwait's Fehaid Al-Deehani learned that his country had been suspended by the International Olympic Committee, he likely thought his Olympic dreams were over.
But Al-Deehani, along with seven other athletes, was allowed to compete under the Olympic flag as an independent athlete -- and he was sure to make the most of it.
Al-Deehani won gold in the men's double trap on Wednesday -- the first gold medal by an independent athlete in Olympic history.
An officer in the Kuwaiti army, Al-Deehani is competing in his sixth Olympics but has never before won gold (he won bronze in 2000 and 2012 while competing for Kuwait).
He defeated Italy's Marco Innocenti in the final match after beating American Joshua Richmond in a shoot-off
Fehaid Al-Deehani won the first ever Olympic gold medal by an independent athlete.
Despite competing as an independent athlete, Al-Deehani maintains his Kuwaiti pride. He was reportedly asked by the IOC to carry the Olympic flag during the Rio opening ceremony, but he refused.
"I am a military man and I will only carry the Kuwait flag," Al-Deehani said. "I cannot carry the IOC flag."
The US finished with a score of 184.897 — eight points better than second-place China. As SB Nation's Rodger Sherman pointed out, the gap between the US and China was wider than the gap between China and last-place Brazil.
The team finished with a bang on the floor. Laurie Hernandez, 16, kicked things off with a wink at the judges before scoring a 14.8, the best of the day, in one of the biggest routines of her life. It was just the beginning, though: Aly Raisman then followed it up with a nearly flawless routine for a 15.3.
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