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Here now are your top five moments from Day 10 of the Rio Games.
Bahamian runner dives for gold
It’s unprecedented that a runner win an Olympic *gold medal for diving, but on Monday Shaunae Miller did just that. The Bahamian was out front in the women’s 400-meter dash and was nearing the finish line, but was in danger of being overtaken by American Allyson Felix who was surging up on her left. With the finish line fast approaching and Felix hot on her heels, the 22-year-old took the only measure available to her to preserve her lead, leaving her feet and diving across the line. The move was a controversial one, but it was within the rules. Shaunae took gold, Felix won silver
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Andy Murray schools BBC commentator on existence of women
Fresh from beating Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro to win his second men’s singles gold, British tennis great Andy Murray was being interviewed by BBC presenter John Inverdale.
“You’re the first person to ever win two Olympic tennis gold medals, that’s an extraordinary feat, isn’t it?” asked Inverdale.
The Wimbledon champion didn’t miss a beat before delivering his unflappable reply.
“Well to defend the singles title, I think Venus and Serena have won about four each,” said Murray with the slightest trace of a smirk forming round the edges of his mouth.
“But I hadn’t defended a singles title before, so yeah, it’s obviously not an easy thing to do, I had to fight unbelievably hard to get it tonight as well.”
Twitter responded accordingly.
#AndyMurray should get another medal for reminding John Inverdale of the existence of women pic.twitter.com/tlrr9cIqPE
— Phi (@hereisphi) August 15, 2016
— Phi (@hereisphi) August 15, 2016
Yet another reason to love Andy Murray… https://t.co/qWPaIIkNmx
— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) August 15, 2016
— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) August 15, 2016
Andy Murray correcting John Inverdale’s sexist remark made me admire him even more ????????
— paige (@paigexii) August 15, 2016
Thiago Braz da Silva wins first men’s gold for Brazil— paige (@paigexii) August 15, 2016
It’s been rather slim pickings for Brazil in the medal department at these Olympics. Typically speaking, host nations at Olympics tend to do well. In fact since 1988, every host nation has finished higher than any other nation competing in the Olympics. Not so Brazil, which has struggled.
Thus it came as a huge boost to the home nation on Monday when Thiago Braz da Silva won the country’s second gold medal in Rio and its first for a male athlete when he dramatically bettered smarmy defending Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie in the pole vault, setting an Olympic record in the process.
Rio 2016 has been such a runaway success for American gymnast Simone Biles that many are already proclaiming 19-year-old the greatest of all-time. Yet her chances of winning a record five gold medals at a single Olympics were upset Monday when she was bested in the women’s balance beam by Sanne Wevers of the Netherlands and by her own teammate Laurie Hernandez.
Wevers took gold and in so doing, became the first Dutchwoman ever to win a gymnastics gold in an individual final. Hernandez got the silver, while Biles had to settle for bronze.
In the latest in what seems like an inordinately high number of athlete proposals at the Games, Olympic speed walker Tom Bosworth of Team GB proposed to his long-time boyfriend on a Rio beach. His*boyfriend, Harry Dineley of Liverpool, accepted the proposal and so while the 26-year-old Bosworth may not take a medal home from Rio, he’s coming home with a fiance’.
Bosworth’s is the third successful proposal we’re aware of at the Rio Games, and the second by a same-sex couple, following Brazilian ruby player Isadora Cerullo’s engagement to her girlfriend last week. Congratulations guys!
Could this week get any better? He said yes by the way! #Olympics #MarryMe #LoveA photo posted by Tom Bosworth ???????? (@tombosworth) on Aug 15, 2016 at 2:01pm PDT