American Swimmer Michael Phelps bagged his 22nd Olympics Gold today when he won the 200 metres medley event at the Olympics Aquatic Stadium in Rio. Kosuke Hagino of Japan claimed the Silver, while China's Wang Shun took the Bronze. This was Phelps' fourth Gold of the Rio Games. He had, earlier, won the 4X200 metres freestyle relay, 200 metres Butterfly and 4X100 metres Freestyle Relay.United States, now, has 16 Gold, 12 Silver and 10 Bronze. China is second with 11 Gold, 8 Silver and 11 Bronze. Japan is third with 7 Gold, 2 Silver and 13 Bronze. India is yet to win a medal.Meanwhile, Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna have advanced to the Mixed Doubles quarterfinals. The pair defeated the Australian duo of Samantha Stosur and John Peers in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4 in the opening round to book a place in the last-8.Bad news came from Hockey as the Indian Women's team's hopes of entering the quarterfinal weakened further. The Indian eves, who made a return to the Olympic fold after 36 years, lost to the US, 0-3 to record their 3rd defeat in 4 group games. Earlier in the day, the Men's team lost to the Netherlands, 1-2 in their group match. Despite the defeat they entered the last eight stage.In Badminton, Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth made winning starts as they registered easy victories in the opening group games. In the Doubles, however, the pairs of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa and Mannu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy lost their opening matches.In Archery, India's challenge in the Women's Individual Recurve event came to an end after Deepika Kumari and Bombayla Devi lost their pre-quarterfinal matches. Atanu Das is now the only Indian Archer left.The Indian Boxing contingent witnessed its first loss as Shiva Thapa made an exit from the first round of the 56kg weight class. Vikas Krishan and Manoj Kumar, who earlier advanced to the pre-quarterfinals in their respective weight categories, are the only two pugilists remaining for India.
News On AIR | August 12, 2016 9:19 AM
Rio Olympics: Michael Phelps wins 22nd Olympic gold in 200 individual medley