London Olympics Day One Recap
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Adam Pretty/Getty Images(LONDON) — No medal for Michael Phelps, but gold for the United States. Ryan Lochte kicked off his duel with Michael Phelps on Saturday pulling away with a win in the Olympic 400-meter individual medley by more than 3 seconds. Phelps finished in fourth with the U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama in the house.
“It’s frustrating, that’s all I can say. It’s pretty upsetting,” Phelps said who have six more races to bring home gold. “The biggest thing now is to try to look forward. I have a bunch of other races, and hopefully we can finish a lot better than how we started.”
Walking away with a bronze on the men’s side was Peter Vanderkaay in the men’s 400 freestyle. The women’s 4X100 freestyle relay team was beat out by Netherlands, finishing with a bronze as well.
The first gold medal of the day went to China when Yi Siling won the women’s 10-meter air rifle shooting. The men’s team archery had a shot at gold but Italy beat the U.S. by one point on its final shot, leaving the U.S. with silver.
The other silver of the day for the U.S. came in the 400 individual medley when Elizabeth Beisel beat out Li Zauanxu of China.
The women’s United States basketball team defeated Croatia 81-56 in their Olympic opener. Tina Charles scored 14 points and Angel McCoughtry added 13 in the victory. Both John Isner and Serena Williams won their respective opening matches on the tennis side at Wimbledon.
The U.S. women’s soccer team defeated Colombia, 3-0.
At the end of day one, China leads the medal total with six, finishing with four gold medals on Saturday. Italy has a total of five tied with the United States.
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