The Very First Gold Medal Winner for the Games + What to Watch on Day 2
Team USA started stronger than Gisele’s Opening Ceremony catwalk.
What’s better than winning a gold medal at the Olympics? How about winning the very first gold medal in Rio for the ENTIRE GAMES? Boom. Team USA started strong, with 19-year-old West Virginia University student Ginny Thrasher nabbing the gold in the women’s 10-meter air rifle event. Competition was stiff; Ginny was going head-to-head at her first Olympics against two women who had won gold at previous Games (Du Li of China won gold in 2004 and Yi Siling of China won in 2012) along with the woman ranked #1 in the world, Andrea Arsovic of Serbia. Underdogs are our faves, Ginny.
There’s a lot happening in Rio over the next couple weeks, so to make it all a little easier to follow, we’ll be recapping what happened the day before AND giving you the rundown on what to watch today every AM here on Medium and across our social channels. Stay tuned and stay informed with The Relish (we like you like that).
What to Watch Today: Sunday, August 7 (Check NBC or nbcolympics.com for info on where to watch & live streaming!)
9:45 a.m. ET: Tennis (Men’s and Women’s singles and doubles first round)
10:00 a.m. ET: Women’s beach volleyball (Fendrick/Sweat of Team USA take on Kolosinksa/Brzostek of Team POL)
10:00 a.m. ET: Rugby: Australia vs. USA
11:00 a.m. ET: Women’s basketball: USA vs. Senegal
Noon ET: Swimming Starts! Watch the Men’s and Women’s 100m backstroke, Men’s 200m freestyle and 4x100m freestyle relay and the Women’s 400m freestyle.
1:00 p.m. ET: Women’s archery (Sorry, no Katniss here)
2:30 p.m. ET: Fencing: Men’s individual
3:30 p.m. ET: Men’s beach volleyball (Dalhausser/Lucena of Team USA take on Naceur. Ma/Belhaj. C of TUN)
4:00 p.m. ET: Men’s volleyball : USA vs. Canada
4:30 p.m. ET stream (watch on NBC 7 p.m. — 12 a.m.): Women’s qualifying gymnastics
7:00 p.m.: Swimming: women’s 400m final
9:00 p.m. ET: Women’s 100m butterfly final, 100m breaststroke semis and 400m freestyle final. Men’s 200m freestyle semis, 100m breaststroke semis and final, and 4x100m freestyle relay final.
Bonus: Our Favorite Fan of the Games so far just might be Leslie Jones…
First the Yankees game and now this? We’ll be watching along with you, Les.
