Men's Basketball Gold Caps Rio Olympic Games For Team USA

RIO DE JANEIRO – Kevin Durant made sure Team USA put an exclamation point on the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

He scored 30 points as the United States won the gold medal in men’s basketball Sunday, routing Serbia 96-66 after leading by as many as 41 points.

For the first time in history, the United States won both the first gold medal (shooter Ginny Thrasher in women’s 10-meter air rifle) and the last at an Olympic Games in summer competition.

Good shooting played a part in the bookend gold medals. Durant scored 24 points in the first half on 64 percent shooting and in the second quarter he outscored Serbia all by himself 18-14 with seven baskets, including four 3-pointers.

Team USA has now won 25 straight games in Olympic competition dating back to the bronze-medal

IOC President hails Rio 2016 as “iconic Games”

As the Olympic Games Rio 2016 entered the final weekend of competition, IOC President Thomas Bach offered a glowing assessment of the athletic achievements, the sports venues and the spirit of the Brazilian people.

"We have seen iconic athletes across all the sports,” he told reporters at a wrap-up media briefing. “The level of competition over all the sports was extremely high, and I can only congratulate the athletes for their stunning performances. This is only possible if you have excellent venues.”

He added, “The Brazilians were great hosts and united behind these Games. With the joy of life of the Brazilians, they turned this into a great party for everybody.”

President Bach also cited what he called “iconic stories” from the Rio 2016 Games, a series of

Simone Biles selected as Team USA’s Closing Ceremony flag bearer for Rio 2016 Olympic Games

Four-time Olympic champion Biles becomes first gymnast to lead
U.S. Olympic delegation into Closing Ceremony

RIO DE JANEIRO – Four-time Olympic champion Simone Biles was selected to lead the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team into Sunday's (Aug. 21) Closing Ceremony as flag bearer, as announced today by the United States Olympic Committee. Biles was chosen by a vote of fellow Team USA members.

In her Olympic debut, Biles won team and individual gold medals in the women’s all-around, vault and floor exercise, also adding a fifth medal – bronze – on balance beam. She became the first American gymnast to win four golds at a single Games and one of only four women to accomplish the feat in Olympic history, joining Larissa Latynina (1956), Vera Caslavska (1968) and Ekaterina Szabo (1984). 



"It's an incredible honor to be selected as the flag bearer by my Team USA teammates,” said Biles. “This experience has been the dream of a lifetime for me and my team and I consider it a privilege to represent my country, the United States Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics by carrying our flag. I also wish to thank the city of Rio de Janeiro, and the entire country of Brazil, for hosting an incredible Games.”

Widely considered the best gymnast of her generation, Biles’ Olympic medal haul extended her U.S. record to 18 individual medals combined in world and Olympic competition over the last three years. Her historic performance propelled the U.S. women’s gymnastics team to a total of nine medals in Rio, surpassing the team’s previous high of eight from the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. The nine medals are the most won by any women’s team since the Soviet Union claimed 10 medals at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. 



Biles is only the second gymnast to serve as Team USA’s flag bearer, in either the Opening or Closing Ceremony, and the first-ever female gymnast to earn the honor. Alfred Jochim is the only other American gymnast to previously serve as flag bearer, leading the U.S. delegation into the Opening Ceremony of the 1936 Olympic Games.   


U.S Olympic Team Flag Bearers – Closing Ceremony 


1952     Bob Kurland, Basketball             

1956     Pete Rademacher, Boxing       

1960     Mike Troy, Swimming                  

1964     Don Schollander, Swimming        

1968     Al Oerter, Track and Field              

1972     Mike Burton, Swimming

1976     Willie Davenport, Track and Field      
1984     Jeff Blatnick Wresting 

1988     Terry Schroeder, Water Polo

1992     Peter Westbrook, Fencing 

1996     Michael Matz, Equestrian              
2000     Rulon Gardner, Wrestling             

2004     Mia Hamm, Soccer                

2008     Khatuna Lorig, Archery               

2012     Bryshon Nellum, Track and Field 

2016     Simone Biles, Gymnastics

USA wins one gold, three silver on final day of gymnastics at 2016 Olympics

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• Women's Results: Floor Exercise
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RIO DE JANEIRO – Simone Biles of Spring of Texas/World Champions Centre, and Aly Raisman of Needham, Mass./Brestyan's American Gymnastics, won the gold and silver medals, respectively, on the floor exercise at the 2016 Olympic Games at the Rio Olympic Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The medals were the eighth and ninth for the Final Five, the 2016 Olympic team champions, for the most women’s gymnastics Olympic medals won by a country since the Soviet Union’s 10 in 1972. For the men, Danell Leyva of Miami/Team Hilton (Universal Gymnastics), claimed the parallel bars and high bar silver medals on the final day of competition. The USA mined a total of 12 medals, the most since 1984.

This is the first time the U.S. women have won nine medals at an Olympic Games. The nine medals are: four gold, four silver and one bronze. Biles’ five Olympic medals make her the most decorated U.S. gymnast at the 2016 Olympics, and her four gold medals tie the Olympic record for a female gymnast in a single Games. Including her 2016 medals, Raisman’s six career Olympic medals is the second highest total in U.S. gymnastics history behind Shannon Miller.

The 12 U.S. Olympic medals are listed below.

• Women’s team: gold
• Biles: all-around, vault and floor exercise gold, and balance beam bronze
• Hernandez: balance beam silver
• Kocian, uneven bars silver
• Leyva, parallel bars and high bar silver
• Alex Naddour of Queen Creek, Ariz./Team Hilton (USA Youth Fitness Center), pommel horse bronze
• Raisman, all-around and floor exercise silver

In the women’s floor final, Biles tumbled a layout full-out; double layout half-out (Biles); tucked double-double; and tucked full-in. Her 15.966 clinched the gold medal. Opening with her trademark one-and-a-half twist to double Arabian, punch layout front, Raisman scored a 15.500 to win silver. Great Britain’s Amy Tinkler claimed the bronze at 14.933.

Leyva captured two silvers on the final day of competition. On parallel bars, he capped off his magnificent routine with a stuck double front dismount to score a 15.900 and win the silver medal. Ukraine’s Oleg Verniaiev claimed gold with a 16.041 and David Belyavskiy of Russia earned the bronze (15.783).

Leyva performed a thrilling routine in the horizontal bar final with a layout Kovacs, Kolman and a double-twisting double layout dismount to score a 15.500, which earned the silver medal. Sam Mikulak of Newport Coast, Calif./Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Center), hit his routine including a Cassina, Kolman and double twisting double layout dismount to score a 15.400 for fourth place. Germany’s Fabian Hambuechen won the title with his 15.766, and Nile Wilson of Great Britain finished third (15.466).

Gymnastics competition has concluded and wraps up its Olympics with two sessions of the gala on Aug. 17 at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Rio time.

Ways to follow the action

• NBC. NBC is the broadcast and web source for coverage and news on the Olympic Games.
  • Aug. 16, individual event finals, 8 p.m. ET, NBC
• NBCOlympics.com. NBCOlympics.com carries live and archived coverage of every gymnastics session as well as all sports.
• USAGym2016.com. Original stories, athlete bios, schedules, results and more are available at usagym2016.com.
• USAGym.org. The USA Gymnastics official website is a great source for information about the sport: latest news, the schedule of its premier events, athlete biographies, videos, photo galleries and more.
• TeamUSA.org. The U.S. Olympic Committee’s website will also be a good resource for information on the Team USA in Rio.
• Social Media. USA Gymnastics is providing live updates and exclusive content, including interviews and photos, on Facebook and Twitter (@USAGym).

Hernandez, Biles win balance beam medals at 2016 Olympic Games

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RIO DE JANEIRO – Laurie Hernandez of Old Bridge, N.J./MG Elite, and Simone Biles of Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre, won the silver and bronze medals, respectively, on balance beam at the 2016 Olympic Games, held at the Rio Olympic Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Competition concludes tomorrow with the final day of individual event finals, scheduled for 2 p.m. local time.

The U.S. gymnasts competing on the last day of event finals are: floor exercise – Biles and Aly Raisman of Needham, Mass./Brestyan’s American Gymnastics; parallel bars – Danell Leyva of Miami/Team Hilton (Universal Gymnastics); and horizontal bar – Leyva and Sam Mikulak of Newport Coast, Calif./Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Center).

Hernandez was nearly flawless in her beam routine, which included a front pike; back handspring,

Biles earns Team USA's first ever gold medal on vault

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RIO DE JANEIRO – 2016 Olympic all-around champion Simone Biles of Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre, won the USA’s first women’s Olympic vault gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games, held at the Rio Olympic Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Biles is also the first American gymnast to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games. In addition, Madison Kocian of Dallas, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics, won the silver medal for the uneven bars, and Alex Naddour of Queen Creek, Ariz./Team Hilton (USA Youth Fitness Center), earned the bronze medal on pommel horse.

Biles' first vault was a powerful Amanar, scoring a 15.900. Her second vault, a Cheng, earned a

BREAKING: Madison Kocian Wins Uneven Bars Silver In Olympic Debut

BREAKING...Rio De Janeiro, Brazil - Madison Kocian of the United States making her Olympic debut has won the silver medal for her routine on uneven bars with an 15.833.

Kocian routine  inside stalder to Komova II to Pak to stalder Shapo half, inside stalder blind to Jaeger, stalder, stalder full to full twisting double tuck stuck - little late on the first piro but super clean.

BREAKING: USA's Simone Biles Wins Gold On Vault

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BREAKING...Rio De Janeiro, Brazil - Simone Biles of the United States has won the gold medal on her vaults, first U.S. woman to win the Olympic title on vault and first to win three Olympic golds in single games in gymnastics.

Her first vault was 15.900 and second, 16.033 with an average of 15.966.

More to come....

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Phelps Ends Career with Win in 400m Medley Relay

Photo is courtesy of USA Swimming

By Jim Rusnak//USA Swimming Director of Editorial Properties

RIO DE JANEIRO – Well, it looks like the end has come.

Not just for the eight-day swimming competition at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, but for the man who has become a household name because of his performance at these and the last four Olympic Games.

If he is to be believed – and he seems especially adamant about it this time around – Michael Phelps swam his last race Saturday in Rio, winning his 23rd Olympic gold medal in the 400m medley relay.

For the fourth straight Olympic Games, Phelps finishes with the most medals of any swimmer in the pool with six overall – five gold and one silver. Indeed, he will likely finish with more medals than any other individual athlete in Rio, just as he did in Athens (six gold, two bronze), Beijing (eight gold) and London (four gold, two silver).

In case you’ve lost count, that’s 28 Olympic medals over the course of his career, including 23 gold,

BREAKING: U.S. swimmers win historic 1,000th Olympic gold medal for Team USA

RIO DE JANEIRO – The U.S. women’s 400-meter medley relay team of Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Simone Manuel and Dana Vollmer today made history by securing the 1,000^th gold medal for Team USA at the Olympic Games in summer competition. The milestone highlights Team USA’s sustained competitive excellence, dating back to the first modern Olympic Games in 1896.

On the final night of pool swimming in Rio, the U.S. won the race in a time of 3:53.13, ahead of Australia (3:55.00) and Denmark (3:55.01).

The first U.S. gold medal was won by triple jumper James Connolly on April 6, 1896.

“One thousand gold medals is a remarkable achievement made possible by the culture of sport that is the fabric and foundation of Team USA,” said USOC CEO Scott Blackmun. “It is a testament first and foremost to our athletes, but it also reveals the impact of the support provided by our National Governing Bodies, our sponsors and donors, and American fans. This is an accomplishment we celebrate together.”

Several USOC sponsors will generously donate gifts to the swimmers in recognition of the milestone. The gifts will have a theme of 1,000 to highlight the longevity of Team USA's success.

Team USA entered the Rio Olympics with 977 gold medals in summer competition, and the relay team’s podium-topping performance marked the 23rd of the Games for the Americans.

Of the 1,000 gold medals, more than half (569) have come from track and field (323), and swimming (246). The 23 U.S. gold medals thus far in Rio were won in swimming (15), gymnastics (2), track and field (2), cycling (1), judo (1), rowing (1), and shooting (1).

The former Soviet Union is second on the all-time list with 395 gold medals, while Great Britain is second among active countries with 245.

A comprehensive Team USA History Book can be found here. 
United States Olympic Committee
1 Olympic Plaza
Colorado Springs, CO 80909

Dooley finishes 11th in men's trampoline at 2016 Olympics

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RIO DE JANEIRO – Logan Dooley of Lake Forest, Calif/World Elite Gymnastics, finished 11th in the men’s trampoline qualification round at the 2016 Olympic Games, held at the Rio Olympic Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the best finish for a U.S. man at the Olympics. Competition continues tomorrow with the individual event finals for men’s and women’s artistic gymnastics at 2 p.m. Rio time.

The trampoline competition features one compulsory and one optional round for the preliminaries, with the top eight advancing to the finals, where one optional routine is performed.

Dooley scored a 47.885 for his compulsory routine highlighted with a layout full-full. In his optional routine, he executed a piked Triffus, half-in tuck Triffus, and tucked Triffus to earn a 58.170. Dooley garnered a combined score of 106.055, to place 11th.

Uladzislau Hancharou of Belarus won the gold medal with a score of 61.745, followed by China’s

U.S. Women Remain Undefeated in Win over Italy

By Bill Kauffman (bill.kauffman@usav.org)

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – The U.S. Olympic Women’s Volleyball Team, ranked No. 1 the world, was energized by its bench play Friday after as it defeated Italy 25-22, 25-22, 23-25, 25-20 during the Olympic Games Pool B being staged at Maracanazinho Arena in Rio de Janeiero, Brazil.

The Americans, now 4-0 in Pool B with 11 points and in first place, conclude pool play against the world’s No. 3 China on Sunday at 4:05 p.m. ET. Team USA, though already qualified for the Aug. 16 quarterfinals following its victory over Serbia on Wednesday, is aiming to grab the top seed from Pool B.

Earlier today China lost to Serbia 25-19, 25-19, 25-22 to fall to 2-2 with seven points. Serbia is now in second place with a 3-1 record and nine points. Serbia challenges fourth-place Netherlands on the final day of pool play prior to the USA’s match against China. A Team USA win will secure the top spot in the Pool B heading into the quarterfinals. However, an American loss to China means Serbia can slip into the top seed with a win over Netherlands despite having lost to the U.S. earlier this week.

The top four teams from the two six-team pools advance to the quarterfinals with the top seeds

Ahsinger finishes 15th in women's trampoline at 2016 Olympic Games

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RIO DE JANEIRO  – Nicole Ahsinger of Lafayette, La./Trampoline and Tumbling Express, finished 15th in the women’s trampoline qualification round at the 2016 Olympic Games, held at the Rio Olympic Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Trampoline continues tomorrow at 2 p.m. Rio time with the men’s competition that includes the USA’s Logan Dooley of Lake Forest, Calif/World Elite Gymnastics.

The trampoline competition features one compulsory and one optional round for the preliminaries, with the top eight advancing to the finals, where one optional routine is performed.

Ahsinger scored a 45.250 for a solid compulsory routine highlighted with a double front half-out and piked half-in, Rudi out. Her optional routine included a Rudi out; half-in, half-out piked; double pike; and layout full-full to score a 50.205. The first-time Olympian earned a combined total of 95.455 to finish in 15th place.

Canada’s Rosannagh MacLennan won gold with a score of 56.465. Great Britain’s Bryony Page earned the silver medal with a 56.040 and China’s Dan Li claimed the bronze medal with a 55.885.

Following men’s trampoline, men’s and women’s gymnastics takes center stage again with the individual event finals Aug. 14-16. The U.S. gymnasts competing in the individual event finals are: women’s vault – Simone Biles of Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre; uneven bars – Madison Kocian of Dallas, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics, and Gabby Douglas of Tarzana, Calif./Buckeye Gymnastics; balance beam – Biles and Laurie Hernandez of Old Bridge, N.J./MG Elite; floor exercise – Biles and Aly Raisman of Needham, Mass./Brestyan's American Gymnastics; men’s floor exercise – Jake Dalton of Sparks, Nev./Team Hilton (University of Oklahoma) and Sam Mikulak of Newport Coast, Calif./Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Center); pommel horse – Alex Naddour of Queen Creek, Ariz./Team Hilton (USA Youth Fitness Center); parallel bars– Danell Leyva of Miami/Team Hilton (Universal Gymnastics); and horizontal bar – Leyva and Mikulak;.

Ways to follow the action
NBC is the broadcast and web source for coverage and news on the Olympic Games.

• NBC Olympics.com. NBCOlympics.com will carry live coverage of every gymnastics session as well as all sports, and maintain an archive for on-demand coverage. The gymnastics schedule is listed below.
  • Aug. 13, men’s trampoline qualification and final, 1 p.m. ET
  • Aug. 14, individual event finals, 1 p.m. ET
  • Aug. 15, individual event finals, 1 p.m. ET
  • Aug. 16, individual event finals, 1 p.m. ET
• NBC. Gymnastics coverage is expected to appear in the primetime broadcast.
  • Aug. 14, individual event finals, 8 p.m. ET, NBC
  • Aug. 15, individual event finals, 8 p.m. ET, NBC
  • Aug. 16, individual event finals, 8 p.m. ET, NBC

USA Gymnastics and the United States Olympic Committee are also providing easy ways to follow the action from Rio.

• USAGym2016.com. Original stories, athlete bios, schedules, results and more are available at usagym2016.com.
• USAGym.org. The USA Gymnastics official website is a great source for information about the sport: latest news, the schedule of its premier events, athlete biographies, videos, photo galleries and more.
• TeamUSA.org. The U.S. Olympic Committee’s website will also be a good resource for information on the Team USA in Rio.
• Social Media. USA Gymnastics is providing live updates and exclusive content, including interviews and photos, on Facebook and Twitter (@USAGym).

U.S. Olympic Women’s Field Hockey Team Captures Fourth Straight Victory Earning a Total of 12 Event Points

Photo Credit: TeamUSA Field Hockey

DEODORO, Brazil - They shook hands after a draw in Lancaster, Pa. knowing all too well it wasn’t over; there was more to the story. Only a few weeks before the Olympic Games during the Citi Rio Send-Off Series, India and the U.S. Olympic Women’s Field Hockey Team’s walked away with one win apiece. The moment to prove who has enough gusto to edge out the other was revealed on the ultimate stage at the Deodoro Olympic Park under the spotlight of watchful eyes of those in the stadium stands and those glued to their television sets at home. Keeping match tempo in fifth gear, Team USA drove hard, engines at full tilt for 60 minutes to leave the pitch as victors with a goal line 3-0. The missing element between the Citi Rio Send-Off Series and the Olympic Games? USWNT dynamite defender and captain Lauren Crandall (Doylestown, Pa.). A key contributor in the backfield and leadership, Crandall was out recovering and prepping in the weeks leading up to Rio. Now, rejoining the team, the United States is the strongest it has ever been.

"It was an advantage to be up in the stands watching those 120 minutes of hockey," said

Biles wins gold, Raisman silver in women's all-around at 2016 Olympic Games

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug. 11, 2016 -- Simone Biles of Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre, and Aly Raisman of Needham, Mass./Brestyan’s American Gymnastics, won the gold and silver medals, respectively, in the all-around at the 2016 Olympic Games held at Rio’s Olympic Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Biles, a three-time World all-around champion (2013-15), is the fourth female gymnast in Olympic history to capture back-to-back World and Olympic all-around titles. She joins Gabby Douglas (2012), Nastia Liukin (2008), Carly Patterson (2004), and Mary Lou Retton (1984), as the only U.S. women’s gymnasts to win an Olympic all-around title.

Biles finished with a score of 62.198, followed by Raisman with a 60.098, and Russia’s Aliya Mustafina who earned the bronze with a 58.665. The 1-2 finish marks only the second time in history the U.S. has swept the top two spots on the podium in the women’s all-around competition. Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson earned gold and silver at the 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing, China. Biles’ victory gives the United States a fourth consecutive gold medal in the women’s all-around.

All-around scores for USA

• Simone Biles: all-around, 62.198; vault, 15.866; uneven bars, 14.966; balance beam, 15.433; floor, 15.933.
• Aly Raisman: all-around, 60.098; vault, 15.633; uneven bars, 14.166; balance beam, 14.866; floor, 15.433.

Event highlights

• Vault: Biles – Amanar; Raisman – Amanar.
• Uneven bars
  • Biles – toe-on full pirouette; Tkatchev; piked Tkatchev to Pak salto; dismounts with a full-twisting double back.
  • Raisman – Maloney, Tkatchev; Jaeger; Overshoot, Stalder full pirouette; double front dismount.
• Balance beam
  • Biles – opened with a two-and-a-half wolf turn; barani; back handspring, layout, layout series; front aerial; dismounts with a full-twisting double back.
  • Raisman – pike front to open; back handspring to two foot layout; Arabian double front dismount.
• Floor exercise
  • Biles – opened with a full-twisting double layout; Biles to a split jump; tucked double-double; ends with a tucked full-in.
  • Raisman – one-and-a-half through to Arabian double front, punch layout; Arabian double pike to stag jump; double layout; closes with a double pike.

Individual finals

• Aug 14: men -- floor exercise, Mikulak and Dalton, and pommel horse, Naddour; women – vault, Biles and uneven bars, Kocian and Douglas.
• Aug. 15: men – still rings, vault; women – balance beam, Biles and Hernandez
• Aug. 16: men – parallel bars, Leyva, and horizontal bar, Leyva and Mikulak; women – floor exercise, Biles and Raisman.

Ways to follow the action
NBC is the broadcast and web source for coverage and news on the Olympic Games.

• NBC Olympics.com. NBCOlympics.com will carry live coverage of every gymnastics session as well as all sports, and maintain an archive for on-demand coverage. The gymnastics schedule is listed below.
  • Aug. 14, individual event finals, 1 p.m. ET
  • Aug. 15, individual event finals, 1 p.m. ET
  • Aug. 16, individual event finals, 1 p.m. ET
• NBC. Gymnastics coverage is expected to appear in the primetime broadcast.
  • Aug. 11, women’s all-around final, 8 p.m. ET

USA Gymnastics and the United States Olympic Committee are also providing easy ways to follow the action from Rio.

• USAGym2016.com. Original stories, athlete bios, schedules, results and more are available at usagym2016.com.
• USAGym.org. The USA Gymnastics official website is a great source for information about the sport: latest news, the schedule of its premier events, athlete biographies, videos, photo galleries and more.
• TeamUSA.org. The U.S. Olympic Committee’s website will also be a good resource for information on the Team USA in Rio.
• Social Media. USA Gymnastics is providing live updates and exclusive content, including interviews and photos, on Facebook and Twitter (@USAGym).

Women's Field Hockey: Bam's Hat Trick and Win Over Japan Propels USWNT into Olympic Games Quarterfinal Placement

DEODORO, Brazil - August 10, 2016 - 180 gritty pitch minutes logged and 10 heart-pounding goals later and the U.S. Olympic Women’s Field Hockey Team has climbed to a panoramic view of promise by currently claiming one of the top seeds in Pool B with three consecutive victories.

 Halfway through preliminary pool play and with each passing match minute at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the red, white and blue has steadily scaled its way to securing a spot at the all-important quarterfinals in Rio de Janeiro. Assisting with the team's intended course of action, today multiple goals, including Katie Bam's (Blue Bell, Pa.) hat trick, helped Team USA rise above Japan 6-1.

Pool B Standings
Rank	Country	Points
1	United States	9
2	Great Britain	9
3	Australia	3
4	Argentina	3
5	India	1
6	Japan	1

Team USA started off quick, grabbing a penalty corner less than 15 seconds into the match. Off of the slip, Melissa Gonzalez (Mohegan Lake, N.Y.) buried a low drag flick into the right corner of the cage to give USA an early 1-0 lead. Japan quickly took possession and countered down the field but a duo defensive effort by Julia Reinprecht (Perkasie, Pa.) and Michelle Kasold (Chapel Hill, N.C.) maintained the pressure.

Seconds later, a scare came for USA's goalkeeper Jackie Briggs (Robesonia, Pa.) as a Japan forward got a shot off at close range that went just wide of the post.

"Japan is a difficult team to manage and I think we did a professional job on picking up another three

Mikulak finishes seventh, Brooks 14th in men’s all-around at 2016 Olympic Games

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 10, 2016 – Sam Mikulak of Newport Coast, Calif./Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Center), and Chris Brooks of Houston, Texas/Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Center), finished seventh and 14th, respectively, in the men’s all-around at the 2016 Olympic Games, held at the Rio Olympic Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Simone Biles of Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre, and Aly Raisman, Needham, Mass./Brestyan's American Gymnastics, will compete in the women’s all-around final tomorrow at 3 p.m. ET. 

Japan’s Kohei Uchimura won his second Olympic all-around title with a score of 92.365. Ukraine’s Oleg Verniaiev earned the silver medal with a 92.266 and Great Britain’s Max Whitlock claimed the bronze medal with a 90.641. 

All-around scores for USA

• Sam Mikulak: all-around, 89.631; floor, 15.200; pommel horse, 14.600; still rings, 14.366; vault, 14.566; parallel bars, 15.766; horizontal bar, 15.133.
• Chris Brooks: all-around, 87.632; floor, 14.600; pommel horse, 13.200; still rings, 14.633; vault, 14.933; parallel bars, 15.066; horizontal bar, 15.200.

Event highlights

• Floor exercise
  • Brooks – front double pike; front double full, barani; tucked Thomas; two-and-a-half twist dismount
  • Mikulak – opens with a two-and-a-half to double front; layout Thomas; closes with a triple twist.
• Pommel horse
  • Mikulak – scissor to open; single pommel work; Magyar, Sivado; handstand dismount.
• Still rings
  • Brooks – Azarian Maltese; back uprise to planche; Maltese; tucked and piked Yamawakis; stuck one-and-a-half twisting, double back dismount.
  • Mikulak – Azarian cross; kip to Maltese; back uprise planche; tucked double-double dismount.
• Vault: Brooks, Handspring double front; Mikulak, Kasumatsu double-full.
• Parallel bars
  • Brooks – front toss; peach to one; peach-half; peach; giant Diamidov; giant; Stutz; Tippelt; double front with a small hop.
  • Mikulak – front toss; peach -half; peach; giant Suarez ;straddled front to moy; Bhavsar; Tippelt; Stutz; stuck double front-half
• Horizontal bar
  • Brooks – Zou Li Min; full Takamoto, Yamawaki, Tkatchev-half; half Takamoto, layout Tkatchev; layout Tkatchev-half; stuck layout double-double
  • Mikulak – Kohlman; quast; full Takamoto, Yamawaki; Tkatchev-half; half Takamoto; Tkatchev; stuck layout double-double dismount.

Individual finals

• Aug. 11. women – all-around, Biles and Raisman
• Aug. 14: men - floor exercise, Mikulak and Dalton, and pommel horse, Naddour; women – vault, Biles and uneven bars, Kocian and Douglas.
• Aug. 15: men – still rings, vault; women – balance beam, Biles and Hernandez
• Aug. 16: men – parallel bars, Leyva, and horizontal bar, Leyva and Mikulak; women – floor exercise, Biles and Raisman.

Ways to follow the action
NBC is the broadcast and web source for coverage and news on the Olympic Games.

• NBC Olympics.com. NBCOlympics.com will carry live coverage of every gymnastics session as well as all sports, and maintain an archive for on-demand coverage. The gymnastics schedule is listed below.
  • Aug. 11, women’s all-around final, 3 p.m. ET
  • Aug. 14, individual event finals, 1 p.m. ET
  • Aug. 15, individual event finals, 1 p.m. ET
  • Aug. 16, individual event finals, 1 p.m. ET
• NBC. Gymnastics coverage is expected to appear in the primetime broadcast.
  • Aug. 10, men’s all-around final, 8 p.m. ET
  • Aug. 11, women’s all-around final, 8 p.m. ET

USA Gymnastics and the United States Olympic Committee are also providing easy ways to follow the action from Rio.

• USAGym2016.com. Original stories, athlete bios, schedules, results and more are available at usagym2016.com.
• USAGym.org. The USA Gymnastics official website is a great source for information about the sport: latest news, the schedule of its premier events, athlete biographies, videos, photo galleries and more.
• TeamUSA.org. The U.S. Olympic Committee’s website will also be a good resource for information on the Team USA in Rio.
• Social Media. USA Gymnastics is providing live updates and exclusive content, including interviews and photos, onFacebook and Twitter (@USAGym).

USA Gymnastics announces women's gymnastics team for 2016 Olympic Games

Photo by Jason Lavengood

SAN JOSE, Calif., - USA Gymnastics Sunday, July 10th announced the five gymnasts and three replacement athletes that will comprise the U.S. Olympic Team for women's gymnastics that will compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Simone Biles of Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre, automatically qualified to the team at the conclusion of competition at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials for women’s gymnastics after winning the two-day all-around. The balance of the team and three replacement athletes were chosen by the Women's Selection Committee.

The five-woman team and three replacement athletes are listed below.

• Simone Biles, Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre
• Gabby Douglas, Tarzana, Calif./Buckeye Gymnastics
• Laurie Hernandez, Old Bridge, N.J./MG Elite
• Madison Kocian, Dallas, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics
• Aly Raisman, Needham, Mass./Brestyan's American Gymnastics
• Replacement athletes
  • Ashton Locklear, Hamlet, N.C./Everest Gymnastics
  • MyKayla Skinner, Gilbert, Ariz./Desert Lights Gymnastics
  • Ragan Smith, Lewisville, Texas/Texas Dreams Gymnastics

All athletes named to the Olympic Team are subject to the approval of the U.S. Olympic Committee's Board of Directors.

The members of the Women's Selection Committee were: Martha Karolyi, women's national team coordinator; Tatiana Perskaia, brevet judge; and Terin Humphrey, athlete representative.