Michael Phelps already has its first gold in Rio and adds its 23rd Olympic medal

Michael Phelps led the US team 4x100 relay, the revenge of the defeat was taken four years ago against France in London 2012 and regained the title of Olympic champion, after winning the final of Rio with a time of 3 : 09.92. Michael Phelps, the most decorated athlete in the history of the Games, agigantó his legend, after winning its twenty-third medal.

The team of US 4x100 relay revenge for the defeat was taken four years ago against France in the London Games and recovered Sunday the title of Olympic champion, after winning the final of Rio with a time of 3: 09.92 .

The American quartet, composed Caeleb Dressel, Michael Phelps , Ryan Held and Nathan Adrian, excelled in 61/100 the French assembly after signing a time of 3: 10.53, had to settle, as happened in Beijing 2008 with medal silver.

He completed the podium the team of Australia , thanks to a final post of Cameron McEvoy, managed to snatch with a mark of 3: 11.37 the last step of the podium to Russia.

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All Michael Phelps Olympic medals

Michael Phelps was already the most successful athlete in the history of the Olympic Games and agigantó Sunday Sunday legend after winning his twenty third gold medal hanging in the final of the 4x100 freestyle relay.

Phelps, who swam the second post of the American team, was decisive for the US team could beat France, who had to settle for silver, and take revenge for the defeat by the Gauls in the London Games.

A gold medal allowing Michael, who will compete in Rio in three other -100 and 200 butterfly and 200 styles- tests as well as expected in the 4x100 relay styles, accumulating a total of 23 Olympic medals, 19 of them gold.

Athens 2004 (6 golds and 2 bronzes)

100 butterfly GOLD
200 butterfly GOLD
200 styles GOLD
400 styles GOLD
4x200 free GOLD
4x100 styles GOLD
200 Free BRONZE
4x100 free BRONZE

Beijing 2008 (8 gold)

100 butterfly GOLD
200 butterfly GOLD
200 styles GOLD
400 styles GOLD
200 free gold
4x100 free GOLD
4x200 free GOLD
4x100 styles GOLD

London 2012 (4 gold and 2 silver)

100 butterfly GOLD
200 styles GOLD
4x100 styles GOLD
4x200 free GOLD
200 Butterfly SILVER
4x100 free PLATA

Rio de Janeiro (1 Gold)

4x100 free GOLD

Djokovic and Phelps burst in Rio-2016

Tennis stars Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams and swimmer Michael Phelps King burst Sunday at the Olympic Games in Rio-2016, with Australia as unthought emerging leader medal.

Compete for glory also attracts these athletes of the world elite, who chose to share an Olympic Village devoid of luxuries and live with athletes who have made great efforts to reach Rio.

Sometimes they feel comfortable with his feet on the ground.

Phelps asked the US take a photo in the Olympic Village Djokovic, the No. 1 tennis, forgetting that it is the most successful athlete in the history of the Olympic Games.

'The boy from Baltimore' try on Sunday to continue their gold rush in the 4x100 relay to swell its collection of 22 medals, 18 of them gilded.

His idol, world number one for 108 consecutive weeks, is presented in Rio with the fixed idea of ​​completing his trophy case populated with the gold medal, the only prize that is still lacking.

Serbian tournaments usually start training pace, but this time it will be with Argentine Juan Martin del Potro, his executioner in London 2012 bronze medal.

But the 'Tower of Tandil' is no longer what it was in 2009, when he won the US Open: drag problems on a wrist for more than two years ago that led to the basement of the standings.

"I hope to leave with a good feeling and the result is an anecdote. My reality is very clear and my present is very clear," he said Saturday Del Potro, showing that is not 100%, after passing second round in doubles with Maximo Gonzalez.

The last two Olympic champions, Andy Murray (London, 2012) and Spanish Rafael Nadal (Beijing, 2008), will play against Serbian Viktor Troicki (third shift Central) and Federico Delbonis Argentina.

In women, the favorite, Serena Williams, will debut at the Australian Daria Gavrilova and his executioner in the final pass of Roland Garros, the Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza, against Jelena Jankovic.

- Argentina gives the first gold -

On the opening day of competition, Argentina gave Saturday to Latin America's first gold medal in Rio, where swimming began to record pure.

Judoka Paula 'Peque' Pareto, 30, took the loss to injury of the favorite, Brazil's Sarah Menezes, champion in London 2012 to win gold for the first time Argentina won on the first day of competition .

"I've dreamed a lot with this and I'm very happy for all the support of the people. I have been getting better as I went forward and I am very happy to have been able to defeat such a difficult opponent," said the new champion on the South Korean Jeong Bo -Kyeong.

Meanwhile, in the Olympic aquatic center, swimming started every record with three broken world records and Australia taking two of the four gold medals disputed.

Those two medals brought the oceanic country by surprise lead on the opening day medal tally with two golds and a bronze.

In the afternoon, he had been the British Adam Peaty, who as a child had water phobia, the first to set a world record, breaking his own mark in the 100 meters breaststroke.

Neymar also returns, one of the stars of the elite, with its devalued Brazil.

Pressured by the unexpected draw in the debut, Neymar will have to use all his magic to lead Brazil to victory against Iraq, on the second day of the Olympic men's soccer tournament Rio-2016, a day in which Argentina is It presented at risk of default if not sum to Algeria.

- This is the program of the Olympic Games in Rio-2016 for Sunday 7 August (local and GMT):

Handball

Men - Group stage

(09h30 / 12h30) Croatia - Qatar (Group A)

(11h30 / 14h30) Sweden - Germany (Group B)

(14h40 / 17h40) Denmark - Argentina (Group A)

(16h40 / 19h40) Poland - Brazil (Group A)

(19h50 / 22h50) France - Tunisia (Group A)

(21h50 / 00h50) Slovenia - Egypt (Group B)

Basketball

Men - Group stage

(14h15 / 17h15) Brazil - Lithuania (Group B)

(19h00 / 22h00) Croatia - Spain (Group B)

(22h30 / 01h30) Nigeria - Argentina (Group B)

Women - Group stage

Phelps, the legend continues in Rio-2016

Michael Phelps, the record man in Olympic history, insatiable when accumulate medals, is again pulled to the pool on Monday in the Games Rio 2016, where they leave again to stage the 'Dream Team' and Argentine Lionesses and fourteen final will be played.

The Jaws of Baltimore, who on Sunday won with the US 4x100 relay m free its nineteenth Olympic gold, will begin his bid to regain the crown in the 200m butterfly, which snatched in London-2012 South African Chad le Clos.

Monday is the heats and semifinals of the first individual event of the three in which compete Phelps, who at age 31 seems determined to continue agigantando his legend. And it is not impossible.

But Phelps is not the only attraction that has this third day of swimming, which takes beaten six world records since the tournament began Saturday.

The 'bad boy' Chinese Sun Yang faces a new battle for free 200m, after losing his title in the 400m free on Saturday with Australian Mack Horton.

While topped the times in the preliminaries, Sun is not the favorite of the distance, which are the world record Paul Biedermann and world champion James Guy.

Thus, a new frustration haunts the Chinese swimmer in the pool water complex Olympic Park Rio de Janeiro.

- Las Leonas for recovery -

Sun Yang not only seek recovery Monday, also must straighten the road Las Leonas, Argentina's women's hockey team, which debuted in Rio-2016 with a hard and unexpected defeat against the United States.

"We know that the tournament is over. It was the first game and not over anything," said the captain of Las Leonas, Carla Rebecchi, after the defeat in the debut.

Monday's rival, Japan, seems to be ideal for Las Leonas find the winning ways and start thinking seriously about the possibility of getting the Olympic gold for the first time in its history.

Moreover, the 'Dream Team' US will play its second match of Group A men's basketball weak against Venezuela, rival that comes in handy to send a new warning to his rivals.

United States, current Olympic champion, debuted Saturday with a landslide victory in Group A on China by 119-62 and no one seems able to stop to his third consecutive gold.

And if that were not enough, his main opponent in the search for gold, Spain, lost on Sunday against all odds against Croatia 72-70 and the way in Group B will not be a bed of roses.

- Phelps 19, Djokovic 0 -

And if Phelps siguó enlarging his legend on Sunday with his gold medal nineteenth-and 23 in total, Novak Djokovic could not exorcise his demons Olympic.

'Nole', the owner of men's tennis for two years' Take 108 weeks at the front of the classification of the ATP, you still can not enshrined in the Games, where he only managed a bronze in Beijing 2008.

Sunday suffered perhaps the greatest humiliation of his career by being eliminated in the first round of Rio 2016 with his friend Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro.

The 'Tower of Tandil' won 7-6 (7/4) 7-6 (7/2) and frustrate him again, as he did four years ago when he won in London-2012 in the party bronze medal.

- Kosovo on the Olympic map -

Majlinda Kelmendi judoka gave the first gold medal by winning Kosovo in the -52 kg category in the absolute debut of the young Balkan republic.

After winning the decisive battle Giuffrida Italian Odette, Kelmendi collapsed on the mat, before greeting the handful of compatriots present in the scenario that did not stop encouraging her to cry, "Ko-so-vo! Ko-so- vo ".

In a day full of batacazos Sunday, weak Iraq national football team snatched a 0-0 draw at the 'Selecao' Neymar, another new hosts frustrating performance in the debut matched by the same score against South Africa .

Brazil now has beards to soak in search of the gold medal, the only award missing from the selected world champions.

A premature removal of the Selecao would shake these Games Rio to the ground.

Phelps follows the harvest gold and Del Potro gives the biggest surprise in Rio-2016

Swimmer Michael Phelps king hanged himself on Sunday in Rio-2016 gold medal and expanded its inexhaustible prize list 19 golds, on a day when Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro gave the biggest surprise of the Games so far to remove the monarch tennis, Novak Djokovic.

Phelps, who in total 23 medals in Olympic Games, was the second relay and got a good advantage for the American team, who finished imposed on France (silver) and Australia (bronze).

The 'Shark' Baltimore is the highest medal winner in the history of the Olympic Games.

But who she thwarted his intention to win his first gold was No. 1 Novak Djokovic, who lost to Argentine Juan Martin del Potro in a day dominated tennis surprises.

Del Potro, who seemed to have overcome the persistent problems in their wrists, subjected Djokovic 7-6 (7/4) 7-6 (7/2) in a clash in which Europe was massively supported by the Brazilian public.

At the beginning of the road to Rio, 'Nole' thwarted his goal of treasuring the Olympic title, the only prize that is missing in their showcases nourished.

The Tower of Tandil is currently ranked 141 in the world rankings, having reached the Top 10 when he won the US Open in 2009, but was it fully recovered from his injury and threatens to discuss a medal.

The Argentine was also the executioner Serbian London-2012 and snatched the bronze medal.

"It was a wonderful night. I did not expect to win and I'm surprised the level I had, after fighting so replayability power and also thus gain a whole number 1" said Del Potro in the mixed zone.

- Other batacazos -

Two batacazos are also produced in doubles matches, being eliminated the top-seeded tournaments in men and women.

The sisters Serena and Venus Williams were eliminated in first round by Czech Lucie Safarova and the Barbora Strycova 6-3, 6-4.

And the same fate befell the French Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert champions at the US Open-2015 and last Wimbledon before strangers Colombians Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah.

The star of the racket which debuted Sunday, the Spanish Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams had a very quiet day.

Rafa Nadal (3) Beijing- gold in 2008, took a walk to the Argentine Federico Delbonis in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday afternoon that he saddled a resounding 6-2, 6-1.

Another Olympic champion Andy Murray (London, 2012), currently number two in the world, triumphed over Serbian Viktor Troicki 6-3, 6-2.

In women, the favorite Serena Williams had a comfortable debut against Australia with Daria Gavrilova 6-4, 6-2 triumph. His executioner in the final pass of Roland Garros, the Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza, faces Jelena Jankovic.

Majlinda Kelmendi judoka gave the first gold medal by winning Kosovo in the -52 kg category in the absolute debut of the young Balkan republic.

After winning the decisive battle Giuffrida Italian Odette, Kelmendi collapsed on the mat, before greeting the handful of compatriots present in the scenario that did not stop encouraging her to cry, "Ko-so-vo! Ko-so- vo ".

- The alarm is turned on for the Seleção -

In a day full of batacazos Sunday, weak Iraq national football team snatched a draw 0-0 at seleçao Neymar, another new hosts frustrating performance in the debut matched by the same scoreline against South Africa.

Brazil now has beards to soak in search of the gold medal, the only award missing from the selected world champions.

- Again Russia -

And when it seemed that the scandal over Russian doping was fading, he resurged in Paralympic sport with the tough decision of its international committee to suspend that country from the Games of the specialty to be held in Rio from 7 to 18 September.

Michael Phelps achieved its 23rd Olympic medal thanks to free 4x100

American swimmer Michael Phelps won his twenty-third Olympic medal (19 gold, 2 silvers and 2 bronzes) thanks to the American victory in the 4x100 relay of the Games in Rio beating ahead of Frenchman, silver team and the Australian, who is he hung the bronze.

Phelps, who did not plan to swim on the second day, finally jumped into the pool of the Aquatics Centre Rio to add to the cause of the relay. The shark of Baltimore, who swam the second 100, did not disappoint in the first chance he decided to continue making history.

Caeleb Dressel, Ryan and Nathan Adrian Held-along to Phelps-- formed a team that regained the throne in the freestyle relay at the expense of the French, current Olympic champions. The Gauls took the initiative for much of the race.