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Rio 2016 Highlights - Day 9


August 13, 2016 - DAY 9

Saturday's events of the ongoing 2016 Rio Olympics include Athletics, Boxing, Cycling Track, Fencing, Rowing, Shooting, Swimming, Tennis, Trampoline Gymnastics, and Weightlifting.

So, let's find out who are the medal winners per sport

Men's Discus Throw Final
Gold - Christoph Harting (Germany)
Silver - Piotr Malachowski (Poland)
Bronze - Daniel Jasinski (Germany)

Men's Heavy 91kg Semifinal 1
Bronze - Rustam Tulaganov (Uzbekistan)

Men's Heavy 91kg Semifinal 2
Bronze - Erislandy Savon (Cuba)

Women's Team Sprint Finals
Gold - China
Silver - Russia
Bronze - Germany

Women's Sabre Team Match
Gold - Russia
Silver - Ukraine
Bronze - United States

Men's Single Sculls Final A
Gold - Mahe Drysdale (New Zealand)
Silver - Martin Damir (Croatia)
Bronze - Ondrej Synek (Czech Republic)

Women's Single Sculls Final A
Gold - Kimberley Brennan (Australia)
Silver - Genevra Stone (USA)
Bronze - Duan Jingli (China)

Women's Eight Final A
Gold - USA
Silver - United Kingdom
Bronze - Romania

Men's Eight Final A
Gold- United Kingdom
Silver - Germany
Bronze - Holland

25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men's Finals
Gold - Christian Reitz (Germany)
Silver - Jean Quiquampoix (France)
Bronze - Li Yuehong (China)

Skeet Men's Match
Gold - Gabriele Rossetti (Italy)
Silver - Marcus Svensson (Sweden)
Bronze - Abdullah Alrashidi (Olympic Refugee Team)

Women's 50m Freestyle Final
Gold - Pernille Blume (Denmark)
Silver - Simone Manuel (USA)
Bronze - Aliaksandra Herasimenia (Belarus)

Men's 1500m Freestyle Final
Gold - Gregorio Paltrinieri (Italy)
Silver - Connor Jaeger (USA)
Bronze - Gabriele Detti (Italy)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final
Gold - USA
Silver - Australia
Bronze - Denmark

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final
Gold - USA
Silver - United Kingdom
Bronze - Australia

Women's Doubles Bronze Medal Match
Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic)

Women's Singles Bronze Medal Match
Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova (Czech Republic)

Men's Final (Trampoline Gymnastics)
Gold - Uladzislau Hancharou (Belarus)
Silver - Dong Dong (China)
Bronze - Gao Lei (China)

Men's 94kg Group A (weightlifting)
Gold - Sohrab Moradi (Iran)
Silver - Vadzim Straltsou (Belarus)
Bronze - Aurimas Didzbalis (Lithuania)

On the top five countries with the most Gold medals earned during the course of the Rio Olympics, USA still dominates with 24 gold medals, China bagged 13, 10 for United Kingdom, 8 for Germany, and 7 for Japan.

For full schedule and results: https://www.rio2016.com/en/schedule-and-results

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