Giles Scott wins gold, Michael Paine wins bronze sailing medal for US team for the first time; there records broken too
Q. Who became the first US winner of the gold in a medal race in sailing at Rio Olympics, 2016?- Published on 17 Aug 16a. Giles Scott
b. Caleb Paine
c. Caleb Scott
d. Giles Paine
ANSWER: Giles Scott
British sailor Giles Scott won the Finn gold medal in the medal race on 16th August 2106.
- Slovenia’s Vasilij Zbogar took silver while Caleb Paine of the US secured the first medal for sailing for the nation with a bronze
- Simone Biles won the gold medal for her scintillating floor exercise to garner a record equalling fourth gold in the Olympics at Rio on 16th August 2016.
- She captured the floor with 15.996 points while Aly Raisman earned 15.500 points to gain another gold meal for the US.
- Amy Tinkler from Britain secured bronze
- 19-year-old Biles became the first woman in 32 years and fifth overall to win 4 gold medals at a single Games event.
- Polish sportswoman Anita Wlodarcyzk on 15th August 2016 broke her own world record to win the gold at Rio Olympics.
- Her winning mark was 82.29m
- China’s Wenxiu Zhang won the silver medal with mark of 76.75 m and Sophie Hitchon of Great Britain won bronze.
- Anita is the first woman to throw the hammer at over 80m
- Soviet Union’s Larisa Latynina, Hungry’s Agnes Keleti, Czechoslovakia’s Vera Caslavska and Romania’s Ekaterina Szabo were the only other women to have won gold at a single game apart from Anita.
- In what was Bahrain’s first Olympic gold medal, Bahrain’s Ruth Jebet won the gold in women’s 3000 metres steeplechase.
- She won the race in the second quickest time of 8:59.75 seconds as against Russia’s G. Samitva-Galkina’s world record of 8:38.16.
