Justin Bieber & Sahara Ray in swimming pool in Hawaii - July 31, 2016
Justin Bieber retaliated to Orlando Blooms n***d paddleboarding shots with some revealing snaps of his own. But whos that new girl by his side?
His old enemy Orlando Bloom may have been making headlines for his n***d paddleboarding exploits with Katy Perry in Sardinia, so it was perhaps unsurprising that Justin Bieber retaliated by staging his own n***d photos.
By his side as he skinny-dipped in Hawaii was his new squeeze: model, swimwear designer, and social media star Sahara Ray, 23, who has been busily posting a series of idyllic snaps and video from their island getaway.
The winsome blonde has now become an object of worldwide attention.
In one video sequence, Bieber can be seen close up behind Ray in a pool. She opted to cover her face with a sunglass Snapchat filter, while in another sequence Ray is seen posing t*****s beside a waterfall before jumping in for a swim.
It is perhaps unsurprising that Ray exudes a devil-may-care insouciance from every image; Ray is the daughter of Aussie surfing legend Tony Ray, one of the first pros to make a full-time living off his board.
Sahara abandoned plans to follow in her fathers footsteps to become a surf pro when she was 16, opting instead for a life in fashion.
Shes believed to have moved into Biebers circle through her friendship with Biebers former tourmate Cody Simpson. She started dating Simpson after he broke up with Gigi Hadid, in 2015.
The 23-year-old model was born in Australia and took classes at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles and went on to create Sahara Ray Swimwear, which she often models in revealing pictures on her sassy Instagram account. She is a bona fide social-media star in her own right and has a million followers.
Sahara describes herself as a workaholicbut, lucky for her, when you are a swimwear designer and model for your own brand, your work mainly appears to consist of having titillating pictures taken of yourself in various states of undress in various tropical locations.
Ray is a well-known character in Hawaii, due to a peripatetic childhood with her father: Every winter I would spend three months on the north shore of Hawaii with my dad. He was a professional surfer, so I used to travel all over the world with him while he was competing in the Pipe Masters and big wave competitions, she has said.
In a recent interview with Australias Herald Sun, she said, Australia is where I want to end up and I want to have kids here. Its more chilled and relaxed and even on shoots, its more about quality than quantity.
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Paul Pogba may be the name on everyone"s lips as far as Manchester United are concerned, but another piece of business they have done this summer could turn out to be the most important.
It speaks for the state of the transfer market that 30million can be described as a fraction of a fee. For Eric Bailly, a player with less than 50 top-flight appearances to his name, it may be to his benefit that his arrival flew somewhat under the radar. Being followed by Zlatan Ibrahimovic and shortly after by Pogba tends to do that to a player.
On Sunday, however, Bailly showed why Jose Mourinho singled him out as the man to start to fix his broken defence.
Eric Bailly celebrates with the Community Shield after his display against Leicester City
Bailly duels with Leicester"s Jeffrey Schlupp for the ball, showing his ability to time a tackle
UNITED"S OPENING FIXTURES
August 14 v Bournemouth (away)
August 19 v Southampton (home)
August 27 v Hull City (away)
September 10 v Man City (home)
September 18 v Watford (away)
The days of Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic patrolling the pitch at Old Trafford are long gone, and the reality is that United have struggled to come close to replacing them. Even before they departed they were a shade of their former selves under David Moyes.
Enter Bailly. He represents the first major investment in a central defender since Sir Alex Ferguson left. The quality that shone through against Leicester made it seem worthwhile.
Claudio Ranieri"s side have taken a few blows this summer but they still possess Jamie Vardy, who by any measure was one of the top strikers in the world last season.
Manchester United have struggled defensively since Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic left
The 22-year-old Bailly handled Jamie Vardy well, taking him down when necessary
They tried to use him to their full advantage on Sunday. Vardy chased and harried. Wembley"s giant pitch gave him the space behind the defence that he thrives on, the yards he needs to get up to full pace.
Bailly dealt with it. There were moments when the 22-year-old looked to have been out-thought by Vardy. The striker would find a pocket and someone would pick him out. Inevitably, the former Villarreal man would stop him.
It came down to his ability to read the striker"s next move and react. Vardy twice got the ball in his favoured position on the left-hand side of the box, and twice Bailly timed his tackle to perfection to win back the ball.
There was another, more symbolic, moment. Kasper Schmeichel launched a counter-attack, placing the ball for Vardy to chase. The referee blew up for an earlier foul, but at the other end of the pitch neither Vardy nor Bailly knew. Vardy did his usual act, fighting for the ball, nipping at the defender"s heels. Bailly bounced him away with his shoulder, drawing a huge cheer from the United end.
A notable moment saw Bailly shove Vardy off the ball with his shoulder with consummate ease
The performance followed up what Bailly had been doing throughout pre-season. Against Galatasaray he often made up for the struggles of other defenders, mopping up when the opposition had broken past his partners. Daley Blind was the beneficiary, Bailly reacting quickly to stop an attacker after the Dutch defender had been turned.
That 30m fee is symbolic for another reason beyond Pogba. It"s the same amount United paid for Ferdinand when they signed him from Leeds in the summer of 2002.
Bailly"s style immediately brings to mind the former England captain. It"s calm and collected. He is not about the blood and guts but more a reader of the game. There"s a natural style to his defending that speaks for an innate talent.
Bailly showed the ability to beat Vardy to the ball, using the touch of pace he possesses
Like Ferdinand, he is also comfortable on the ball. To an extent, he seems like the defender everyone thinks John Stones may one day be. To have snapped him up for 20m less than Stones may eventually cost is a real positive for Mourinho.
Ferdinand"s arrival brought a league title, but it would be hard for Bailly to inspire the same in his first season. After all, there"s a lack of defensive quality at Old Trafford. That is probably best symbolised by Mourinho"s reliance on Blind over pre-season in the face of Chris Smalling"s injury.
However, the Ivorian looks like he could be the first step in fixing a defence that has needed the repairs for years. More needs to follow, but Pogba will almost certainly be grateful for the signing the first time Bailly mops up behind him.
The Ivorian could be the first step that United take to turn around their defensive issues
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Ellie Downie recovered from hurting her neck in a bad fall to help Team GB reach the women"s team gymnastics final at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
The 17-year old from Nottingham was completing a somersault on the floor when she landed awkwardly.
There was an audible gasp in the arena when Downie"s tumbling run on the floor exercise ended with her clutching her neck after she suffered what she called "a crunch in my neck."
Despite being helped out of the arena to get medical attention, the 17-year-old was back in action 15 minutes later and executed two soaring vaults to provisionally leave Britain fourth in qualifying.
"It was very scary and a shock to the system. Ellie"s a fighter for coming back," summed up elder sister Becky, who earned the team"s highest score of 15.233 on the asymmetric bars.
Britain finished with a total of 174.064 placing fourthbehind USA, China and Russia.
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Whats happening
Hall of Fame and Festival Events
Today
12:30 p.m.Enshrines Gameday Roundtable at the Canton Memorial Civic Center and Cultural Center.
3 p.m.Special Autograph Session presented by Panini at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
8 p.m.NFL/Hall of Fame Game at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.
Monday
6:30 p.m.Drum Corps International Competition at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium.
Hall of Fame Fan Fest on turf
A free fan festival will from Friday-Monday on the turf located in the center of the Hall of Fame"s campus is open to the public. There will be live music, mini football clinics and appearances by Gold Jackets. Local and national bands and DJs will provide music. There will be an AVI food court and beer garden each day. Below is the Fan Fest and live music schedule.
Today 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
Biz Markie3 p.m.-6 p.m.Monday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.Scott Paris4 p.m.-6 p.m.Today"s weather forecastToday is a beautiful day for Hall of Fame events. The high will be 85 degrees. With the exception of an occasional cloud, it will be mostly sunny. There is a small chance of a passing shower.What did you miss?Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium was a sea of green with thousands perhaps 75 percent of the fans watched Brett Favre join the Class of 2016. Longtime observers compared said only the Jerome Bettis Steelers invasion of 2015 rivaled such a complete takeover of the stadium.One of the largest parade crowds lined Cleveland Avenue to watch Saturday"s Canton Repository Grand Parade. The parade took about 2 1/2 hours to complete. Brett Favre, who brought a swarm of fans from Green Bay to Canton, stood up in the convertible he was riding in at one point and threw a pass to a young fan. They said it"This is my new home." Marvin Harrison upon his enshrinement on Saturday night. "This is very special. I have never played anything like this. ... To get into the hall of fame of anything, it"s a very, very rare club and a special group of people." Tim McGraw to a Hall of Fame video crew Friday night before his Concert for Legends.You tweeted it"Tim McGraw sure rivals Brett Favre in his wranglers." from @JBMumsterPage 2 of 2 - "Seeing @TheTimMcGraw at the #PFHOF16 enshrinement concert = epic! I"m dead right now!!" from @JanelleTassartSeen and heard
The Bluecoats alumni corps "Rhythm In Blue" will be at the Gameday Roundtable event at Memorial Civic Center today starting at 11:30. The group will play for those waiting in line at the enshrinee entrance.
Sightings and rumblings
Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Dan Marino and Tony Dorsett were all at a private party for Class of 2016 enshrinee Edward DeBartolo Jr.Brett Favre had his private party at Gervasi Vineyard Saturday afternoon after The Canton Repository Grand Parade.Remember when?"If I was gonna have this machine, I needed a center. I didn"t get any ol" center; I got the best there ever was. ... I loved him from the very first moment I put my hands under his b**t. He was the total package. ... I turned him on to Jimmy Dean"s pork sausage. I taught him how to scramble eggs with whole butter. I showed him what buttermilk tasted like and he drank a gallon of it on game day. ... I said, "Dream, give me somebody I can count on. Give me somebody I can talk to, somebody to help me in a game.""The last time I was here in 1989 (I said) "Just one more time let me put my hands under Mike Webster"s b**t." (Pulls a football from the podium) Just one more time let me take that snap." Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw presenting Mike Webster for enshrinement into the Hall of Fame in 1997.Quick notesThe enshrinement shined on the new stage on the new north side of Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. Among the nice extra touches were images on the big screen that were in sync with the speeches for example, as soon as Marvin Harrison referenced quarterback Peyton Manning, highlights of the two appeared on the screen.There was only one parade scratch and that was the Marine Corp Band out of Parris Island. The group was unable to make it to Canton after mechanical issues with its plane.Seen something, heard something?Contact Repository Special Projects Editor Todd Porter with your odd and curious notes or sightings from Hall of Fame week. Todd can be reached at 330-580-8340, by email at todd.porter@cantonrep.com or on Twitter @toddporterTODD PORTER
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CANTON, Ohio The Canton Brewing Company is a few miles away from the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It was overrun by noon Saturday.
They came for the beer and for Brett Favre. Brian Sterwald was one of those patrons, wearing a Dri-Fit Packers T-shirt while helping his wife Kate corral their two-year-old son Thomas. The Milwaukee native remembers sitting behind home plate at Milwaukee County Stadium when Favre made a mad dash to the pylon for the winning touchdownin the final minute against the Falcons on Dec. 18, 1994.
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Someday, Brian will have to explain the Favre phenomenon that time the mostdevout fanbase in the NFL met the mostexciting quarterback to ever play the game to his son with the right words.
I guess the best way to go about it would be to say he worked hard, Sterwald said. But he did it for fun.
But as with all relationships,there were complications.
The Sterwalds. (Bill Bender/SN)
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The first step toward understanding the phenomenon is knowing the details. Thats an unmistakable trademark of die-hard Packer fans.
Jeff Braun sat across the restaurant from the Sterwalds with his wife Wanda and son Chris. For identification purposes, Jeff wore the white Favre jersey, Wanda had the pink one and Chris wore the green. They made the drive from Thiensville, Wis., where they met their friends Tim and CindiBrophey, from Bentonville, Ark.
Jeff has the same story as everybody else about Favres memorable debut against the Bengals. Just listen to the way he tells it:
I was at that Cincinnati game when (Packers quarterback Don) Majkowski got hurt, Braun says. I was sitting in the north end zone when (Favre)threw that pass to Kitrick Taylor in the corner of the end zone there for the touchdown, and from then on it was just nuts after that.
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Thats the MO. Every Packers fan knows where they were every time Brett Favre did something Favrian. They make the connections whenever possible. When the Bropheys moved to Arkansas, they were house-hunting on a street that shared the same name as their son David. They looked at the street number.
It simply said 4. Sold.
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The Favre jerseys hoveredaround the Hall of Fame early Saturday morning, hours before the museum opened up.
Rick and Angi Galaszewski made the eight-hour trip from Pewaukee, Wis., with their son Nathan and daughter Abby. Pewaukee is the home town to Texans standout J.J. Watt, too, but Rick idolizes Favre first. His jersey is the lighter-green hue that typified the 90s Packers look. They were in line before the Hall of Fame opened.
Rick tried to explain the breakup the way Green Bay and Favre parted ways, which led to stints with the Jets and Vikings and thats when he exchanged a conversation with his wife.
We were happy that he came back, Rick said before being cut off.
Did he come back? his wife asked.
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Rick mentions the ceremony at last seasons Thanksgiving night game against the Bears when Favres jersey was retired, and that settles the argument.
But thats when Angi kicks up the other part.
Technically, (Aaron) Rodgers is a better quarterback, she said. But was Favre more fun to watch.
Thats something most Packersfans would say right now.
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The Favre-Rodgers dynamic appears to be settled for the most part, even if some fans havent let all of that go.
Jeff Braun did not like it when Packers fans swore off Favre when he left the Jets.
The bandwagon jumpers tick me off a little bit, Braun said. He didnt leave;the Packers let him go.
The Brauns and Bropheys. (Bill Bender/SN)
Braun even attended the Vikings-Cowboys divisional playoff game in the 2009-10 NFC Divisional playoffs in a Packers Favre jersey with his son and two friends.
We were treated as equals, Chris said.
For Braun, theres still that divide between rooting for Favre and rooting for Rodgers. For a 10-year-old like Nathan Galaszewski, thats not a problem. Asked who is better, he simply shrugged his shoulders.
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Sterwald doesnt have that issue either. He said Favre leaving was a non-issue. Thats probably softened by the fact Rodgers led the Packers to a win in Super Bowl XLV in his third year as a starter. Kate turned from helping Thomas with his lunch before saying it best.
Its like striking gold twice, she said.
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If there wasany doubt how Packers fans feel now, take alook at the line by Favres locker inside the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The line stretched to the entranceway, and most of the fans in the Packers Favre jersey strategically covered up theVikings Favre jersey before posing for a picture.
The line outside Favre"s locker. (Bill Bender/SN)
The Canton Brewing Company likely wasnt alone. Favre remains the Packersfan version of Elvis, the savior who took a bottom-feeder classic franchise and turned them into a Super Bowl contender. The eight- to 10-hour drive made it that easy.
Those are details Favre noticed. Favre explained at length all those Lambeau Field memories. He knows the details, too. He also knew the feeling when he ran out of the tunnel wearing a Vikings helmet. Strangely, he said, thats when he found out just how special a place Green Bay was.
Thats why the Canton Brewing Company was overrun with green by noonand why the Pro Football Hall of Fame became a Packers playground on Saturday.
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They came to see Favre, the every-man, the savior and the prodigal son. Every relationship is complicated, but this one ended where it started. Thats why the Galaszewskis made that eight-hour drive. This is one more (last?) chance to see Favre, and a chance to bring all those memories back.
Its a chance of a lifetime, Rick Galaszewski said.
Who could argue with that?
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The Galaszewskis, Sterwalds, Brauns and Bropheys all got their wish in the early evening at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. ESPNs Chris Berman continually egged the crowd on to chant Go Pack Go! before the guest of honor finally arrived.
Thats when the cheers unleashed. This was the perhaps the final time to see Favre in a setting of this magnitude. The gray beard. The gold jacket. Favre thanks his family with a poignant tribute to his father Irvin before running through his coaches and teammates. Favre would get booed every time at the mere mention of Minnesota, but he finally worked to that moment.
The fans, the fans, he said to the largest cheer of the evening.
I tell you Packers fans are pretty special, Favre said. I often wondered what it was like when Mike (Holmgren) and Matt Hasselbeck came back to play when they were with Seattle, and then I found out. It aint easy. It aint easy. But I thank you so much from Atlanta to Minnesota, 20 years.
There was a brief moment of apprehension before Favre erased that doubt once and for all those who came to see the legend their legend one more time.
Make no mistake about it, Favre said before the only one that will ever matter. Ill be remembered as a Packer.
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CANTON, Ohio Two of the NFLs top quarterbacks, Aaron Rodgers and Andrew Luck, will be on hand for Sundays Hall of Fame game.
The QB who will get the most attention wont take a snap.
That, of course, will be Brett Favre, who was inducted into the pro football shrine on Saturday night. As the featured name in a class of eight, center stage has belonged to the record-setting Favre all weekend.
No one begrudges that. Not the other living inductees: Tony Dungy, Marvin Harrison, Kevin Greene, Orlando Pace and Ed DeBartolo Jr. And certainly not the families of the late Ken Stabler and d**k Stanfel, both of whom were nominated by the seniors committee.
So when Rodgers Green Bay Packers yes, the franchise Favre helped revitalize in the 1990s and Lucks Indianapolis Colts, who won the 2007 Super Bowl with Dungy as coach and Harrison as the leading receiver, face off to open the NFLs preseason, Favre figures to still be in the spotlight.
I mean, the excitement for me is being a part of the environment to watch Brett and Kevin go in, said Rodgers, a two-time MVP, one fewer than Favre won. I dont know if anybodys real, real excited about a fifth preseason game, except for the people making the money on that, but itll be exciting to be there because theres so much history and tradition surrounding Canton and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Its quite possible neither quarterback will play Sunday, particularly Luck. He missed nine games last season with a variety of injuries, including a lacerated kidney. Coach Chuck Pagano said he would wait until game day on Luck.
I may wake up Sunday morning and decide he may not play, Pagano said.
There are benefits to benching Luck it would ensure keeping him healthy. And there are benefits to letting him get on the field, even briefly.
Yeah, there are certain things in games that are just hard to replicate in practice, Luck said. Whether its the crowd noise, an official spotting the ball a certain way, certain types of weather, going against a different defense, having some type of a game plan. We dont game plan for our defense at training camp.
Bringing the new guys into the fold and seeing what everybodys game-day demeanor/attitude/body language is, I think is important when you are sort of forging your team.
Some other things to watch for as the exhibition season begins:
Whos that?
With so many players on the rosters, rookies, particularly the undrafted kind, and newcomers will seek to get noticed. Its an excellent opportunity for them to impress not only their own coaching staffs, but to get something on video for the other clubs to see.
So if youve never heard of some of the guys blocking or tackling, running or catching, well, there are people throughout the league who barely know them right now, too.
Why them?
After the Hall of Fame class is announced the day before the Super Bowl, the NFL figures out which teams will be the most attractive for the game that accompanies the inductions. This year was easy with Favre, Dungy and Harrison headed into the hall. A year ago, Jerome Bettis and Mick Tingelhoff went in, and the Steelers played the Vikings. In 2014, it was Giants-Bills as Michael Strahan and Andre Reed were inducted.
Fifth game
With most suggestions to cure some ills of the preseason centering on reducing the number of exhibition contests, two lucky teams get to play five of them instead of four.
I think the correct answer for us would be, We love it, wed like to play in it every year, Packers defensive back Micah Hyde said. But, me personally, I cant speak for anybody else in the locker room, five preseason games is tough. Four is tough already, and now we have five.
But maybe its not such a bad thing all around.
It is worth it for us to play an extra game, Colts linebacker Robert Mathis said, to see those guys go into football immortality, so its worth it.
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The Australian had opened up a war of words against his Chinese opponent in the buildup to the Olympic 400 meters freestyle final, saying: "I don"t have time or respect for drug cheats."
Sun served a doping ban in secret in 2014, news of which was only announced in China retrospectively, and Horton ignored his rival when he attempted to make contact during a practice swim.
"It got played up a bit, but he splashed me to say "Hi" and I ignored him," Horton added. "He wasn"t happy about that so he kept splashing me, and I just go in and did my thing."
Sun has not just courted controversy with his drugs ban -- in 2013, he was also detained by police for seven days after being involved in an accident while driving without a license. At last year"s world championships, he was accused of assaulting a female Brazilian swimmer after an argument in the warmup pool.
In Saturday"s evening session race, both Horton and Sun were off the early pace of Britain"s James Guy, a 200m specialist who led the race between 100m and nearly 350m before fading badly.
It paved the wave for the leading pair to come down the final lap stroke for stroke, Horton touching in 3 minutes 41.55 seconds -- just 0.13 seconds clear of his rival.
The pair appeared to continue their ill feeling by ignoring each other while Horton was congratulated by the rest of the field. Italian Gabriele Detti took the bronze.
Asked about their frosty rivalry after winning gold, Horton, who later shook hands with Sun at the medal ceremony, told reporters: "I don"t know if it"s a rivalry between me and him -- just me and athletes who have tested positive I guess."
Of his own race, he added: "In another big final, it"s about touching the wall first and that"s what I did. I had my eye on everyone else in the field." Of the gold, he said: "It hasn"t really sunk in yet but it"s very exciting.
Sun, meanwhile, broke down in tears surrounded by Chinese media after his defeat.
New medley champion
The men"s 400m individual medley was dominated by the United States at recent Olympics. It had previously been the mainstay of world record-holder Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte. This time, 2004 and 2008 champ Phelps had opted not to compete in the U.S. trials while 2012 winner Lochte failed to qualify.
That gave Chase Kalisz the chance to lead the American charge, but he looked well out of contention only to claw himself within a whisker of the lead after the third leg, the breaststroke.
However, Japan"s Kosuke Hagino, who had warned he was "in the best shape of his career" and was fueled on by Olympic pressure, delivered to pulled clear. His time of 4:06.55 was the third fastest of all time behind Phelps and Lochte.
It made amends for him having to miss last year"s world championships after fracturing his elbow when falling off his bike in training.
Kalisz, who fittingly perhaps trains with Phelps and is also under the guidance of coach Bob Bowman, had to make do with silver. Hagino"s compatriot Daiya Seto picked up the bronze.
More records
It was a day of world records in the pool, with both Hungary"s Katinka Hosszu and Adam Peaty of Britain lowering best times.
Hosszu shattered the women"s 400m medley milestone mark of 4:28.3 -- set by China"s Ye Shiwen -- knocking more than two seconds off the time to win gold by almost five seconds over America Maya Dirado, with Spain"s Mireia Belmonte Garcia completing the podium.
Nicknamed "The Iron Lady," Hosszu had considered quitting after a disappointing London 2012, admitting to suffering depression. But the 27-year-old has dominated the medley events ever since and looks like to strike further gold in Rio, with four more individual events.
Hosszu"s gold took Hungary"s tally in Olympic history to 169, the most ever won by a nation never to have hosted the Games.
Peaty broke his own world record in the 100m backstroke heats (57.55) and could have lowered that time still further in the semifinal but eased off at the end. He looks a banker for gold now having beaten the rest of the field by 1.5 seconds.
The night"s final race -- the women"s 4x100m freestyle -- was a one-sided battle between Australia and the United States.
Not even having one of the dominant forces of women"s swimming on the final leg, Katie Ledecky, could claw back the deficit as the Australian quartet of sisters Cate and Bronte Campbell, Emma McKeon and Brittany Elmslie broke the world record to win gold.
