Rio 2016: Kristin Armstrong, 42, claims third gold, inspires many
Following in the tire tracks of an Olympian.
Bonnie Shelton, KTVB 11:14 PM. MDT August 10, 2016
Special signs mark the Kristin Armstrong Bikeway on Bogus Basin Road. (Photo: Ryan Hilliard/KTVB)
BOISE -- Cyclists can follow in Kristin Armstrong"s tire tracks with a ride up Bogus Basin Road.
Back in 2010, the Kristin Armstrong Bikeway was dedicated by the city of Boise in honor of Armstrong"s first gold medal win in the cycling time trial at the 2008 Beijing Games.
Armstrong chose Bogus Basin Road for her training because its steady climb mimicked the rise on the Beijing course.
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The bikeway stretches eight miles from Curling Road to the Ada County line and is marked by special signs.
Someone already made a slight change to the one located at the corner of Curling Road and Bogus Basin Road, using tape and a pen to update Armstrong"s gold medal county to three.
Each day, you"ll see cyclists getting a workout on the incline on their way up to Bogus.
But if you"d rather enjoy the ride from the comfort of your home or office, check out this video from our drive along the route:
The 2016 Rio Olympic Games will begin at Brazil"s iconic Maracana Stadium with the opening ceremony on Friday, August 5, and wrap up on Sunday, August 21. In between, the games will begin with an early program headlined by cycling and shooting.
Football events will actually begin two days prior to the opening ceremony, with the women participating first. Overall, football will feature in "five co-host cities, as well as Rio," according to the official site.
Before a closer look at a few key events, here are some of the significant dates.
Opening Ceremony
Date:Friday, August 5
Time:8 p.m. local time. 12 a.m. GMT (Saturday, August 6).
Closing Ceremony
Date:Sunday, August 21
Time:7:15 p.m. local time. 11:15 p.m. GMT.
Event Schedule Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Full Schedule of Medal Events Event Dates Archery August 5-12 Artistic Gymnastics August 6-16 Athletics August 12-21 Badminton August 11-20 Basketball August 6-21 Beach Volleyball August 6-18 Boxing August 6-21 Canoe Slalom August 7-11 Canoe Sprint August 15-20 Cycling BMX August 17-19 Cycling Mountain Bike August 20-21 Cycling Road August 6-10 Cycling Track August 11-16 Diving August 7-20 Equestrian August 6-19 Fencing August 6-14 Football August 3-20 Golf August 11-20 Handball August 6-21 Field Hockey August 6-19 Judo August 6-12 Marathon Swimming August 15-16 Modern Pentathlon August 18-20 Rhythmic Gymnastics August 19-21 Rowing August 6-13 Rugby Sevens August 6-11 Sailing August 8-18 Shooting August 6-14 Swimming August 6-13 Synchronised Swimming August 14-19 Table Tennis August 6-17 Taekwondo August 17-20 Tennis August 6-14 Trampoline Gymnastics August 12-13 Triathlon August 18-20 Volleyball August 6-21 Water Polo August 6-20 Weightlifting August 6-16 Wrestling August 14-21
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Medal Predictions
The men"s football events will draw the crowds when matches officially kick off on Thursday, August 4, per FIFA.com. Hosts Brazil look strong among the medal hopefuls, thanks to an array of attacking talent led by Barcelona"s Neymar.
He"s set to be joined by precocious forwards Gabriel Barbosa and 19-year-old Gabriel Jesus, per the squad lists detailed by ESPN FC. The latter has been linked with a move to Manchester City this summer, according to Samuel Stevens of The Independent, and is one of his country"s brightest young talents.
With Neymar and Co. up front and Paris Saint-Germain"s Marquinhos bossing things at the back, Brazil will take some beating on home soil.
Perhaps the biggest threat to their chances of gold will come from Germany. It"s a squad littered with terrific talent, particularly in midfield where there"s a solid blend of strength and skill.
Lars and Sven Bender provide the former quality, while Arsenal winger Serge Gnabry and Schalke 04 wonderkid Maximilian Meyer offer creativity and technical excellence in the final third.
Rather like the senior international side, though, where this squad looks weak is at striker. Yet, there"s still enough talent everywhere else to see Germany awarded gold or silver once the medals are handed out.
This is the first year professionals will be allowed to compete in the boxing event, which puts a whole different complexion on the medal picture. There"s also a professional points system to factor in, one where a fighter must be rewarded 10 points to claim a round.
One clear favourite in the medals sweepstakes is American bantamweight Shakur Stevenson. The 19-year-old dominated at both the junior and youth world championships in 2013 and 2014, as well as at the Youth Olympic Games in China, per Shawn Smith of NBC New York.
As Smith noted, Stevenson has twice seen off Great Britain"s Muhammad Ali, so he"s a strong bet for gold in Rio.
Further up the weight class, Frenchman Tony Yoka should boss the super-heavyweight division. A 230-pounder, Yoka is described by Sports Illustrated"s Richard O"Brienas being "fast of hand and foot and moves in the ring more like a light heavyweight."
As O"Brien also pointed out, this devastating combination of speed and brawn took Yoka to a gold medal at the world championships. Expect a repeat performance in Brazil.
One of the more controversial events could be judo, after the sport"s international governing body granted team Russia permission to compete, per Sky Sports News HQ:
Still, Russia"s judokas will find it difficult to overcome Japan"s Shohei Ono, who has been named the "absolute favourite for the Olympic title" in the men"s U73kg event by JudoInside.com.
He"s a double world champion, but the presence of the current world No. 1, Korean An Chang-Rim, will make this one of the more intriguing and intense events at these Games.
If a surprise is likely there, no such shocks seem in store in the tennis competitions, where both Serena Williams and Andy Murray should claim gold in their respective events.
The Wimbledon winners look too accomplished for the weakened fields they are likely to face in Rio. Murray in particular will fancy his chances now that Roger Federer is set to miss the Games as he recovers from a knee injury, per BBC Sport.
Another of Team GB"s best hopes for gold will surely be Chris Froome. This year"s Tour de France victor is a strong contender to take gold in the cycling road race.
Froome can repeat his Tour de France heroics at the Olympics.
Bradley Wiggins has tipped Froome to do just that, according to Daniel Benson of Cycling News. Froome is part of a strong Team GB contingent also featuring Geraint Thomas, so the Team Sky man should justify the hype.
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A 20-year-old Virginia man, who told police he wanted to earn a meeting with the GOP presidential nominee, scaled about 20 stories of the outside of the Manhattan building using suction cups Wednesday afternoon.
He was eventually pulled into the building by police and taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.
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Australia gave Team USA all the Delly they could handle. [ESPN]
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USA Basketball Carmelo Makes Kyrie Ice Down His Knees + Jokes on Jokes. Kevin Durant Dances!
Carmelo Anthony and Kyrie Irving scored 26 of 28 fourth quarter points for the United States as the Americans held off Australia, 98-88, Wednesday to remain perfect in Group A play.
Anthony (9 of 15 from 3) finished with a game-high 31 points becoming Team USA"s all-time leading scorer and Irving added 19 as the Americansoutscored Australia 49-34 in the second half after trailing by five at the break.
Patty Mills had 30 points to lead Australia.
The win was the 20th straight in the Olympics for the US.
[Read the complete AP recap|View the box score]
Next up:United States men"s basketball vs.Serbia
When:3 p.m. PT/6 p.m. ET, Friday, Aug.12
Where:Barra Carioca Arena 1,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
TV:NBC Sports
How to watch online:Live stream available atNBCOlympics.comand ontheNBCSports app.
Quarter summaries from the game below:
USA 98, Australia 88 Final:14 points from Carmelo Anthony in the fourth quarter leads the US to victory despite the Americans shooting 39 percent from the field in the game.
USA 70, Australia 67 Q3:The Americans hold Australia to 13 points in the third quarter, turning a five-point deficit at the break into a three-point lead heading into the final period. Patty Mills has a game-high 22 points for Australia. Carmelo Anthony leads the US with 17 and Kevin Durant has 12.
Australia 54, USA 49 Halftime:AUS shot a blistering 68 percent (19 of 28) in that first half, led by 15 points from Patty Mills, 13 from Andrew Bogut and 10 from David Anderson. The US shot just 37 percent (17 of 46), with Carmelo Anthony the only player in double figures with 17 points.
USA 29, Australia 29 Q1:14 points by Carmelo Anthony, making him the all-time leading scorer for USA men"s basketball. AUS shot 60 percent in the first quarter to the 38 percent from the US.
The internet has crowned Michael Phelps as King of the Olympic Memes, and the former title-holder McKayla Maroney couldnt be happier.
If you remember anything about McKayla Maroney, hopefully its her near-perfect vault at the 2012 London Olympics that helped Team USA clinch the gold for the Gymnastics team finals.Or maybe you remember her name from the many post-Olympic appearances the Fierce Five made after returning home from London, which included a visit to the White House.
But most likely, you remember her infamous photothat went viral during the 2012 games.
After falling during her dismount, the worlds greatest vaulter at the time settled for the silver medal for the Individual Vault, an event she should have easily won gold in. Maroney shocked the world, and herself, when she fell on a vault she had completed perfectly every time she attempted it in the few months prior. During the medal ceremony, Maroney let her cool slip for a single second, making a face that proved she was less than thrilled about placing second and watching someone else be awarded what many considered her gold medal.
Thus the McKayla Maroney not impressed meme was born.
The smirking picture of Maroney sparked aTumblr page solely dedicated to photos of Maroney looking not impressed at various moments when one would undoubtedly, well, be impressed.
Maroney isnt competing at this years games due to a range of injuries, but it seems the 20-year-old has struck gold. Much to her delight, she has been dethroned as the meme champion of the Olympics, allowing the gold-medal-winning Michael Phelps to take her place.
Somebody tweeted like, McKayla looks like somebody took your spot ... and I looked at his pictures and was like, YES! Go Michael, take it away please! Maroney told TMZ about Phelps now-iconic scowl.
While gearing up for a swimming semi-final race, the champion swimmer encountered his arch-nemesis, South Africas Chad le Clos, who beat him at the 2012 games by a mere five-hundredths of a second. Cameras caught Phelps glowering at le Clos with a look we wouldnt wish on our worst enemy, and almost instantaneously, Maroneys reign as Queen of the Memes was over.
The internet did what it always does when even a small umbrella worth of shade is thrown and quickly produced a stream of hilarious memes featuring Phelpsglare.
I now see why people thought (the memes were) so funny, added Maroney.
We imagine its much easier to laugh when the whole world tweets about someone elses face.
