Flora Duffy of Bermuda won the women’s triathlon on Tuesday to give the island territory with a population of 64,000 its first gold medal in Olympics history.
Held hitless into the eighth inning by Domingo German and looking feeble, Alex Verdugo and the Red Sox suddenly erupted for five runs to shake Fenway Park and storm past the rival Yankees 5-4 on Sunday.
Kelsey Stewart homered leading off the seventh inning, capping a late rally that gave the United States a 2-1 victory over Japan to win the group stage at the Olympics and the right to bat last in the gold-medal game.
Team USA goes for (more) gold as six athletes compete in individual swimming finals. Then, Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi begin their quest to lead U.S. women’s basketball to its seventh consecutive gold medal.
Lydia Jacoby’s gold in the 100m breaststroke led the way for Team USA. Later, Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi begin their quest to lead U.S. women’s basketball to its seventh consecutive gold medal.