Allyson Felix became the most decorated American track and field Olympian in history on Saturday as India won their first-ever athletics gold
Elsewhere, with 34 golds up for grabs, Brazil beat Spain 2-1 to become men's football champions and world number one Nelly Korda gave the Americans the women's golf title to go with the men's.
"The first was a very, very long time ago when everything was new," she said."And this one everything is different but in a good way.Neeraj Chopra, 23, won the men's javelin to give India, with a population of 1.3 billion people, their first Olympic athletics gold. Dutch distance runner Sifan Hassan completed a stunning 5,000m-10,000m double to emulate Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba's feat at the 2008 Beijing Games.
"I am just so thankful, and I don't think I could have done any better than this. During the medal ceremony I was thinking: 'It is over. Now you can sleep!'"AFP | Anne-Christine POUJOULAT Patty Mills scored 42 points as Australia finally won their first Olympic medal in men's basketball, with a 107-93 victory over Slovenia in the bronze medal game.Brazil retained their Olympic men's football title as substitute Malcom struck the winner in a 2-1 victory over Spain after extra time in Yokohama.
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