Makarova, Vesnina shatter Hingis’s gold bid
Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina shattered Martina Hingis’s hopes of an Olympic golden return after a 20-year absence with victory in the women’s doubles gold medal match on Sunday. The seventh seeds won 6-4, 6-4 against Hingis and Swiss partner Timea Bacsinszky. Hingis last played the Olympics in 1996 in Atlanta. For the Russian duo, the gold medal comes on top of their two Grand Slam titles at the 2013 French Open and 2014 US Open.
Whitlock wins second historic medal
Gymnast Max Whitlock won Olympic gold in the men’s floor exercise to create British gymnastics history for the second time at Rio 2016. On Wednesday, the 23-year-old won GB’s first all-around gymnastics Olympics medal in 108 years as he took bronze. Now he has won the nation’s first Olympic medal in the men’s floor after earning a score of 15.633. It was GB’s 11th gold medal in Brazil, taking the overall tally to 31. Whitlock finished ahead of Brazilian pair Diego Hypolito (15.533) and Arthur Mariano (15.433), who took silver and bronze respectively.
