SA’s Keeling, Brittain win rowing silver
South Africa’s rowing coach Roger Barrow gets so nervous, he doesn’t watch the finals his rowers are competing in. So it was only in the last 100m when a fellow coach told him the men’s pair of Lawrence Brittain and Shaun Keeling had the silver medal in the bag that he turned to face a TV screen – away from the actual water. Speaking after the race, Keeling expressed delight about the moment the South Africans took control to move from fourth to second.
Gold for Germany in women’s shooting
Barbara Engleder of Germany won gold in the closely fought women’s 50 metre rifle three position event on Thursday, her first medal in her fourth and probably last Olympic Games. The 33-year-old Engleder ranked at or near the top through the kneeling, prone and standing positions of the competition for a total score of 458.6, finishing just 0.2 of a point ahead of first-time Olympian Zhang Binbin of China, who mounted a late surge.
Gymnast waiting on booze-ban ruling
Dutch team bosses must decide whether gymnast Yuri van Gelder can compete in the rings final after being thrown out of the Rio Games for breaking a booze ban when he celebrated qualification, Olympic chiefs said on Thursday. The 33-year-old was expelled from the Olympics for violating Dutch team rules on alcohol consumption and leaving the team base after heading out of the Olympic village on Saturday evening and spending the night celebrating.
