Photos: The Golden Women of Rio
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- Michelle Carter, became the first U.S. woman to win the shot put (20.63m in her final throw, an American record
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- U.S. Women’s Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer and Simone Manuel claimed gold in the women’s 4x100m medley.
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- Freestyle Wrestler Helen Maroulis, first U.S. woman to win gold in her sport while beating a legendary three-time champion to do it.
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- The first-ever U.S. sweep of an Olympic women’s track event. Rollins, along with teammates Nia Ali and Kristi Castlin completed the first U.S. sweep of women’s 100m hurdles in Olympic history.
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- Tri-captains Diana Taurasi, Tamika Catchings & Sue Bird of USA Basketball won their 4th Consecutive Gold Medals
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- Maya DiRado used a strong last 50m to out-touch Katinka Hosszu for the gold medal in the women’s 200m backstroke final.
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- Kristin Armstrong became the first cyclist to win a third straight title in the same event, the time trial, and, at 43, the oldest woman to win gold since a British archer 108 years ago.
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- Judo’s Kayla Harrison, four years ago the first U.S. Olympic judo champion in 2012 and repeats in Rio.
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- Tianna Bartoletta leaped a personal-best 7.17 meters (23 feet, 6 1/4 inches) to capture gold in the women’s long jump. In the process she upset the reigning champion and fellow American Brittney Reese.
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- Delilah Muhammad became the first U.S. Woman to win the Olympic gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles.
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- Allyson Felix, Tianna Bartoletta, English Gardner, and Tori Bowie cruised by the field en route to an impressive victory in the women’s 4X100m relay.
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- U.S. Women’s 4×400 (l-r) Allyson Felix, Phyllis Francis, Natasha Hastings and Courtney Okolo captured gold-medal six-peat in 3:19.06.
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