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Olympic 2016 Medal Count: Updates on Monday's Medal Standings for Each Nation

Published by Bleacher Report on Mon, 15 Aug 2016


With swimming shifting to the back burner following Michael Phelps' historic weekend, the prime-time focus of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro has moved to track and field.Usain Bolt captured his third straight Olympic gold in Sunday night's 100-meter sprint, and Monday will see the women's 400 and men's 800 crown their next champions. Men's pole vault is also in its finale, joined by events in boxing, weightlifting, wrestling, cycling, gymnastics, sailing, equestrian and marathon swimming.Here is a look at all of the action from Day 10 in Rio, including an updating medal count following each event. Marathon Swimming: Women's 10KMThe open-water 10-kilometer swim is a test of endurance, and the Netherlands' Sharon van Rouwendaal proved that Monday by taking over the second half of the race to earn gold.Her time ofone hour, 56 minutes and 32.1 secondswas more than 16 seconds ahead of second placeAurelie Muller of France, who battled Italy'sRachele Bruni down to the last stroke. Muller defeated Bruni by just eight hundredths of a second. However, controversy enveloped the event, as Muller lost out on her silver when it was ruled she had made an infraction and was disqualified.Bruni was rewarded silver as a result.Poliana Okimoto of Brazil, seemingly heartbroken moments before when Bruni touched fractions of a second ahead of her, ascended to bronze.Xin Xin of China came in fourth, and American Haley Anderson rounded out the top five.Van Rouwendaal, 22, was in second at the halfway mark but gained strength during the event's stretch run. She overtook Muller by the third split and opened up a sizable lead that proved insurmountable.This is the first gold medal forvan Rouwendaal and the fifth overall for the Netherlands in Rio.
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