Rio Olympics: US Swimmers Katie Ledecky Smashes Record

On Sunday August 7, 2016, American swimmers Katie Ledecky and Michael Phelps smashed their records and won gold during  much anticipated competitions. The 19-year old Katie Ledecky beat her own record in the 400-meter freestyle. Michael Phelps, 31 years old,  already a multi-year olympic records holder,   added to his

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Usain Bolt, World Championships, Beijing August 29, 2015

Mo Farah, the Somali born, Brish Athlete has claimed the first distance triple-bouble, after winning 5,000 m and 10,000 at the World Championships held in Beijing, China from August 22-30, 2015. He won the same races twice, before: the London Olympics of 2012 and teh World Championships held in Moscow, Russia, from August 10-18, 2013.

Mo Farah, 32, has now outperformed the Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele,  the only other person to claim 'double-double' in the distance events. He has  five World Championship golds, two Olympic golds and five European golds.

In the same World Championships, the Jamaican Usain Bolt completed the gold medal treble in the 100-meter dash, 200-meter run and

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American Serena Williams beats Spaniard Garbine Muguruza in Wimbledon and wins Her 21 th Grand Slam title

The Women Tennis world number one, American Serena Williams, has defeated promising Venezuela-born Spaniard Garbine Muguruza to win her sixth Wimbledon singles and her 21th Grand Slam title. Earlier this year, Serena Williams had won her fifth French Open. With the Wimbledon single, she has won, for the second time in her career, four straight majors. She has called "four straight majors" a Serena Slam, saying, after the win, "I can't believe I'm standing here with another Serena Slam"

Serena Williams dominated but did not overwhelm Garbine Muguruza, as she did against Lucie Safarova in the French Open. But, she

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