Each day I’ll be previewing a few of the biggest events for the day at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Now, I won’t preview every event but I’ll pick about 10 each day and give my quick prediction for who will win. This isn’t supposed to necessarily be an in-depth prediction article, but I will give you ta few events to watch for the day, with added emphasis to contests involving the US, as most of this websites viewers are from there. Anyway, without further ado, let’s begin!
Men’s Taekwondo
Welterweight Final
Gold: 
Mehdi Khodabakhshi (Iran)
Silver: 
Aaron Cook (Moldova)
Bronze: 
Tahir Güleç (Germany)
Men’s Freestyle Wrestling
74kg and under Final
Gold: 
Jordan Burroughs (United States)
Silver: 
Hassan Yazdani (Iran)
Bronze: 
Aniuar Geduev (Russia)
Women’s Water Polo
Final – 
United States vs. 
Italy
The Pick: United States
Women’s Soccer
Final – 
Sweden vs. 
Germany
The Pick: Germany
Third Place – 
Brazil vs. 
Canada
The Pick: Brazil
Men’s Basketball
Semifinal – 
Australia vs. 
Serbia
The Pick: Australia
Semifinal – 
Spain vs. United States
The Pick: United States
BMX Cycling
Men’s Final
Gold: 
Niek Kimmann (Netherlands)
Silver: Jelle van Gorkom (Netherlands)
Bronze: 
Anthony Dean (Australia)
Women’s Final
Gold: 
Mariana Pajón (Columbia)
Silver: Caroline Buchanan (Australia)
Bronze: Laura Smulders (Netherlands)
Men’s Diving
10m Final
Gold: 
Qiu Bo (China)
Silver: David Boudia (United States)
Bronze: 
Tom Daley (Great Britain)
Track & Field
Women’s pole vault final
Gold: 
Yarisley Silva (Cuba)
Silver: 
Ekaterini Stefanidi (Greece)
Bronze: Jenn Suhr (United States)
Women’s 4X100m relay final
Gold: United States
Silver: 
Jamaica
Bronze: 
Trinidad and Tobago
Men’s 4x100m relay final
Gold: Jamaica
Silver: United States
Bronze: China
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