American Tori Bowie, who has already won a silver in the women’s 100m, looks to add to her medal count, Usain Bolt continues his pursuit to win gold in three events across three Olympic games, and the U.S. men basketball team -- coming off a major scare -- enter the quarterfinal round.
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Here are our 6 to Watch on Day 12:
ASHTON EATON BEGINS QUEST TO DEFEND OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL
Ashton Eaton earned the title "world’s greatest athlete" by winning decathlon gold medals at the 2012 London Olympics and at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships. In 2015, the Oregon-native became the first decathlete to win the IAAF Athlete of the Year award after breaking his own decathlon world record. He also holds the indoor heptathlon world record, as well as heptathlon gold medals from the 2012, 2014 and 2016 World Indoor Championships.
CLARESSA SHIELDS TO BOX IN WOMEN’S MIDDLEWEIGHT QUARTERFINALS
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Michigan native Claressa Shields made history at the 2012 London Olympics, becoming the first American woman to win gold in the sport. She began boxing in 2006 at age 11, when she found herself getting picked on. A year later, she started boxing after being motivated by a story that her father – a former boxer – told her about Laila Ali taking after her dad, the great Muhammad Ali.
HOW TO SEE IT: She won her fight today in a unanimous decision against Laroslava Lakushina of Russia.
TEAM USA MEN’S BASKETBALL BEGINS QUARTERFINAL PLAY
The U.S. men basketball team is coming off a major scare as they enter the quarterfinal round by narrowly defeating France 100-97.
It was the second straight game a less talented squad played to the end with the U.S. If not for Klay Thompson’s 15-point third quarter, the U.S. may not have come away with the win.
The team will look to bounce back as they face Argentina in the quarterfinals
HOW TO SEE IT: Catch the U.S men’s team live online at 5:45 p.m. ET
KAORI ICHO LOOKS TO BECOME FIRST WRESTLER TO WIN FOUR STRAIGHT GOLD MEDALS
Ever since women’s wrestling divisions were added to the program in 2004, Kaori Icho has represented Japan in the 63kg (138.75 lbs) division at every Olympics. And each time she has left with a gold medal. Icho, who is now competing in the 58kg (128 lbs) weight class in Rio, will have a chance to become the all-time leader in wrestling gold medals (for men or women) if she can capture a fourth straight Olympic victory. But first she’ll have to make it to the final.
HOW TO SEE IT: See Icho’s historic Olympic bid begin live online at 9 a.m. ET. The final is at 5:15 p.m. ET
USAIN BOLT BACK ON THE TRACK
Bolt already has one Rio gold in the men’s 100m. Now he’s competing in the 200m semifinals as he continues his pursuit to win gold in three events across three Olympic games.
HOW TO SEE IT: Evening track and field coverage begins at 7:20 p.m. ET. Bolt’s race is expected after 9 p.m. ET.
TORI BOWIE RUNS FOR GOLD IN WOMEN’S 200M
American Tori Bowie, who has already won a silver in the women’s 100m, looks to add to her medal count as she races in the 200m final. Standing in her way will be Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson, who won gold in the 100m.
HOW TO SEE IT: Evening track and field coverage begins at 7:20 p.m. ET. Catch Tori Bowie live online at 9:30 p.m. ET
WU JINGYU GOES FOR RECORD THIRD STRAIGHT GOLD IN TAEKWONDO
Before she achieved Olympic stardom, a young, unknown Wu Jingyu was given a small part in a Chinese film called "Taekwondo." In the movie, she plays a young version of the main character, who grows up to become an Olympic champion. Five years later, Wu herself became an Olympic champ for the first time in her home country during the 2008 Beijing Games – proof that sometimes, life really does imitate art. After a repeat performance in Longon, Wu will have a chance to make history at the 2016 Olympics. With a victory in Rio, the Chinese flyweight (49kg/108 lbs) would become the first taekwondo fighter – male or female – to win a gold medal at three consecutive Olympics.
HOW TO SEE IT: Quarterfinals and semifinals begin after 2 p.m. ET and the finals start after 7 p.m. ET.
