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Olympic Update: Monday, August 8

Olympic Coverage

Twenty-seven current or former student-athletes from American Athletic Conference schools are competing in the Rio 2016 Olympics. The Olympic Games kicked off August 5, and will run until August 21.

Women's Basketball

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Led by Diana Taurasi with 13 points, it was another win for Team USA on Monday. A 40-point win over Spain, 103-63, gave USA a 2-0 record in group B. Next up for the Americans is Serbia who is coming off a tough loss to Canada.
NEXT UP: USA vs Serbia, Wednesday August 10, 12:15pm ET

A huge performance by UConn's Kia Nurse lifted Canada over Serbia, 71-67. After trailing by 18 points, a huge fourth quarter in which Canada outscored Serbia 26-10, changed the tide of the game. Nurse finished the night with 25 points to lead all scorers. The win moves Canada to 2-0 to stay atop of group B tied with team USA. Canada will face Senegal on Wednesday.
NEXT UP: Canada vs Senegal, Wednesday August 10, 5:45pm ET

Field Hockey

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An upset victory for the United States who edged Australia for a 2-1 victory on Monday. The win moves Team USA to first place in Pool B standings. 

Swimming

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It was a big night in the pool as Rachel Nicol swam to a 5th place finish in the 100m breaststroke with a time of 1:06.68 after being seeded 8th to start the night.
SMU's Jonathan Gomez swam in the semifinals of the 200m fly where he finished 15th.

Diving

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Coached by Jane Figueiredo, the Great Britain duo of Tom Daley and Daniel Goodfellow took home the bronze medal in the Men's Synchronized Platform Final.