Summer Olympics, Day 6: Team USA Delivers A Memorable Thursday

Tyler Clary Live-Tweets 200m Backstroke Gold Medal Win

2012 Olympics, Women's Gymnastics All-Around: Gabby Douglas Takes The Gold

After playing an integral part in the U.S. winning gold in the women's team gymnastics competition on Tuesday, Gabby Douglas once again put on a show on Thursday to win the gold in the women's individual all-around. She is the third-straight American woman to win the event, coming on the heels of Carly Patterson in 2004 and Nastia Liukin in 2008. It's just the second time any country has pulled off a three-peat.

It was an incredible performance by Douglas, who led after every rotation to best Russia's Viktoria Komova and Aliya Mustafina with a total of 62.232 points. Komova needed to score a 15.360 on the floor exercise, her final rotation, but came up short with a 15.100.

Douglas set the tone for her big night in London on vault, her first rotation, scoring a 15.966 and establishing a lead she would never give up. She pulled off an attempt with a high degree of difficulty, despite a small hop than inched her toward the edge of the mat. It was the highest score of the evening on vault.

An animated GIF of the attempt that, just like the team competition, started the gold-medal evening:

After Komova closed the deficit on uneven bars, Douglas once again put on the performance of the night on balance beam. Her 15.5 score was the highest of the evening and pushed her lead to three-tenths of a point heading into the floor exercise. Her finish on the beam put the crowd at North Greenwich Arena in full roar:

Douglas carried the momentum from the beam over to floor, one of her best events. She finished off the evening with a 15.033, setting a mark that Komova could not overcome.

With the victory, Douglas became the first African-American gymnast to win all-around gold, and the first American gymnast to capture gold in both the team and individual all-around competitions. She reflected on the momentous achievement after the win:

"Oh, my gosh, I forgot about that," she said. "It's definitely an amazing feeling and great honor to be the first African-American to win. I hope I can inspire people. My mother told me that I can inspire a nation."

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Michael Phelps Is Better Than Almost Every Country

Michael Phelps Beats Ryan Lochte For Gold In Men's 200m IM Final

Michael Phelps swam one last great race, beating Ryan Lochte for his 20th Olympic medal in the 200 IM.

Rebecca Soni Wins Gold For U.S., Sets Another World Record In Women's 200m Breaststroke Final

Rebecca Soni set another world record and won gold in the women's 200-meter breaststroke on Thursday.

Great Britain And Germany Win Track Cycling Team Sprint Golds

Great Britain won gold in the men's team sprint while Germany captured the gold in the women's team event as the Chinese team was disqualified.

Olympic Medal Count 2012: China Still Holds Lead Over United States

China won the gold and silver medal in men's singles tennis to take back the lead in the overall medal count at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The United States won two gold medals to briefly take back the lead, 31-30, on Thursday, but Ji Ke Zhang's 4-1 win over Hao Wang in an All-China has put the Chinese back in control.

Team USA was able to move tick closer in the gold medal count, however, notching two wins to one for China. The women's rowing eight continued its dominance in the event, winning its second consecutive gold medal at the Olympics. Kayla Harrison's win in the women's judo 78kg gold medal match was much more surprising. The United States had never won a judo event in its Olympics history until Harrison took out Great Britain's Gemma Gibbons on Thursday.

Japan has yet to win a medal on Day 5, allowing France and Germany to crawl closer in the medal count. South Korea didn't make the Top 5 in the overall medal count, but sits in third place with seven golds medals so far.

Here's a more complete look at the medal count:

1. China, 32 (18 gold, 10 silver, 4 bronze)
2. United States, 31 (14, 8, 9)
3. Japan, 17 (2, 4, 11)
4. France, 15 (6, 3, 6)
5. Germany, 15 (3, 8, 4)

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Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic Advance To Olympic Semifinals

The top two players in the world right now, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, secured their place in the semifinals on Thursday.

Federer beat American John Isner 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) in his quest to add the only accomplishment missing from his resume, Olympic singles gold medalist. Isner put up a fight, but per usual could not mount enough of an attack in his return games. Federer has never made it to the semifinals before; he lost in the quarterfinals to another American, James Blake, at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and in the second round in 2004. Fed will take on Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro who topped Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) in his quarterfinal.

On the other side of the draw Novak Djokovic defeated France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-1, 7-5 to set up a semifinal showdown against Andy Murray. Tsonga got an early break in the second set and got out to a 3-0 lead, but Djokovic quickly broke back to tie the set at three games apiece before putting it away. Surprisingly, Djokovic and Murray have never faced off on a grass court in their careers. Murray is still looking for his first Grand Slam and while the Olympics are not a slam, winning gold at Wimbledon could do wonders to set him on the right track.

Great Britain's Peter Wilson Wins Gold In Double Trap

Great Britain’s Peter Wilson won gold in the men’s double trap shooting event by two shots over Sweden’s Hakan Dahlby. After Britain’s poor shooting performance in 2008, UK Sport cut all of Wilson’s funding, but his parents funded his training until he could raise enough money through fundraising events. Russia’s Vasily Mosin took the bronze after beating Kuwait’s Fehaid Aldeehani in a shoot off.

Russia may have only taken bronze in shooting, but with Vladimir Putin looking on, Russian Tagir Khaibulaev took home the gold medal in men’s half-heavyweight (100 kg) judo after defeating Mongolia’s Tuvshinbayar Naidan by ippon. Germany’s Dimitri Peters claimed one bronze medal and Henk Grol of the Netherlands won the other bronze medal match.

Meanwhile, on the whitewater, France’s Emilie Fer won gold in the women’s kayak singles slalom with a time of 105.9 seconds. Australia’s Jessica Fox took silver and Spain’s Maialen Chourraut bronze; both women finished within one second of Fer’s winning time.

Check the table from SI for current medal count standings.

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Great Britain Goes 1-2 In Men's Canoe Double

Great Britain won the gold and the silver medals in men's canoe doubles slalom, upsetting three-time defending gold medalists the Hochschorner twins from Slovakia.

American Khatuna Lorig Nails Bullseye, But Misses Bronze

Khatuna Lorig may have just missed out on a medal for Team USA in the women's archery individual bronze medal match Thursday, but she did pull off an almost equally impressive feat: A dead-on perfect bullseye.

The arrow doesn't stick to the board because there's a camera in the way. As in, the production team for archery got together and decided "no one will ever hit this!" and stuck a lens dead center on the board. That's from a distance of 70 meters, by the way.

Neat gifs notwithstanding, Mariana Avitia of Mexico won the match, 6-2, in four sets to take the bronze medal. Lorig scored two points in the third set, but was otherwise shut out.

Ki Bo Bae continued South Korea's dominance of the sport by winning the gold medal match, 6-5, over another Mexican competitor, Aida Roman, in a shoot-off. The match came down to one arrow, and though both archers hit the 8-point ring, Bo Bae's was closest to center, giving her the gold.

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Olympic Weightlifter Gives 110 Percent, Dislocates Elbow

Serena Williams Easily Advances To Semifinals At Olympics

You may have expected that Serena Williams would have to work a little harder than she had up to this point when facing Denmark’s Caroline Wozniaki in the quarterfinals on Thursday; you could not be more wrong. Serena crushed the former world number one 6-0, 6-3 and will advance to the semifinals.

Williams continued her dominance at Wimbledon as she didn’t face a single break point during the match and barely broke a sweat. Serena put up 30 winners to Wozniaki’s seven, and in the first set Wozniaki only managed one single winner.

Serena will face the tournament’s top seed, Victoria Azarenka of Belgium, in the semis. The two met in the semifinals at this same venue less than a month ago, when Williams defeated Azarenka at Wimbledon 6-3, 7-6. Azarenka advanced to the Olympic semis on Thursday by defeating Germany’s Angelique Kerber 6-4, 7-5.

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Kayla Harrison Advances To Gold Medal Match In Women's Judo

Kayla Harrison became the first American woman ever to advance to the gold medal match in judo at the Summer Olympics after pulling off an upset over Brazil's Mayra Aguiar, the No. 1-ranked judoka in the world, Thursday. The final for the women's judo -78 kg final is set for 11:00 a.m. ET, where Harrison will take on Great Britain's Gemma Gibbons, who defeated France's Audrey Tcheumeo in the other semifinal.

Harrison won after scoring an ippon with 14 seconds left in the bout, automatically giving her the win. She scored a yuko at the 3:56 mark that would have proved decisive on its own. Aguiar was held scoreless throughout the match.

The 22-year-old Harrison isn't a total surprise at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She became the first American woman in 26 years to win a judo world championship in 2010.

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Olympic Tennis: Andy Murray Cruises To Semis, Bryan Brothers Need Tiebreaks To Advance

Andy Murray is two wins away from doing what he couldn't a few weeks ago: win the finals of a tournament at Wimbledon.

Murray faced up against Spain's Nicolas Almagro, the tournament's 11th seed, and advanced easily behind the strength of absolutely brutal serving: Murray served 15 aces to Almagro's one and scored on a ridiculous 28 out of 30 points on first serve. He won 6-4 in the first set and broke Almagro three times in the second for the 6-4 6-1 victory. He'll face the winner of the matchup between Novak Djokovic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

In the version of the sport with four guys on the court, the Bryan Brothers also found their way into the semifinals, although it was far from an easy victory, needing two tiebreaks, but winning both to advance in straight sets over an Israeli team of Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich. In the second set tiebreak, neither side won on the opposing serve for the first 22 points, leading to a tense scenario where the match hung on every point. However, Israel double-faulted after switching service, giving the Bryan Brothers a 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (12-10) victory.

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What To Watch, Day 6: Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte And Gabby Douglas Go For Gold

What To Watch on Day 6 at the Summer Olympics, featuring a duel in the pool between Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte and American Gabby Douglas going for gold in women's individual all-around.

United States Wins Gold In Women's Eight Rowing

The United States won its second straight gold in the women's eight. South Africa and New Zealand also took home rowing gold.

2012 Summer Olympics: Event Schedule, TV Coverage, Streaming For Thursday

The sixth day of the 2012 London Olympics is a day for the men's basketball and swimming fans.

And also the small pocket of dressage equestrian fans.

In addition to a slew of hoops coverage, which will feature a veteran France squad against an always tough Lithuanian team and a group of crafty Brazilians against medal-minded Russia, the London Aquatics Center will be the primary focus of NBC's primetime coverage.

In the featured event, U.S. swimmers Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelphs will compete for gold in the finals of the 200m individual medley event.

To catch them and the rest of the action, here are some highlights from the day's television schedule (all times Eastern):

4 a.m. - 8 p.m. (NBCSN)

• Men's Basketball: France vs. Lithuania (4 a.m.), Brazil vs. Russia (11:30 a.m.)
  
• Women's Field Hockey: USA vs. Australia (5:45 a.m.), China vs. Netherlands (9:35 a.m.)
  
• Men's Volleyball: Serbia vs. Germany (7:15 a.m.)
• Beach Volleyball: Qualifying (10:30 a.m.)
• Men's Table Tennis: Semifinals (1:30 p.m.)
• Women's Archery: Individual Gold Medal Final (2:20 p.m.)
• Men's Boxing: Round of 16 Bouts (Lightweight and Middleweight Classes, 3 p.m.)
• Men's Shooting: Double Trap Gold Medal Final (4:45 p.m.)
• Men's Basketball: USA vs. Nigeria (5:15 p.m.)

7 a.m. - 3 p.m. (Bravo)

• Tennis: Singles Quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles Quarterfinals, Doubles Semifinals
  

9 a.m. - 6 p.m. (MSNBC)

• Men's Water Polo: Montenegro vs. Serbia (9 a.m.), Romania vs. Hungary (10:15 a.m.)
• Men's Volleyball: Poland vs. Argentina (11:45 a.m.)
• Equestrian: Dressage Qualifying (1:30 p.m.)
• Men's Handball: Serbia vs. Denmark (2:30 p.m.), Sweden vs. Iceland (5 p.m.)
  
• Badminton: Semifinals (4 p.m.)
  
• Women's Judo: 78 kg Gold Medal Final (4:30 p.m.)

10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (NBC)

• Swimming: Qualifying (10 a.m., 10:45 a.m., 12:30 p.m.)
• Canoeing: Whitewater, Men's C-2 Gold Medal Final (10:15 a.m.)
• Beach Volleyball: Qualifying (11:30 a.m.)
• Cycling: Track Gold Medal Finals (12:45 p.m.)
  
• Men's Water Polo: USA vs. Great Britain (1:20 p.m.)
• Rowing: Gold Medal Finals (2:20 p.m.)
• Men's Volleyball: USA vs. Brazil (3 p.m.)

5 - 8 p.m. (CNBC)

• Boxing: Round of 16 Bouts (lightweight and middleweight classes)
  

8 p.m. - Midnight (NBC)

• Swimming: Gold Medal Finals (Women's 200m breaststroke, 100m freestyle; Men's 200m backstroke, 200m individual medley)
  
• Beach Volleyball: Qualifying
• Women's Rowing: Eights Gold Medal Final
  

12:35 - 1:35 a.m. (NBC)

• Women's Canoeing: Whitewater, K-1 Gold Medal Final
  
• Table Tennis: Men's Singles Gold Medal Final

SI.com has a complete medal tracker to keep up to date with the top nations.

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