Tuesday Afterschool Special: Finger Wag
Lilly King's golden finger wag
U.S. Swimmer Lilly King set an Olympic record in the 100m breaststroke last night, finishing with a time of 1:04.93 and defeating her Russian rival Yuila Efimova. King's performance was certainly dominant. But she will be remembered better for her finger wag the night before, which was directed at Efimova. Here's the finger wag, and the ensuing reaction online:
USA ups medal count to 19
Team USA brought home plenty more medals on Monday, mostly thanks to events taking place in the pool. In addition to King's gold in the women's 100-meter backstroke, Ryan Murphy earned gold in the men's version of the event.
In non-finals play, USA Basketball crushed Venezuela, 113–69, thanks to Paul George's 20-point performance, and Serena Williams advanced to round three of singles tennis. Here's a quick summary of how Team USA is performing across the board in these Games:
Best Photos from Day 3
Canada's Kelly Russell takes down Great Britain's Katy McLean on a day in which the Canadian sevens rugby team won over the first ever bronze medal in women's rugby.
Katie Meili (right) of the U.S. reacts after realizing that teammate Lilly King (left) had broken the Olympic record while winning the 100m Breaststroke.
Lilly King of the United States celebrates winning gold in the 100m Breaststroke.
Carmelo Anthony appears to tower over Gragory Vargas of Venezuela during a 113-69 win by the U.S.
The U.S. vs. France in a Rugby Sevens match.
Ibtihaj Muhammad of the United States celebrates victory over Olena Kravatska of Ukraine during the Individual Sabre. She is the first woman to compete for Team USA wearing a hijab.
Casey Patterson of the U.S. dives for the ball during a Beach Volleyball preliminary round match.
Ryan Murphy (center) of the United States touches to win gold ahead of teammate David Plummer (right) and Mitch Larkin (left) of Australia in the 100m Backstroke.
Kohei Uchimura competes in the horizontal bar en route to leading Japan to the gymnastics team gold medal.
David Boudia and Steele Johnson of the United States on their way to a silver medal in the Diving Synchronised 10m Platform.
Singapore's Feng Tian Wei during a singles qualification round table tennis match.
Usain Bolt dances samba during a Jamaican Olympic Association and Puma press conference in Rio de Janeiro.
Laura Gil of Spain defends against Elena Delle Donne of the U.S. during a 103-63 victory by the defending Olympic champions.
Jacob Dalton of the U.S. competes on the rings during the men's team final. The U.S. rallied but didn't win a medal.
Astier Nicolas of France riding Piafde B'Neville clears a jump in the Eventing Individual Cross Country competition.
Romania's Corina Caprioriu (white) competes with Kosovo's Nora Gjakova during their 57kg judo contest match.
Russia's Yana Egorian reacts after winning the women's sabre individual fencing final.
Puerto Rico's Debora Seilhamer controls the ball during a match against Serbia.
Team USA in the women's rowing.
Harrison Barnes of the U.S. drives in between David Cubillan and Gregory Vargas of Venezuela during another blowout win by the Americans.
Ukraine's Veronika Marchenko shoots an arrow during the archery competition.
Britain's Pippa Funnell on Billy the Biz competes in the Eventing's Individual Cross Country of the Equestrian.
David Andersen of Australia blocks the shot of Bogdan Bogdanovic of Serbia.
Phelps goes full Emperor
Tebow wants to try baseball
And here's how just about everyone feels about it:
Today's Peanuts
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