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River Trail 15K @ Burns Park — 02.04
Hosted by the Arkansas Running Klub, the annual race is held to raise funds that will pay for more water fountains along the River Trail. The 15K started and finished at Burns Park.
RIO DE JANEIRO - The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):
1:20 a.m.
Michael Phelps closed out the Rio Olympics in the only way imaginable.
Saturday's victory in the 4x100 medley relay gave the most decorated athlete in Olympic history his 23rd career gold medal.
If that was the end, and Phelps insists it is, what a way to go.
Phelps said that Saturday was how he wanted to finish his career.
He said: "Getting off the bus walking into the pool tonight, I pretty much felt myself starting to cry. Last time putting on a suit, last time walking out in front of thousands of people representing my country."
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12:50 a.m.
Americans Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena advanced to the quarterfinals of the Olympic beach volleyball tournament, beating Austria 21-14, 21-15.
Dalhausser is going for his second Olympic gold medal. He also won in Beijing with partner Todd Rogers.
The Brazilian crowd taunted the Americans by shouting "Zika" whenever they served on Saturday night. But it failed to slow them down.
In the previous match Saturday night, Australia rallied after losing the first set to beat Poland and advance to a quarterfinal matchup with American women Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross.
The Americans are 4-0 in their career against Australians Taliqua Clancy and Louise Bawden, who beat Poland 15-21, 21-16, 15-11.
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12:50 a.m.
The late-night matches at the Copacabana beach volleyball venue have apparently caused some confusion and led to a very slight change in the schedule.
Originally, the final match of the day's final session was listed at midnight. Or, more specifically, 00:00 local time.
But that also kicked the match onto the next day's schedule. So Saturday's last match would show up in the Olympic information system on Sunday's slate.
Starting Tuesday, the official starting time for the final game has been at 23:59 p.m.
The match just starts 1 minute late.
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12:50 a.m.
Italy welcomed back captain Emanuele Birarelli after a one-game absence with an ankle injury, and the fourth-ranked Italians sent host Brazil to a second straight defeat in a matchup of two top teams in Pool A that ended early Sunday morning in Brazil.
Raucous Maracanazinho arena fell quiet for the second time in three nights after top-ranked Brazil's four-set loss to the U.S. on Thursday.
The Italians are now in prime position heading into the final preliminary match Monday against Canada. Brazil wraps up pool action by facing France.
Biarelli was sidelined for a sweep of Mexico on Thursday after spraining his right ankle against the United States two days earlier.
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12:15 a.m.
One night after his only setback in Rio, Michael Phelps is back on top.
As Nathan Adrian touched the wall to finish off the victory in the 4x100m medley relay, Phelps gathered the other relay swimmers, Ryan Murphy and Cody Miller, in his arms.
Two-time gold medalist Murphy put the Americans out front with a world-record split on the backstroke - it counts since he was leading off - but Britain surged ahead on the breaststroke.
Phelps dove into the pool in second place. He wouldn't be for long.
With Saturday's win, Phelps won five golds in Rio and one silver - an upset loss to Joseph Schooling in the 100-meter fly.
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12:15 a.m.
Neymar converted an early free kick for his first goal at the Rio Games and Luan scored late to give Brazil a 2-0 win in a tense match against Colombia, securing the hosts in the semifinals of the Olympic tournament.
The rematch of the 2014 World Cup quarterfinals was heated from the start on Saturday, with hard fouls from both teams and players constantly pushing and shoving each other.
The benches were cleared just before halftime after a vicious foul committed by Neymar, who got fed up after being harassed by Colombians nearly every time he touched the ball.
Seeking its first Olympic gold medal in soccer, Brazil now plays Honduras, which defeated South Korea 1-0 earlier Saturday. Germany and Nigeria meet in the other semifinal.
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12:15 a.m.
Neymar converted an early free kick for his first goal at the Rio Games and Luan scored late to give Brazil a 2-0 win in a tense match against Colombia, securing the hosts in the semifinals of the Olympic tournament.
The rematch of the 2014 World Cup quarterfinals was heated from the start on Saturday, with hard fouls from both teams and players constantly pushing and shoving each other.
The benches were cleared just before halftime after a vicious foul committed by Neymar, who got fed up after being harassed by Colombians nearly every time he touched the ball.
Seeking its first Olympic gold medal in soccer, Brazil now plays Honduras, which defeated South Korea 1-0 earlier Saturday. Germany and Nigeria meet in the other semifinal.
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12:15 a.m.
Americans Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross know their opponent for the Olympic beach volleyball quarterfinals.
Australia rallied after losing the first set against Poland to win 15-21, 21-16, 15-11 on Saturday night. That put them in the round of eight against the three-time defending gold medalist and her new partner.
The Americans are 4-0 in their career against the Australian pair of Taliqua Clancy and Louise Bawden.
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11:40 p.m.
Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium has beaten defending champion Jessica Ennis-Hill of Britain to win an Olympicheptathlon competition that went down to a matter of seconds in the last event.
Ennis-Hill won the 800 in a season-best time of 2 minutes, 9.07 seconds, but it wasn't by quite enough to overhaul Thiam, who had a 142-point lead going into the last of seven disciplines and finished in 2:16.54.
The 21-year-old Thiam tallied 6,810 points, 35 ahead of second-place Ennis-Hill to claim her first major title. Brianne Theisen-Eaton of Canada took bronze with 6,653 points.
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11:30 p.m.
MEDAL ALERT: Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium has beaten defending champion Jessica Ennis-Hill of Britain to win anOlympic heptathlon competition that went down to fractions of a second in the last event. Ennis-Hill won the 800 in a season-best time, but by not quite enough to overhaul Thiam.
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11:15 p.m.
WORLD RECORD ALERT: American Ryan Murphy sets world record in 100 backstroke during 4x 100 medley relay, finishing in 51.85.
MEDAL ALERT: Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian in history, earns 23rd career gold with US win in 4x100 medley relay.
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11:10 p.m.
The U.S. women's 4x100-meter medley relay team won gold - and reached a milestone for the United States.
Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer and Simone Manuel teaming up to prevail at the Rio Games on Saturday night is being recognized by the U.S. Olympic Committee as the nation's 1,000th gold medal in Summer Olympics history.
Manuel swam the last leg, and when she hit the wall her three teammates hugged on the pool deck. Their winning time was 3 minutes, 53.13 seconds.
The U.S. is the first nation to win 1,000 summer golds, the first of those coming in 1896. No other nation comes close - the Soviet Union stopped at 473 golds, and no other country is on pace to reach the milestone until 2100.
The USOC is planning to recognize the 1,000th gold in the coming days, though exact plans on that front remain unclear.
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11 p.m.
MEDAL ALERT: The United States has claimed gold in the women's 4x100-meter medley relay. Australia takes silver, while the bronze goes to Denmark.
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11 p.m.
All eyes were on double defending champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. But it was her fellow-Jamaican Elaine Thompson who ran away with gold in the 100 meters.
Though Fraser-Pryce may have been first out of the blocks Saturday, Thompson powered through for the title in 10.71 seconds. American Tori Bowie lunged at the line for 10.83 and beat Fraser-Pryce by 0.03 seconds.
European champion Dafne Schippers had a bad start and finished fifth with 10.90.
Fraser-Pryce was seeking to become the first women in track to win three Olympic gold medals in a row.
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10:40 p.m.
MEDAL ALERT: Elaine Thompson has won the women's 100-meter title in 10.71 seconds, ending fellow Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's bid to win the event for a third straight Olympics. American Tori Bowie took silver in 10.83 and Fraser-Pryce was third in 10.86.
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10:40 p.m.
Italy's Gregorio Paltrinieri has taken gold in pool swimming's most grueling race, winning the 1,500-meter freestyle at the Rio Olympics.
Paltrinieri pulled away from the field and was under world-record pace much of the race before fading a bit at the end. Still, he won comfortably Saturday night, touching in 14 minutes, 34.57 seconds.
Connor Jaeger of the United States took the silver in 14:39.48, while the bronze went to another Italian, Gabriele Detti, in 14:40.86.
Detti rallied over the final laps to pass American Jordan Wilimovksy, who settled for fourth.
Wilimovksy will get another shot at a medal in an even more demanding event - the 10-kilometer open water race at Fort Copacabana on Tuesday.
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10:30 p.m.
MEDAL ALERT: Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy has won gold in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle at the Rio Olympics. Connor Jaeger of the United States claims silver and Italy's Gabriele Detti takes bronze.
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10:25 p.m.
MEDAL ALERT: Jeff Henderson of the United States overtook Luvo Manyonga of South Africa on his last jump to win the Olympic long jump gold medal.
Manyonga took the lead on his penultimate jump with a mark of 8.37 meters and during a tense sixth and final round, Henderson bettered it by 1 centimeter.
Defending champion Greg Rutherford of Britain took bronze on Saturday.
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10:15 p.m.
Not even a tumble could stop Mo Farah from defending his Olympic 10,000-meter title in a dramatic final where he worked his way back through the field, then lost and regained the lead on the last lap.
Just like he did four years ago in London, the Somali-born Farah draped the British flag over his shoulders for his victory lap.
The Olympic and world champion in the 5,000 and 10,000 tripped and fell to the track after tangling with another runner with 15 laps to go.
He worked his way back up to third with 11 laps to go and was first going into the bell lap, but Paul Tanui of Kenya made a charge with 300 to go and led until Farah surged again and sprinted away to win in 27 minutes, 5.17 seconds. Tanui held on for silver in 27:05.64 and Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia took bronze.
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10:15 p.m.
Pernille Blume of Denmark held off Simone Manuel to capture gold in the 50-meter freestyle at the Rio Olympics.
After posting the top time in both the preliminaries and the semifinals, Blume came through again in the final Saturday on the final night of swimming. She touched in 24.07 seconds.
Manuel, the American co-gold medalist in the 100 free, settled for silver in 24.09. Aliaksandra Herasimenia of Belarus earned the bronze in 24.11.
It was another huge disappointment for sisters Cate and Bronte Campbell of Australia.
They were shut out of an individual medal again, with Cate finishing fifth and Bronte seventh.
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10:05 p.m.
MEDAL ALERT: Pernille Blume of Denmark wins gold in women's 50-meter freestyle. Simone Manuel of the United States takes silver. Aliaksandra Herasimenia of Belarus earns bronze.
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10 p.m.
The heptathlon is going to the wire, with the clash for gold set up in the concluding 800 meters between defending champion Jessica Ennis-Hill of Britain and Belgium's Nafissatou Thiam.
Despite a sore elbow, Thiam set a personal best of 53.13 meters to extend her lead of Enis-Hill. Thiam has 5,939 points for an edge of 142 over Ennis-Hill.
Ennis-Hill is a much better 800 runner, where she has a 10-second edge in personal bests, setting up a thrilling finish in the last event of the evening. The edge translates to 8.87 seconds between the two.
Brianne Theisen-Eaton is in bronze medal position with 5,681 points.
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9:57 p.m.
MEDAL ALERT: Mo Farah of Britain recovers from fall to defend Olympic 10,000-meter title in Rio Games.
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9:45 p.m.
Britain's Mo Farah was tripped by American training partner Galen Rupp on the 10th lap in the men's 10,000-meters.
Farah quickly got up and signaled all is OK with a thumbs up on Saturday.
Farah is the favorite to repeat in the 10,000 meters.
He has not lost a major race since taking silver in the 10,000 at the 2011 worlds. But Ethiopia's Yigrem Demelash is hoping to renew his nation's ownership of the race.
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9:45 p.m.
Captain John Obi Mikel scored one and set up another as Nigeria beat Denmark 2-0 to set up a men's Olympicsoccer semifinal with Germany.
Mikel met Ezekiel's cross to side-foot Nigeria's opener into the net from close range in the 19th minute on Saturday. Aminu Umar connected with Mikel's corner to double the lead in the 59th.
Nigeria's players, who are chasing their first Olympic gold since the 1996 Atlanta Games, have extended their stay in Brazil after arriving late in the country. They will play Germany on Wednesday.
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9:30 p.m.
Defending champion Kirani James set the tone for the 400-meter final by leading the semifinals in his season-best 44.02 seconds.
James, who won the Olympic gold as a 19-year-old at London in 2012, held off 2008 champion LaShawn Merritt in 44.21 in the first of three semifinal heats.
Michel Cedenio of Trinidad and Tobago won the second heat in 44.39, holding off world champion Wayde van Niekerk, who finished in 44.45.
Bralon Taplin of Grenada had the fourth-fastest qualifying time, winning the third heat in 44.44. The final is scheduled for Sunday night.
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9:30 p.m
Honduras continued its surprising run at the Olympics by defeating South Korea 1-0 and reaching the semifinals of the men's soccer tournament.
Forward Alberth Elis took advantage of a fast counterattack in the 59th minute on Saturday to score the winner and send Honduras to the final four for the first time.
South Korea played well and created many scoring chances at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, but it couldn't get past a solid performance by Honduras goalkeeper Luis Lopez, who made key saves throughout the match.
South Korea was trying to replicate its unprecedented performance from London, when it eliminated host Great Britain in the quarterfinals and eventually finished with the bronze medal.
Honduras will play against either Brazil or Colombia, which meet later Saturday in Sao Paulo.
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9:30 p.m.
Double defending champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran a season's best of 10.88 seconds to reach the final of the 100 meters.
Only her compatriot Elaine Thompson matched the time in the third heat of the semifinals on Saturday.
In a direct confrontation with European champion Dafne Schippers, the Jamaican dominated from the start and even had time to let up a bit at the line. Schippers was late out of the blocks and the Dutchwoman struggled all the way to finish second in 10.90, hardly a race to impress her rivals.
Tori Bowie of the United States won the first semifinal. Compatriot English Gardner also made it into Saturday's final.
Among those who did not make it were American Tianna Bartoletta and Murielle Ahoure of Ivory Coast and Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria.
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8:50 p.m.
Iran won its second gold medal in two days as Sohrab Moradi was victorious in the men's 94-kilogram weightlifting.
Moradi's first lift in the clean and jerk was enough for gold, hoisting 221 kilograms, which combined with his 182 in the snatch for a total of 403 on Saturday.
There was silver for Belarusian Vadzim Straltsou on 395 and bronze for Lithuania's Aurimas Didzbailis on 392.
It was a depleted field after Polish brothers Adrian and Tomasz Zielinski both failed drug tests in the days before the event. Adrian Zielinski was 2012 gold medalist in the 85kg class.
Also missing was Ilya Ilyin, reigning Olympic champion and world record holder at 94kg, who failed retests of his samples from his 2008 and 2012 Olympic wins.
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8:50 p.m.
Paralympic leadership says crucial payments to fund the travel of teams to Brazil have not been transferred, threatening the participation of some countries.
The International Paralympic Committee said the payments, which are vital for funding travel and logistics, must be sent to its members next week.
The IPC is expecting around 160 countries to participate in the Paralympics but fears withdrawals if the cash isn't received.
The late payments are one of the problems threatening the successful delivery of the Sept. 7-18 Paralympics by the financially-challenged Rio organizers.
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8:50 p.m.
Countries are starting to turn against each other at the Copacabana beach volleyball venue.
Twice in the round of 16, two teams from the same country faced each other, with the Italian men and the Canadian women both sending their compatriots home.
Now there's an all-Dutch quarterfinal after Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen advanced to a matchup with Reinder Nummerdor and Christiaan Varenhorst.
Meeuwsen and Brouwer went unbeaten in the preliminary round. Nummerdor and Varenhorst lost a match in pool play, dropping them to a No. 2 seed, and they wound up in their countrymen's bracket in the blind draw.
Brouwer says" That's the way it is in beach volleyball. Sometimes you beat each other."
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8:10 p.m.
Leave it to the super heavyweights to bring knockouts back to Olympic boxing.
Three straight fighters in the sport's most hulking division finished their opponents by stoppage Saturday night, a rare occurrence in the three-round world of the amateur sport.
Britain's Joe Joyce, Uzbekistan's Bakhodir Jalolov and Nigeria's Efe Ajagba all ended their fights early with punishing knockouts. Ajagba's first-round stoppage of Trinidad and Tobago's Nigel Paul was particularly brutal, leaving Paul facedown and motionless on the canvas for a few moments.
The fourth heavyweight fight of the evening session also ended quickly, but it was because Azerbaijan's Muhammadrasul Majidov injured his eye in an exchange with Kazakhstan's Ivan Dychko, ruining a highly anticipated rematch.
The sweeter aspects of the sweet science were on display moments before the knockout array. Kazakhstan's Vassiliy Levit reached the heavyweight final with a decision over Cuba's Erislandy Savon, the nephew of three-time Olympic champion Felix Savon.
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8:10 p.m.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. dropped in to see the next generation of Olympic boxers in Rio.
The U.S. bronze medalist at the 1996 Atlanta Games stood on a platform to watch Saturday evening's fights, starting with the welterweight quarterfinals.
He stuck around through a major heavyweight semifinal and a first-round knockout by Britain super heavyweight Joe Joyce.
Mayweather was besieged by a stream of autograph-seekers and photo-takers even with most of the U.S. men's basketball team sitting a few rows behind him, but Mayweather kept one eye on the ring.
Mayweather retired last year after a 49-0 career. The International Boxing Association changed its rules this year to allow professionals to fight at the Olympics, but Mayweather had no interest.
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7:50 p.m.
MEDAL ALERT: Monica Puig won Puerto Rico's first gold medal in any sport in Olympic history, upsetting Angelique Kerber in the women's tennis singles final at the Rio Games.
Even before Saturday's victory, Puig already was assured of being the first woman representing Puerto Rico to earn a medal of any color at any Olympics.
Puig is ranked 34th and is the first unseeded women's singles gold medalist since tennis returned to the Olympicsin 1988.
Kerber was seeded No. 2, won the Australian Open in January, and was the runner-up at Wimbledon last month. She was trying to give Germany its first singles gold since Steffi Graf in 1988, but instead goes home with a silver.
Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic won the bronze.
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7:50 p.m.
Seemingly down and out in these Olympics only a few days ago, the U.S. men's volleyball team is suddenly right back in the mix of the Rio de Janeiro Games.
Fresh off Thursday night's stunning four-set victory against host Brazil, the Americans rallied from way down in the first set Saturday to beat France 25-22, 25-22, 24-25, 25-22 and improve their position in Pool A.
Next up is Mexico on Monday in the final preliminary match before the knockout quarterfinals.
After being swept in their Olympic opener by Canada and then losing to Italy, the Americans found their groove against Brazil and carried that into Saturday. This young group, with eight first-time Olympians and a trio of veterans leading the charge, has shined during this four-year cycle leading up to Rio when under the most pressure.
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7:50 p.m.
Great Britain scored two goals in the fourth period to defeat the United States 2-1 and win Pool B in women's field hockey Saturday night.
Britain evened the score when Sophie Bray redirected a shot into the goal midway through the final, then Alex Danson barely got the stick on a long shot three minutes later for the clincher.
The matchup of unbeaten teams was critical because the winner would top the pool and avoid the No. 1-ranked Netherlands, the Group A winner, until the final. The Netherlands, the two-time defending Olympic champion, has allowed just one goal at the Games.
The Americans, who haven't medaled since 1984, still qualified for the quarterfinals.
Britain outshot the United States 6-1 in the first half, but the match was scoreless at the break. Britain failed to score on four penalty corners, and U.S. goalkeeper Jackie Briggs had three saves in the first half.
Michelle Vittese scored for the United States at the 38:23 mark.
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7:50 p.m.
Russia has won its fourth fencing gold medal of the Rio Games, trouncing Ukraine 45-30 in the women's team sabre event.
It was the seventh overall medal in fencing for the Russians, by far the most of any nation.
The top-ranked Russians on Saturday won their first four bouts and seven of nine - and top-ranked fencer Sofya Velikaya went undefeated to lead the way.
The U.S. took bronze, its fourth medal in the sport in Rio.
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6:45 p.m.
An American crew has finally won a race in the Rio Olympic regatta, Brazilian star Robert Scheidt sailed himself out of a chance for a gold medal and Belgium's Evi Van Acker recovered from her illness to have a shot at medaling.
The U.S. 49erFX crew of Paris Henken of Coronado, California, and Helena Scutt of Kirkland, Washington, won the fifth race of their series. Coupled with two other top-five finishes in their four races Saturday, they're ninth overall. Henken and Scutt had capsized earlier.
The 49erFX is making its Olympic debut at Rio.
Scheidt, 43, is trying to become the first sailor and first Brazilian to win six Olympic medals. He finished 28th and 11th overall to drop to fifth with 87 points, meaning he can only win a bronze if things fall his way in the medals race on Monday.
Van Acker, the first competitor to report falling ill during the games from sailing on polluted Guanabara Bay, had finishes of first and fifth to jump into fourth in the Laser Radial. She's nine points out of podium position going into the medals race. She said she feels better after "a lot of rest, a lot of food and a lot of smiling, I guess."
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6:10 p.m.
Venus Williams will leave the Rio Olympics with a medal after all.
Williams is guaranteed to tie the Olympic tennis record with her fifth medal after she and teammate Rajeev Ram rallied to win their mixed doubles semifinal on Saturday.
Williams owns three women's doubles golds with sister Serena and a singles championship from 2000. But she was upset in the first round in both draws in Rio de Janeiro.
Initially not expected to enter mixed doubles, Williams wound up teaming with Ram. On Saturday, they beat India's Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna 2-6, 6-2, 10-3 tiebreak.
Williams couldn't stop jumping up and down afterward.
Kathleen McKane won five medals - one gold - in the 1920s.
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6 p.m.
U.S. fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad came to the Rio Games determined to show the world that sports is a place where Muslim-American women can excel.
Muhammad will return to New Jersey with proof that she was right.
Muhammad, who became the first U.S. Olympian to wear a hijab during competition, won a bronze medal Saturday along with her teammates in the women's team sabre event.
The U.S. beat Italy 45-30 to clinch third place and the first women's medal in fencing for the Americans in Rio.
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6 p.m.
China is 1-2 in women's 3-meter springboard diving after the semifinals.
Shi Tingmao totaled 385.00 points to lead the way Saturday. Her teammate, He Zi, is second at 364.50.
Jennifer Abel of Canada is third at 343.45. American Abby Johnston also made Sunday's final in fifth at 324.75.
American Kassidy Cook, a first-time Olympian, failed to advance. She missed the 12th and last qualifying spot by four points.
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6 p.m.
MEDAL WATCH: Elis Ligtlee of the Netherlands held off charging Becky James and Anna Meares to win the women's keirin at the Olympic velodrome.
Ligtlee led the six-rider sprint entering the last lap. James was last at that point but charged hard on the outside, passing most of the field along the back stretch as the crowd roared.
The extra distance caused by her route was just a bit too much and she was unable to overcome Ligtlee. Meares was flanked by both of them as she finished in third.