The Latest: Thai medalist's grandmother dies as he wins

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):

4:45 p.m.

A celebratory occasion for a Thai Olympic bronze medal winner's family has turned somber — the athlete's grandmother collapsed and died minutes before he won the third place in the 56-kilogram weightlifting category in Rio.

A mourning ritual was being held Tuesday at the home of Sinphet Kruithong, whose grandmother was among scores of family and friends watching his event live on a big television screen set up for the occasion in his village in northeastern Thailand.

Amid the festive atmosphere Monday — with villagers cheering and clapping as Sinphet heaved the weights up — 82-year-old Subin Khongthap collapsed. She did not live to see her grandson win his medal.

Sinphet, 22, was the second Thai to win a medal at the Rio Games, following Sopita Tanasan, 22, who won a gold medal for weightlifting in the women's 48 kilogram category on Saturday.

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4: a.m.

Gold medalists Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky of the United States and Katinka Hosszu of Hungary will be back in the pool, looking for even more glory in Rio.

Ledecky goes first in the 200 meter freestyle Tuesday night, and 10 minutes later Phelps has his sights set on the 200 meter butterfly, the event in which he holds the world and Olympic records.

Then the women's 200 meter individual medley gets underway with Hosszu, the world and Olympic record holder, in the field. On Sunday, Hosszu shattered the world record in the 400-meter individual medley to win gold and on Monday became the first two-time gold medalist at Rio's Olympic Aquatics Stadium when she won the women's 100 backstroke title.


Capping off another dramatic night in the pool will be the men's 4x200 meter freestyle relay. The U.S. men, who took gold in the 4x100-meter free, hold the world and Olympic records in the 200.

4 a.m.

Tuesday is show time in Rio for the U.S women's gymnastics team, which made a statement in qualifiers by posting a top score that outpaced second-place China by a staggering 10 points.

China, Russia, Great Britain, Brazil, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands will look to knock off the Americans, which are led by Martha Karolyi. How difficult will it be? Consider this: The margin between the U.S. and the Chinese in qualifiers was greater than the margin between China and 12th-place Belgium.

The Japanese men topped Russia in the team finals to take gold on Monday.

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Brazilian soccer fans have found a new team to cheer — their women.

The Brazilian women play South Africa at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday and local fans have become enamored of the team as their men's team continues to disappoint. Boos were heard when the Brazil men were held to a 0-0 draw by Iraq.

Yet speedy forward Marta, a five-time FIFA World Player of the Year winner, has enchanted crowds, leading the team to a 5-1 rout of Sweden on Sunday.

In other soccer action, the defending champion U.S. women's soccer team takes on Columbia. The U.S. beat France 1-0 on Saturday as Hope Solo became the first goalkeeper, male or female, to reach the 200th-cap mark in international play.

Despite the milestone, Solo was peppered with jeers from the crowd, which was riled up about her social media posts about the threat of the Zika virus in Brazil.

It's a big action day on Tuesday in the Olympic men's rugby sevens, with teams playing two games each. Eyes are on Fiji — which plays Brazil and Argentina — and New Zealand, which plays Japan and Kenya.

The first-ever women's rugby medals were awarded Monday, with Australia winning gold over New Zealand.
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