RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) " The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):6:30 a.m.Nine Olympic sports will be awarding 15 gold medals Tuesday at the Rio Olympics, and the competitions include four big battles in the pool and the ever-dazzling women's team gymnastics title. Then the women's 200 meter individual medley gets underway with Hosszu, the world and Olympic record holder, in the field. In 2010, he was dropped from the Dutch team for the Gymnastics World Championships after he admitted using cocaine. Gold medalists Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky of the United States and Katinka Hosszu of Hungary will be looking for even more glory; Phelps in the 200 meter butterfly, Ledecky in the 200 meter freestyle and Hosszu in the women's 200 meter individual medley. 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.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 09, 2016 07:41 UTC