Yannick Agnel claims second gold medal

Yannick Agnel from France won the 200 meters freestyle to claim his second Olympic title. He is just 20, anchored the French sprint freestyle squad to victory over the United States last night when he overhauled Ryan Lochte in the final 10 meters.

Yannic Agnel led from the start and enjoyed a dominant victory in one minute 43.14 seconds with Beijing silver medallist Park Tae Hwan and 400m freestyle champion Sun Yang sharing silver while world champion Lochte was locked out of the medals in fourth.

Phelps had a better night, although it remains difficult to judge what sort of form he is in. He advanced to tonight’s final of the 200m butterfly fourth fastest but again he faded over the closing stages.

Whether that was through fatigue – there have been questions asked over the amount of training he has done in the build-up to the Games – or simply saving himself for the final will become clearer this evening, and the good news for the American is that there will not be a Frenchman in sight.

London 2012 Olympic Medal Standing – July 31, 2012 09:54AM UCT+8

London 2012 Summer Olympics Medal Standing

As of Tuesday, July 31, 2012 09:54AM UCT+8

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Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
China	9	5	3	17
United States of America	5	7	5	17
France	3	1	3	7
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	3	0	1	4
Italy	2	4	2	8
Republic of Korea	2	2	2	6
Russian Federation	2	0	3	5
Kazakhstan	2	0	0	2
Japan	1	4	6	11
Australia	1	2	1	4
Romania	1	2	0	3
Brazil	1	1	1	3
Hungary	1	1	1	3
Netherlands	1	1	0	2
Ukraine	1	0	2	3
Georgia	1	0	0	1
Lithuania	1	0	0	1
South Africa	1	0	0	1
Colombia	0	2	0	2
Great Britain	0	1	2	3
Cuba	0	1	0	1
Germany	0	1	0	1
Mexico	0	1	0	1
Poland	0	1	0	1
Thailand	0	1	0	1
Taipei	0	1	0	1
Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
Belgium	0	0	1	1
Canada	0	0	1	1
Indonesia	0	1	0	1
India	0	0	1	1
Republic of Moldova	0	0	1	1
Mongolia	0	0	1	1
Norway	0	0	1	1
Serbia	0	0	1	1
Slovakia	0	0	1	1
Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1

Note: Bolding the font means an addition or change to the previous standing.

Team USA Basketball won over France

The 2012 London Olympics schedule basketball which was played Sunday morning, July 29, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. ET was won by the team USA. Team USA toasted the French with a victory of 98-71 score.

The Americans outclassed France with Durant scoring a game-high 22 points, Kobe Bryant adding 10 points and James contributing nine points and eight assists and five rebounds.

France managed to stick around for one quarter, closing to within 22-21 at the end of the opening period. But with Kobe Bryant finding his stroke, the U.S. scored the first 11 points of the second quarter and went into halftime leading 52-36. Durant was by far the best player on the floor and the only one on either team to reach double figures with 15 points.

Congratulations to Team USA basketball.