Complete Coverage of Gators at the Olympics on Aug. 16

RIO DE JANEIRO – Gator Greats Christian Taylor (USA) and Will Claye (USA) became the first men in history to win the triple jump gold and silver medals at consecutive Olympiads this morning, while Kelly Murphy and Team USA advanced to the Olympic Games semifinals with a sweep of Japan Tuesday afternoon.

To learn more about Claye and Taylor's friendly rivalry and how they separated themselves from the rest of this year's triple jump field entering this year's Olympic final, read this feature story by FloridaGators.com's Zach Dirlam.

Kerron Clement (USA), the 2016 Olympic Trials champion and 2008 Olympic silver medalist in the 400 meters, cruised to the top overall time of the semifinals in primetime action. Clement will run for the gold medal in Thursday (Aug. 18) morning's final, which is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. ET on NBC.

Gator Great Genevieve LaCaze (Australia) qualified for her second Olympic final, doing so this time in the 5,000 meters. The women's 5k final is scheduled to start Friday (Aug. 19) at 8:40 p.m. ET on NBC.

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Track & Field

Christian Taylor (USA) became the fifth man in history to defend his Olympic triple jump gold medal. The only others to do it are Myer Prinstein (USA, 1900 & 1904), Adhemar da Silva (Brazil, 1952 & 1956), Jozef Szmidt (Poland, 1960 & 1964), and Viktor Saneyev (USSR, 1968, 1972, 1976).
Will Claye (USA) became the fifth American in Olympic history to win multiple medals in the triple jump. Claye also took silver at the 2012 Olympics.
Genevieve LaCaze (Australia) finished seventh in her heat and ran a personal best to qualify on time for the 5,000 meters final, which is scheduled for Friday (Aug. 19) at 8:40 pm. ET. It is scheduled to air live on NBC.
Kerron Clement (USA) posted a season-best time as well as the top overall semifinal time (48.26) to advance to Thursday morning's final. Clement led nearly the entire race and shut his run down with roughly 30 meters to go.
Shara Proctor (Great Britain), making her second Olympics appearance, fell short of qualifying for the long jump final. Proctor's top mark of 6.36 meters put her in 21st place, and only the top 12 advanced.

Volleyball

Kelly Murphy and Team USA used a sweep of Japan (25-16, 25-22, 25-23) Tuesday afternoon to advance to the Olympic Games semifinals.
Murphy started the match and put up five points for the Americans with four kills and one block.
Team USA will face either Russia or Serbia Thursday to advance to the Medal Round. With a win against Thursday's opponent, USA would play for a Gold Medal, with a loss the Americans would play for Bronze.

Historic Wednesday

The only Gator in Olympic action on Wed., Aug. 17 is Sandra Gal (Germany), who will be the first letterwinner competing in golf, a sport which is making a return to the Olympic Games for the first time in 112 years.
Gal is scheduled to begin stroke play at 9:36 a.m. ET.

COMPLETE Schedule of events of Gators at the 2016 Olympic Games.

Gators at The Games Daily Schedule of Action for August 16, 2016
Gator	Sport	Country	Event	Result
Genevieve LaCaze	Track & Field	Australia	Prelim: 5,000m	7th in heat, 15:20.45 (PR), advanced to final
Will Claye	Track & Field	USA	FINAL: Triple Jump	WON SILVER MEDAL, 17.76 meters
Christian Taylor	Track & Field	USA	FINAL: Triple Jump	WON GOLD MEDAL, 17.86 meters
Kelly Murphy	Volleyball	USA	Quarterfinals: vs. Japan	W, 3-0 (25-16, 25-23, 25-22) Starter: 4 kills, 1 block, 5 points
Shara Proctor	Track & Field	Great Britain	Qualifying: Long Jump	6.36 meters, did not advance
Kerron Clement	Track & Field	USA	Semis: 400 hurdles	1st in heat, 48.26, advanced to final

Gator 2016 Olympic Games Medal Count: (8 Medals: 5 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze)
Gator	Sport	Country	Event/Time/Score	Medal
Caeleb Dressel	Swimming	USA	4x100 FR, 3:09.92	GOLD
Conor Dwyer	Swimming	USA	200m Free, 1:45.23	BRONZE
Conor Dwyer	Swimming	USA	4x200 FR	GOLD
Ryan Lochte	Swimming	USA	4x200 FR	GOLD
Dan Wallace	Swimming	Great Britain	4x200 FR	SILVER
Caeleb Dressel	Swimming	USA	4x100 MR (P), 3:31.83	GOLD
Christian Taylor	Track & Field	USA	Triple Jump, 17.86 meters	GOLD
Will Claye	Track & Field	USA	Triple Jump, 17.76 meters	SILVER
All-Time Gator Olympic Games Medal Count (since 1968): Total: 121 medals (57 Gold, 32 Silver, 32 Bronze) Summer Games: 120 medals (56 Gold, 32 Silver, 32 Bronze) Winter Games: 1 medal (1 Gold)

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