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RIO DE JANEIRO – Gator Greats Christian Taylor (United States) and Will Claye (United States) repeated as gold and silver medalists, becoming the first triple jumpers in history to post 1-2 finishes in consecutive Olympiads.
 
Taylor is just the fifth man in history to successfully defend his Olympic title, joining America's Myer Prinstein (1900 & 1904), Brazil's Adhemar da Silva (1952 & 1956), Poland's Jozef Szmidt (1960 & 1964), and USSR's Viktor Saneyev (1968, 1972, 1976) as the only others to accomplish the feat.
 
The American record holder's gold medal is the fifth in Florida track and field history.
  
With his second straight silver medal, Claye became just the fifth American triple jumper in history to win multiple Olympic medals.
 
UF track and field now boasts 19 Olympic medals in its history.
 
Kerron Clement (United States), this year's Olympic Trials champion and 2008 Olympic silver medalist in the 400 hurdles, qualified for Thursday (Aug. 18) morning's final with the top overall time (48.26) in the semifinals.
 
Genevieve LaCaze (Australia), UF's school record holder in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, ran a personal record in the 5,000 meters preliminary to qualify for Friday (Aug. 19) night's final. It's her second event final of these Olympics.
 
Fellow Gator Great Shara Proctor (Great Britain), making her second Olympics appearance, did not advance through the long jump qualifying.
 
Athlete-specific schedules, broken down daily, can be found below.
 
In addition to television broadcasts on NBC and NBC Sports Network, all track and field events will be streamed online. Links to each day's streaming links can be found in the broadcast schedule below.
 
2016 OLYMPIC GAMES MEET INFORMATION (All times Eastern)

• Live Results
• Venue: Joao Havelange Olympic Stadium (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Television Broadcast Schedule
Date (Events)	Time (Network & Streaming Link)
Thursday, August 18th (SP [M]; 400mH [M])	8:00 a.m.-11:20 a.m. (NBC Sports Network) 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (NBC)
Thursday, August 18th (SP [M])	8:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. (NBC)
Friday, August 19th (4x400 [M/W]; 5,000m [W]	8:00-10:30 p.m. (NBC)
Saturday, August 20th (4x400 [M/W])	8:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. (NBC)

 

Day Five – Tuesday, August 16th
Event	Place, Athlete (Country) – Time/Mark [Wind] | Notes
5,000m (W)*	12. Genevieve LaCaze (Australia) – 15:20.45 | Advanced to semifinals (time)
TJ (M)	1. Christian Taylor (United States) – 17.86 meters (58-7.25) [+0.7] | WON GOLD MEDAL
	2. Will Claye (United States) – 17.76 meters (58-3.25) [+0.4] | WON SILVER MEDAL
LJ (W)	21. Shara Proctor (Great Britain) – 6.36 meters (20-10.5) [-0.3]
400mH (M)^	1. Kerron Clement (United States) – 48.26 | Season-best time; advanced to final (automatic)

 

Day Seven – Thursday, August 18th
Time	Athlete (Country) – Event
8:55 a.m.	Kemal Mesic (Bosnia); Stipe Zunic (Croatia) – Men's Shot Put (Qualifying)
11:00 a.m.	Kerron Clement (United States) – Men's 400-meter Hurdles
7:30 p.m.	Kemal Mesic (Bosnia); Stipe Zunic (Croatia) – Men's Shot Put

 

Day Eight – Friday, August 19th
Time	Athlete (Country) – Event
7:40 p.m.	Jamaica (Novlene Williams-Mills) – Women's 4x400 Relay (Prelims)
8:10 p.m.	United States (Arman Hall, Tony McQuay) – Men's 4x400 Relay (Prelims)
8:40 p.m.	Genevieve LaCaze (Australia) – Women's 5,000 meters

 

Day Nine – Saturday, August 20th
Time	Athlete (Country) – Event
9:00 p.m.	Jamaica (Novlene Williams-Mills) – Women's 4x400 Relay
9:35 p.m.	United States (Arman Hall, Tony McQuay) – Men's 4x400 Relay

 
Completed Events

Day One – Friday, August 12th
Event	Place, Athlete (Country) – Time/Mark | Notes
800m (M)*	11. Andres Arroyo (Puerto Rico) – 1:46.17 | Advanced to semifinals (automatic)

 

Day Two – Saturday, August 13th
Event	Place, Athlete (Country) – Time/Mark | Notes
3kSC (W)*	11. Genevieve LaCaze (Australia) – 9:26.25 | Advanced to final (automatic)
800m (M)^	22. Andres Arroyo (Puerto Rico) – 1:46.74

 

Day Four – Monday, August 15th
Event	Place, Athlete (Country) – Time/Mark [Wind] | Notes
TJ (M)*	1. Christian Taylor (United States) – 17.24 meters (56-6.75) [+0.2] | Advanced to final (automatic)
	3. Will Claye (United States) – 17.05 meters (55-11.25) [+0.4] | Advanced to final (automatic)
3kSC (W)	9. Genevieve LaCaze (Australia) – 9:21.21 | Topped PR by 1.98 seconds
400mH (M)*	16. Kerron Clement (United States) – 49.17 | Advanced to semifinals (automatic)
110mH (M)*	30. Eddie Lovett (U.S. Virgin Islands) – 13.77 [+1.4]

 
Notes: Bold italics denotes final; * - denotes preliminary/qualifying round; ^ - denotes semifinal round
 
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