RIO DE JANEIRO-- Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands won the men's marathon swimming event off Rio's Copacabana Beach on Tuesday in a race so close that he did not realise he had won until a friend called from home to give him the good news.
RIO DE JANEIRO-- Netherlands' Marit Bouwmeester won sailing gold in the women's Laser Radial single-person dinghy competition on Tuesday after a closely-fought medal race that saw Ireland's Annalise Murphy slip past Denmark's Anne-Marie Rindom to take silver.
RIO DE JANEIRO-- Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands took gold on a day of controversy at the open water women's 10 kilometre marathon swimming event, with French swimmer Aurelie Muller disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct after finishing second.
RIO DE JANEIRO-- Dutch gymnast Sanne Wevers changed her gameplan at the last minute on Monday after American Simone Biles lost her footing on the beam, and it paid off when she became the first woman from her country to win an individual gymnastics gold.
RIO DE JANEIRO-- Defending champions Netherlands will face Germany, while Britain take on New Zealand in the women's hockey semi-finals of the Rio Olympics on Wednesday.
