The golden double holds China’s leading medal table

Peres Jepchirchir and Brigid Kosgei set the pace for most of Saturday’s women’s marathon, and the only issue in reaching the last five kilometers was who the Kenyan would cross the border first.

Jepchirchir eventually resigned from his countryman just over two miles away and withdrew to win by 16 seconds.

Kosge’s second-place finish made Kenya the first nation to win gold and silver at the same Olympics.

I weighed the momentum [and when I opened the gap] it was like “Wow, I’ll survive. I’m going to win,” Jepchirchir said.

“It feels good. I’m so, so happy because we win in Kenya. First and second. I thank my God so much. I’m happy for my family. I’m happy for my country, Kenya.”

Ten seconds after Kosge, American Molly Seidel shouted “Yes! Yes!” when he crossed the line to win a magnificent bronze medal only in his third race marathon.

Seidel is the third U.S. woman to win a marathon after Joan Benoit Samuelson’s gold in the women’s opening race in Los Angeles in 1984 and Deena Kastor’s bronze in Athens in 2004.

He said he was inspired by his friend Courtney Frerichs ’aggressive approach, which led to a silver medal in the 3,000-meter hurdles this week.

“Seeing him do so and compete aggressively was true, which gave me the strength to be afraid to poke my nose into it,” Seidel said.

“It’s just to go out, stab your nose where it doesn’t belong, and try to make some people angry. Today, my goal was just to go in and make people think, ‘Who is this girl?’ “.”

SECOND GOLD FOR THE MCGEE FAMILY

JaVale McGee was a late addition to the U.S. basketball team, but Saturday’s victory over France made him part of history.

McGee’s mother Pamwon won basketball with the United States at the 1984 Los Angeles Games, and she and JaVale are now the first American mother-son combination to win gold in any sport.

It’s an amazing feeling for a man, “McGee said.” I got a gold medal, my mother got a gold medal. You can’t explain it, just knowing you’re the best in the world.

If this doesn’t add to the resume, I don’t know what. It’s a family resume. That is what the family is all about, after all.

YAFAI WINS BOXING GOLD FOR BRITAIN

Galal Yafai won the first British man to win boxing gold after London 2012 and on Saturday won the fly series title with Carlo Paalam from the Philippines.

Yafai knocked down Balam in the opening round and never looked back, winning 4-1.

The 28-year-old Birmingham native competed in Rio as a light fly, but lost in the second round.

He is the first Briton to measure men’s flight since 1956.

Paalam is the first man from the Philippines to have won medals in any sport since boxer Mansueto Velasco won silver in a light flight in Atlanta in 1996.

BEACH Volleyball newcomers take candles

The sport, traditionally dominated by Brazil and the United States, saw three newcomers on the podium on Saturday.

Norwegian duo Anders Mol and Christian Sorum won Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Oleg Stoyanovsky, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, to take home the gold medal.

In the bronze medal, Ahmed Tija and Cherif Younousse from Qatar overthrew Edgar Tocs and the 2012 bronze medal in Latvian Martins Plavins.

None of the podium covers had previously won a medal in men’s or women’s beach volleyball, even though the winners have some sort of Olympic legacy.

Mol’s mother, Merita Berntsen, finished ninth with her partner Ragni Hestad in the first beach volleyball competition at the 1996 Atlanta Games, and then retired when Anders was born the following year.

“My mom thought it was really hard to travel with two kids because my brother was born in 1994. She was meand and then quit,” Mol said. “I’ve always dreamed of winning my mother at the Olympics. She got ninth [place[. I was actually really happy when we made it to the quarter-finalsbecause we became historical by achieving [at least] Fifth place.

“It’s been a trip for a long time and our parents and family are very proud of us right now.”

SIXTH KAYAK GOLD FOR KOZAK, HUNGARY

Danuta Kozak won her sixth Olympic gold when Hungary won the women’s 500m sprint.

The 34-year-old collaborated with Belarus and Poland with Tamara Csipes, Anna Karasz and Dora Bodony.

It was Kozak’s third consecutive gold of four after taking silver from his Olympic debut in Beijing.

He also won gold at the K1 500m in London and Rio and at the K2 in Rio. He won a bronze in the K2 series earlier this week, so Saturday’s win will give him eight Olympic medals.

In other sprint kayak finals, Germany won the men’s kayak four 500m, China took the women’s canoe double 500m and Brazilian Isaquias Queiroz dos Santos won the 1000m.