Day Eight has ended, so update time!

For Venezuela it was a shitty day, in my opinion. Three boxers competed today. The first one won his bout, but the other two lost. The second one, Gabriel Maestre, was the one with the most chances of bringing a medal, as he needed to win only one fight to progress to the semifinal; he lost to Kazakh Daniyar Yeleussinov. The third one was humiliatingly defeated by TKO in the second round by Uzbek Bakhodir Jalolov.

On the other hand, and I know somebody is waiting to hear this *cough*Ryccia*cough*, tennis player Mónica Puig defeated Angelique Kerber (Germany), to win Puerto Rico its first ever gold medal. She is also the first female Puerto Rican to win a medal. Congratulations to both Mónica and Puerto Rico!

Another Independent Athlete won a medal, this time a bronze. Mohamed "Mo" Farah (UK) successfully defended his gold medal from London in the 10,000 meter race. Jamaican Elaine Thompson defeated her compatriot, the defending champion Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce, to win the women's 100 meter race.

Last but not least, Michael Phelps won probably his last Olympic medal, gold in the 4x100 medley event (accompanied by Ryan Murphy, Cody Miller, and Nathan Adrian), with an Olympic record for good measure. Something I forgot to mention is that Phelps had broken an additional record in Rio; most individual Olympic titles won by a single person. The notable thing about this record is that it was set 2,168 freaking years ago, in the Ancient Olympics, by an athlete named Leonidas of Rhodes; he was a runner who won a total of twelve Olympic titles (at the time, the prize being an olive wreath). Phelps has now fourteen individual titles.