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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Day 7 of the Rio Games features medal action in swimming, track and field, track cycling, fencing, judo and more. Here are some things to watch (all times local):SWIMMINGWill Michael Phelps add even more gold to his Olympic career? Well see when the mens 100 meter butterfly finals are held Friday at 10:12 p.m. Phelps has the world and Olympic (Beijing) records in the event and qualified in the semifinals Thursday night after winning the 200 individual medley final for a fourth consecutive Olympics and his fourth gold of 2016.Speaking of golds, fellow American Katie Ledecky will be back in the pool -- this time at 11:20 p.m. for the 800 freestyle, which she set a new Olympic record for on Thursday. She swam the 16-lap event in 8 minutes, 12.86 seconds Thursday, bettering the old mark of 8:14.10 set by Rebecca Adlington of Britain in 2008. Ledeckys time was nearly seven seconds faster than anyone else. Shes seeking to complete a sweep of the 200, 400 and 800 freestyles for the first time since the 1968 Mexico City Games.The superstar lineup Friday includes Katinka Hosszu of Hungary going in the 200 backstroke at 10:03 p.m. She qualified fastest Thursday and has already has won the 100 backstroke, along with the 200 and 400 individual medleys. Hilary Caldwell of Canada had the second quickest time of 2:07.40. Maya DiRado of the United States, who has won gold, silver and bronze at her first Olympics, was third fastest in 2:08.60.American Missy Franklin , who holds the world and Olympic records (London) advanced to the semifinals with the 11th-fastest time of 2:09.36. She earned a gold medal as part of the 4x200 freestyle relay after swimming in the preliminaries but the games have been disappointing for her.Men will swim for the gold in the 50 free at 10:44 p.m.TRACK AND FIELDTrack and field starts Friday and includes preliminaries for the women in the 100 meter.There are five sprinters to watch: Elaine Thompson of Jamaica, Murielle Ahoure of the Ivory Coast, Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands and Americans English Gardner, Tianna Bartoletta and Tori Bowie. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the two-time defending Olympic champion, is also in the field.On the mens side, preliminaries start in the 800 meter and 400 meter. In the longer of the two, the man to beat is David Rudisha, though he did struggle in the Kenyan trials. He holds the world and Olympic records, both set at the London Games. He was the first athlete to run the event in under 1 minutes 41 seconds. His first heat is at 10:26 a.m.In the 400, well get a first look at favorites American LaShawn Merritt, South Africas Wayde van Niekerk and Grenadas Kirani James. Heats start at 9:05 p.m.Meanwhile, two women will each be seeking a third consecutive gold .At 11:10 a.m., Tirunesh Dibaba seeks another medal in the 10,000. She is already considered the greatest female distance runner in history with her five Olympic medals (three gold) and five world championship golds. The 31-year-old has fought back from major injuries several times in her career and just finished a yearlong break after the birth of her son.At 10 p.m., New Zealands shot putter Valerie Adams seeks a comeback from elbow and shoulder surgery. She was basically untouchable at major championships from 2007 to 2014, with four world and two Olympic gold medals to show for it. Adams is the second-best performer of the season, behind Chinas Gong Lijiao. Christina Schwanitz of Germany, who took over Adams world title last year, could well be her toughest opponent on FridayAlso, medals will be given after the mens 20km race walk, which is at 2:30 p.m.BASKETBALLThe dominating US teams are back on the court.The men play Serbia at 7 p.m. While the U.S. is still the team to beat, they were tested in their last contest against Australia. Carmelo Anthony scored 31 points on the night he became the U.S. mens Olympic career scoring leader.The women take on Canada at 3:30 p.m. The three Olympic rookies on the American team have had an impressive start: Elena Delle Donne, Breanna Stewart and Brittney Griner have all had stretches when they have taken over games as the U.S. has won its first two contests in dominating fashion.Canada clinched its second straight berth in the womens basketball quarterfinals Wednesday, beating Senegal 68-58 on WednesdayIn other action, Chinas men face Austalia at 2:15 p.m.SOCCERThe U.S. women, coming off a rare draw against Colombia, continue into the quarterfinals at 1 p.m. against Sweden. The match reunites the United States with former coach Pia Sundhage, who led the Americans to gold at both the Beijing and London Olympics. Sweden, ranked sixth, struggled in the group stage with a 5-1 loss to host Brazil and finished 1-1-1.And Brazil, featuring standout Marta , faces Australia at 11 p.m. The Aussies and Brazilians met at the Womens World Cup last year, and it was Australia that advanced by beating Marta and Co. 1-0 in the round of 16.The other games will see China take on Germany at 4 p.m. and Canada against France at 7 p.m.GOLFThe men head into the second round with Australias Marcus Fraser atop the leaderboard with an 8-under 63 at Olympic Golf Course , where wildlife has been abundant. Fraser has a three-shot lead over British Open champion Henrik Stenson of Sweden and Graham DeLaet of Canada. Its the first time golf has been in the Olympics since 1904.TENNISThe tournament continues, including Rafael Nadal of Spain against hometown favorite Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil at 1 p.m. Britains Andy Murray plays American Steve Johnson at 12 p.m.Soon after, Nadal is back on the court to team with Marc Lopez in a gold medal doubles match against Romanias Florin Mergea and Horia Tecau.The bronze match is between the U.S. team of Johnson and Jack Sock and Canadas Daniel Nestor and Vasek Pospisil.In mixed doubles, Venus Williams and Rajeev Ram of the U.S. face Italys Roberta Vinci and Fabio Fognini. After being knocked out in singles and doubles, this is Williams remaining event and one she entered because of the other eliminations.BOXINGAt 12:15 p.m. American Nico Hernandez fights for gold against Uzbekistans Hasanboy Dusmatov in a light flyweight semifinal. Hernandez pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the Olympics first three days on Monday night with a unanimous decision over Russias Vasilii Egorov, the European champion and runner-up at last years world championships.Earlier, at 12 p.m., Cubas Joahnys Argilagos fights Colombias Yurberjen Herney Maetinez in a light flyweight semifinalTRACK CYCLINGThe mens team pursuit finals will be held at 6:42 p.m., a day after the British continued their domination in the team sprints, winning a third consecutive gold. The women compete at 6:04 p.m.FENCINGThe mens team foil gold medal match starts at 6:30 p.m. after a day of competition. Italy, Brazil, China, France, Russia, Britain, Egypt and the US have made the team quarterfinals.Italian Daniele Garozzo stunned top-ranked American Alexander Massialas to win the individual gold Sunday.JUDOThe men and womens heavyweights go for the gold a day after American Kayla Harrison earned her second straight gold medal in judo, winning the 78-kilogram division. In the mens 100-kilogram division, Lukas Krpalek of the Czech Republic won the countrys first judo gold after defeating Elmar Gasimov of Azerbaijan.---AP Summer Games website: http://summergames.ap.org Stitched Jerseys For Sale . Down by seven with 90 seconds left in regulation, thats where they looked comfortable. Jerseys For Sale Outlet . The 26-year-old Ireland striker, who has four goals this season, has signed a three-and-a-half year contract with his new club. https://www.jerseysforsalechina.com/ . 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And players who stood shoulder to shoulder sporting their nations jersey in the tournament -- or in the case of Team North America and Team Europe, simply sporting matching jerseys -- will soon square off against those tournament teammates with valuable regular-season points on the line.Funny how that works.But as Canada celebrates the continuation of its historic domination of the sport after sweeping Team Europe in the best-of-three World Cup finals, winning their 16th consecutive game in best-on-best tournaments, we examined which players might use the World Cup as a springboard to greatness in the NHL -- or, conversely, which players are hoping to forget their forgettable performances in Toronto and start with a clean slate on their NHL clubs.You could argue that Brad Marchand was going to get paid regardless. But theres little doubt that his superlative performance playing alongside Sidney Crosby and?Boston Bruins?teammate Patrice Bergeron was a catalyst to his eight-year, $49 million contract extension?with the Bruins. Marchand finished second in the tournament in scoring, and if the Bruins are going to arrest a two-year playoff slide, Marchand will need to be a key part of that renaissance. And while were at it, theres no reason to believe that Bergeron, third in tournament scoring and likely the second-best player on Team Canada behind Crosby, wont hit the ground running in Boston. Look out, Atlantic Division.Remember last year when Crosby had five points in October? Remember how some people wrote him off? Ha-ha. That was funny. Now the World Cup of Hockey MVP and leading scorer in the tournament will return to the?Pittsburgh Penguins?in midseason form after leading the World Cup in scoring and continuing his playoff-MVP level of play. Look out, world.There is no shortage of questions facing the Detroit Red Wings this season as they move on without Pavel Datsyuk and harbor concerns about?Henrik Zetterbergs durability. But GM Ken Holland has to be thrilled with the play of a couple of members of Team Europe. Frans Nielsen, signed as a free agent by Detroit during the offseason, earned much praise for his two-way game during the World Cup. And Tomas Tatar delivered a team-best three goals, including two in the Europeans overtime win over Sweden in the semifinals. Both players are crucial to the Red Wings ability to keep their monumental playoff streak alive next spring. They have qualified for the playoffs in 25 consecutive seasons.There were so many impressive players on Team North America, but?Philadelphia Flyers?fans had to be pleased to see rookie of the year nominee Shayne Gostisbehere get off to a good start at the World Cup. ?His play was impressive, especially after Aaron Ekblad left the tournament with a concussion, and Gostisbehere (four assists) tied for the points lead among defensemen at the tournament.On the other side of the coin, the tournament wasnt particularly kind to anyone on Team USA, as the Americans went 0-3.dddddddddddd But?Los Angeles Kings?GM Dean Lombardi has to hope Jonathan Quick is more like the Jonathan Quick of the first pretournament game against Canada and not the Quick who turned in a 3.56 GAA and .863 save percentage in two starts during round-robin play.The Kings will also be without veteran winger Marian Gaborik, who was injured in Team Europes overtime win over Sweden in the semifinals. Gaborik may miss two months with an injury to his right foot -- which is not good news for a Kings team that appears to be entering a period of decline.Back to Detroit for a moment. Nielsen and Tatar were standouts, but the same cant be said for the perpetually underachieving Thomas Vanek, who had just one assist.Patrick Kane was another disappointing part of Team USA. The Hart Trophy winner failed to score and finished with a minus-4 rating, but we doubt itll take long for him to reconnect with linemates Artem Anisimov and Artemi Panarin, whose Russian squad was dumped in the semifinal by Canada. The pair combined for one goal for Russia, and all three will be looking forward to getting back in a groove in Chicago.Pekka Rinne played in only one game for Finland in the World Cup, a humbling 4-1 loss to speedy Team North America in which Rinne faced 43 shots. Tuukka Rask took over for the final two games, but if the Nashville Predators were hoping that Rinne would use the tournament as a springboard to midseason form, it didnt happen.Speaking of the Finns ... they had a pretty ugly tournament, scoring just one goal in three games. But that said, we were impressed with youngster?Sebastian Aho, and we know that?Carolina Hurricanes?GM Ron Francis is looking forward to seeing how Aho fits in with the Canes. And of course Patrik Laine was a physical presence, even if he did not record a point, and will step right into the?Winnipeg Jets?lineup.It was a bit of a challenge to get a handle on Jack Eichel with dynamic Team North America. The second overall 2015 draft pick had a goal and an assist, but he was overshadowed by Johnny Gaudreau, Auston Matthews, Nathan MacKinnon and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. That might not be a bad thing, necessarily, but it will be interesting to see how Eichels season begins in Buffalo.And finally, how about the Tampa Bay Lightning, which led all teams with 12 players in the tournament? Will it hurt the Lightning, getting out of the blocks, having had so many key players -- not to mention coach Jon Cooper, who was an assistant with Team North America -- out of the loop at the World Cup of Hockey? Probably not. Having players play at such a high level early in the season cant be a bad thing. And you have to figure that this tournament will be a boon to a player like?Steven Stamkos, who struggled offensively in the tournament, scoring just once, and who missed all but one of Tampas playoff games with a blood clotting issue. ' ' '