Xander Schauffele with 2 clutch putts provides US gold in golfing

Xander Schauffele won an Olympic gold medal he poorly preferred by conquering additional strain than he could have imagined Sunday.

Proper when Schauffele appeared to drop his organization grip on the gold, the 27-year-previous American responded with two clutch putts at the stop for a 4-under 67 and a one-shot victory around Rory Sabbatini of Slovakia in a wild complete to the men’s golfing competition.

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One particular was a 6-foot birdie putt for the lead. The last 1 was a 4-foot par putt for the gain.

“Just in shock,” Schauffele claimed. “I was seeking so really hard to just remain tranquil. … But guy, it was stress filled. And I built that putt and it was just a huge bodyweight lifted off my shoulders and just quite relieved and content.”

The pressure produced the sizzling air come to feel even thicker at Kasumigaseki Place Club. When the last group walked on to the 18th inexperienced, nine gamers remained in the blend for a medal.

1 of them was Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama, just not the medal that his golf-mad place wished for him. He was just one shot out of the guide when he missed a 3-foot par putt on the 15th gap and hardly ever caught up. He missed a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole for the bronze.

And then he left with no medal at all.

Matsuyama was part of a 7-man playoff for the bronze, which

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Olympian Lydia Jacoby: What to know about the gold medalist

American Lydia Jacoby picked up her to start with gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, upsetting teammate Lilly King in the 100-meter breaststroke.

The 17-calendar year-aged swimmer promptly became the star of the Video games with the earn. She concluded with a time of 1:04.95, just a several tenths of a next guiding King’s environment- history time of 1:04.13. South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker finished with the silver medal and King captured the bronze.

The youthful swimmer starred for the U.S. but is even now in substantial university and is a person of the prime swimmers in the state.

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Here’s what else to know about Jacoby.

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Born on a Leap 12 months

Lydia Jacoby of the United States sees the results after winning the final of the women's 100-meter breaststroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Lydia Jacoby of the United States sees the success just after winning the remaining of the women’s 100-meter breaststroke at the 2020 Summertime Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Picture/Martin Meissner)

Jacoby was born on Feb. 29, 2004. She’s a single of only a handful of well-liked athletes who have been born on Feb. 29. Olympic gold medalist Cullen Jones is one of them.

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Putting Alaska on the map

Jacoby was born in Anchorage, Alaska, and is the 1st from the 49th point out to ever make the U.S. Olympic swim staff. Only a handful of swimmers experienced at any time capable for the U.S. Olympic trials. She’s the 1st athlete from Alaska to gain a gold medal.

Jacoby represented

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