France defeats USA in 4x100m freestyle relay, Spain out of Olympic football

The second official day of Olympic competition saw a series of upsets. Earlier on in the day British marathoner, and world record holder Paula Radcliffe announced she was pulling out of the games due to injury. An Olympic medal has since evaded Radcliffe, undeniably one of the best marathon runners in the world, she had hoped at one last shot on home soil. Meanwhile following their opening round loss to Japan, world champions Spain are out of the Olympics after another humiliating loss to Honduras 1-0. Honduras took the early with a goal in the eighth minute, several attempts by the Spanish team in the second half nearly made it but the favorites we unable to equalize. But the greatest upset of the night came at the Olympic Aquatic Center where the French men’s 4x100m freestyle team came from behind to defeat the US squad in the last 50m of the race. Since its introduction in 1964 the US has one the event every single time except in 2000, 2004 and 2012. The US had held the lead throughout the race, and at one point was ahead by a full body length. Their come from behind loss is the opposite of their historic victory in 2008 where Jason Lezak powered the team home in the dying minutes of the race to take the title from France. 

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