Former Florida Gators had a big Saturday, taking three medals, including long jumper Jasmine Moore.
Heading into the weekend with four total medals, UF athletes added three more to their count, bringing it up to seven total medals. If UF were its own country, the Gators would be tied for 11th place in total count with Romania, Hungary and New Zealand.
Swimmer Josh Liendo finished second in the 100-meter butterfly, earning him a silver medal, his first-career Olympic medal. Meanwhile, Jasmine Moore earned bronze in the triple jump, also her first-career Olympics medal and the Gators’ first medal in a non-swimming event. Finally, Caeleb Dressel won a gold medal in the mixed 4x100-meter relay despite not racing in the finals. He swam in the prelims, which earned him his ninth-career gold medal.Liendo finished with a time of 49.99 seconds, less than a 10th of a second behind gold medalist Kristof Milak and more than half a second ahead of bronze medalist Ilya Kharun . Liendo previously finished as a finalist in the 50-meter freestyle , 4x100-meter medley relay and 4x100-meter freestyle relay .
The Gators will have two more opportunities to win medals on Sunday. Finke will swim in the 1500-meter final at 12:37 p.m. EST, while Thomas Mardal will compete in the hammer throw final at 1:05 p.m. EST.Cam Parker is a contributing writer at AllGators.com of FanNation-Sports Illustrated and is a recent graduate of the University of Florida with a degree in journalism. He also covers and broadcasts Alachua County high school sports with The Prep Zone and Mainstreet Daily News.
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