Rio Olympics roundup: Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky win gold; U.S. Gymnastics dominates

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- On a day when the United States Women's National Team disappointed on the soccer field and Serena Williams was eliminated from Olympic competition, events were anything but predictable.

That was until Simone Biles and the 'Final Five' took to mats and Katie Ledecky and Michael Phelps entered the pool in Rio de Janeiro.

Biles, Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman, Maddie Kocian, and Laurie Hernandez dominated Russia to win the gold medal in the women's team gymnastics all-around final. The Americans earned a score of 184.897.

A flurry of medals Tuesday helped push the U.S. total from 19 to 26 in 24 hours. Team USA also opened up its overall lead in total medals, by increasing its medals margin from six to nine over second-place China.

RUNDOWN IN RIO

Ledecky earned her second gold medal and third overall medal in Rio Tuesday with a win in the women's 200-meter freestyle final. Ledecky's time of 1:53.73 edged Sweden's Sarah Sjöström and Australia's Emma McKeon.

Phelps added to his collection, winning gold in the men's 200-meter butterfly final. Phelps edged Japan's Masato Sakai by just 0.04 seconds, finishing the event in 1:53.36. Hungary's Tamas Kenderesi won a bronze medal.

The American's ended the night with a gold medal in the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay. Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Francis Haas, and Conor Dwyer's 7:00.66 overwhelmed second place Great Britain and third place Japan.

Ledecky's three medals are tied for the most in Rio with Phelps and Hungary's Katinka Hosszu, who each have three gold medals in the Summer Games.

American Madeline Dirado won the bronze medal in the women's 200-meter individual medley final. Hungary's Hosszu set a world record in that event for the gold medal, while Great Britain's Sibhan-Marie earned a silver medal at Olympic Aquatics Stadium.

Travis Stevens defeated Uzbekistan's Shakhzodbek Sabirov in the round of 16 of men's 81 kg judo. Stevens then beat Bulgaria's Ivaylo Ivanov in the judo quarterfinal. He went on to win the silver medal after falling to Russia's Khasan Khalmurzaev in the gold medal contest.

Steve Johnson bested Portugal's Gastao Elias in the second round of men's singles in tennis. Johnson won 6-3, 6-4. Serena Williams fell in straight sets to Ukrainian Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-3. Madison Keys upstaged Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro, winning 2-1 in a third round singles tennis match.

American Phillip Dutton won a bronze medal in the equestrian individual jumping final. Germany's Michael Jung and France's Astier Nicolas claimed the gold and silver medals in that event.

In women's soccer, the United States Women's National Team trailed 1-0 early against Colombia. The heavily-favored Americans roared back with two goals to earn the edge, but surrendered the tying score in the 90th minute. Despite the draw, the USWNT had already clinched its place in the Olympic quarterfinals. Crystal Dunn and Mallory Pugh had the American goals in the Group G finale.

"#1 takeaway is we win the group and moving on to the quarters! Not the score we hoped for but we learn and move on! #USWNT," Alex Morgan tweeted after the game.

Superstar scorer Carli Lloyd, who has 90 international scores for the USWNT, also tweeted about the draw.

"No journey to the top is ever perfect. We move on and keep our heads up. The best is yet to come! #TeamUSA #OneAtATime," Lloyd tweeted Tuesday.

Keys takes on Russia's Raria Kasatkina at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday in a women's tennis singles quarterfinal. Johnson faces Russian Evgeny Donskoy in the third round of men's singles tennis action at 11 a.m. Venus Williams and Rajeev Ram face the Netherlands duo of Jean-Julien Rojer and Kiki Bertens in mixed doubles tennis at 11 a.m. Team USA men's water polo faces France at 11:40 a.m.

The United States women's basketball team faces Serbia at 3:30 p.m., while the men's team faces Australia at 7 p.m.