Rio Olympics: Top stories, photos, and results from Day 12

Results

Team USA runner Evan Jager took Silver in the Men's 3,000M Steeplechase, the first medal for the United States in the event since 1984. Jager finished with a time of 8:04.28 for his first Olympic medal.

Conseslus Kipruto of Kenya won gold, setting an Olympic record time of 8:03.28.

Brazil defeated Honduras in the Men's Semifinal Soccer match 6-0, with Brazilian star forward Neymar Jr. scoring the first goal of the match in record time. Brazil advances to the final and will face either Germany or Nigeria.

The USA equestrian team found themselves on the podium for the first time since 2008, winning silver in the Team Jump competition. France finished in first place for gold, with Germany taking bronze.

At the Riocentro Pavilion, Bastian Steger and Timo Boll of Germany defeated the South Korea team 3-1 to win bronze in Men's Team Table Tennis.

China faces off against Japan for gold Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

Top Stories

Brazil orders passport seizures of U.S. swimmers Ryan Lochte, James Feigen

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- A Brazilian judge on Wednesday ordered the passports of U.S. Olympic swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen be seized following their robbery report.

Lochte and Feigen -- along with Olympians Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger -- said they were robbed at gunpoint on Sunday after leaving a party. Brazilian media have since reported that investigators have found no evidence the robbery occurred.

Lochte, the only one of the swimmers to publicly speak of the alleged incident, had already left Brazil before Judge Keyla Blanc de Cnop issued the passport seizure order. Feigen's whereabouts are unclear.

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Olympics official arrested for ticket scalping

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- A member of the International Olympic Committee has been arrested in Rio de Janeiro for allegedly scalping tickets.

Patrick Hickey, 71, of Ireland, is suspected of illegally passing on tickets for Rio's Olympic games that could be sold for high prices -- up to $7,800, O Globo reports. Hickey heads the Olympic Council of Ireland and serves as president of the European Olympic Committees, an agency that consolidates Europe's 50 national Olympic committees.

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