WFLA Articles: August 6, 2016

August 6
Venus, stars fall on day one of tennis at the Rio 2016 Olympics TOP MOMENTS: Vote for your favorite Olympic moment of Day 1 Australian women repeat as 4x100m freestyle relay gold medalists USA’s Morghan King sets American 48kg snatch record, finishes 6th John Williams continues to score the sound of the Olympics Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu gets first Olympic gold in 400m individual medley with world record Venus Williams crashes out in first round of 2016 Rio Olympics Australia’s Mack Horton beats Sun Yang to the wall for 400m freestyle Olympic gold Rays hit 3 HRs to back Archer in 7-3 win over Twins Dana Vollmer qualifies to defend her 2012 Olympic gold in 100m butterfly Judo Day 2 preview: Majlinda Kelmendi eyes Olympic history Kosuke Hagino wins Olympic gold in 400m individual medley, Kalisz gets silver Weightlifting results: Sopita Tanasan takes gold in 48kg U.S. men’s basketball team dominant in win over China Team Refugee athlete Yusra Mardini wins her 100m butterfly heat Aly Raisman’s Olympic comeback began with a grueling challenge U.S. women defeat France 1-0 in Group G play U.S. men’s gymnastics team finds motivation in care package Coach Tony Dungy enters Hall of Fame U.S. women’s rugby wins first Olympic match ever by 48 points Women’s field hockey: Team USA edges Argentina 2-1 What to watch in primetime on NBC: Day 1 USA women’s volleyball rolls over Puerto Rico in preliminary Tampa man arrested after crashing into Subway Women’s archery team competition: Preview U.S. riding wave of power for women’s road race cycling Harry Potter spell cast on U.S. women’s water polo team Paula Pareto, Beslan Mudranov win gold medals on Day 1 of judo USA’s Nico Hernandez defeats Cappai, moves on Report: half of Florida lakes have elevated algae St. Pete school needs mentors for elementary school boys U.S. beach volleyball duo Gibb/Patterson win first preliminary match French gymnast Samir Ait Said breaks leg on vault U.S. men overtake Japan in gymnastics team rankings after qualifying session 2 Tourist recounts filming of bears swimming at Lake Tahoe The Latest: Australia gets world record, gold in 400m relay Man’s dueling obituaries name wife in 1, girlfriend in other Mom accused of throwing boiling water on toddler, father VA report finds veteran suicides on the rise Poll: Young adults support new efforts to curb gun violence Fierce competition begins on the beach Parts maker ZF recalling 505K transmission control sensors Ford recalls 830K vehicles to fix faulty door latches Katie Ledecky can go for five medals at 2016 Rio Olympics Attacker shouts ‘Allahu Akhbar,’ wounds 2 police in Belgium Boy works to take school supply burden off of his mother Biden campaigns in Florida with Senate candidate Murphy VIDEO: Italian Coast Guard resuscitates kitten 2 panthers killed in southwest Florida U.S. swim team off to strong start after Day 1 preliminary heats U.S. women’s rugby loses opening match to Fiji Large gator reports prompt suspension of water activities at Marion County park Danell Leyva focuses on helping team with all-around out of reach USA’s Carlos Balderas wins first match Croatia defeats U.S. in Day 1 of men’s water polo Hope Solo to appear in 200th game, a first for a goalkeeper Weekend Headlines: Rainy afternoon; FL sales tax holiday; First US gold in Rio Families of military and wounded warriors get free school supplies in Tampa U.S. gymnastics team is already winning the fashion Olympics American shooter wins first gold in Rio Husband of Florida woman killed by train dies 1 day later Preview: First day of Boxing kicks off in Rio 13 dead, 6 injured as fire hits bar in French city of Rouen Hillsborough sandbag sites open How to watch judo at the 2016 Rio Olympics Man shot, wounded in St. Pete U.S.-Australia rivalry highlights first night in Olympic pool Paul at the Rio Olympics: Day 6 Preview: Women’s volleyball preliminaries Day 1 Preview: Day 1 of Rowing in Rio Men’s basketball preview: China vs. USA FISA releases Olympic rowing competition draws Railing collapses at rap concert; at least 10 hurt What to Watch: Rio Olympics Day 1 Previewing day one’s top field hockey matchups Tampa Bay counties open sandbag locations ahead of heavy rain Top back-to-school tips this week What to watch for in Basketball: Day 1 Fencing Preview: Hurley sisters take on Rio Q&A with U.S. Rowing’s Grace Luczak Preview: Day 1 of Shooting Preview: USA’s King, women’s 48kg kick off weightlifting competition Men’s handball preliminaries: Round one preview Tampa’s Game Time hosts Olympic opening ceremony watch party