Originally posted by the Voice of America. Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America, a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in the public domain. Day Six in Rio: Phelps Searches for More Gold by VOA News U.S. swimming phenom Michael Phelps will be looking to earn his 22^nd career gold medal in the 200 meter individual medley Thursday night. Phelps - who has already won three gold medals in Rio - will swim in the lane right next to American teammate and longtime rival Ryan Lochte after the two took first and second place in the qualifier on Wednesday. If Phelps wins, it will be his fourth straight individual medley title at the Olympics. Two Australian sisters, Cate and Bronte Campbell will battle each other for the women's 100 meter freestyle crown. Cate Campbell set a new Olympic record for the event during the semifinal Wednesday, while her sister came in fifth behind American swimmer Simone Manuel to qualify for the final race. Cate holds the world record, but her sister, Bronte, is the current world title holder. Katie Ledecky of Team USA will also be in action in the qualifying round for the 800 meter freestyle. She set the world record for the event in January, and has already won gold in the 200 and 400 meter freestyle races in Rio. Golf will be played for the first time at the Olympics in more than 100 years when Brazilian professional Adilson da Silva tees off Thursday morning at the Olympics golf course. Da Silva will be joined in the first group by Canadian Graham Delaet and An Byeong-Hun of South Korea. Other professionals in Rio include Henrik Stenson, Rickie Fowler, Martin Kaymer and Bubba Watson. Rugby sevens, which is also being played for the first time in Rio, will crown a champion Thursday. Favorite Fiji takes on Japan, while Great Britain plays South Africa in the semifinals. The winners of those two games will play each other in the final later Thursday evening. American gymnast Simone Biles is widely seen as the favorite to win the women's individual all-around contest Thursday. She will be competing in the same rotation as teammate Aly Raisman, who joined Biles as part of the team that won gold on Tuesday. Biles has won the world championship in the event for the past three years. '' Other medals to be handed out Thursday include judo, archery, fencing and table tennis. In total, 19 gold medals will be decided. Highlights from Wednesday Swimming Ledecky anchored the women's team in the 4x200 meter freestyle relay final -- an event Team USA won during the 2012 London Olympics - and helped the team to win the gold medal. Trailing Australian swimmer Emma McKeon when she entered the water for the last leg of the race, Ledecky quickly closed the gap and blew away the rest of the field, turning in a split time almost two and a half seconds faster than her next-fastest teammate. The win gave Ledecky her third gold medal of the Olympic Games. Nathan Adrian took home a bronze medal for Team USA in the men's 100 meter freestyle event, finishing less than a tenth of a second behind silver medal winner Pieter Timmers of Belgium. Australia's Kyle Chalmers won the gold. Phelps -- fresh off wins for his 20th and 21st gold medals -- and teammate Ryan Lochte took the first and second spots, respectively, in the men's 200 meter individual medley qualifier, with their sights set on winning medals in the final on Thursday. Lochte and Phelps were half of the team that won the 4x200 meter freestyle relay Tuesday. '' Dmitriy Balandin of Kazakhstan pulled off a stunning upset in the men's 200-meter breaststroke on Wednesday night, putting his central Asian country on the swimming medal stand for the first time ever. Mireia Belmonte Garcia gave Spain its first gold medal of the Olympics after she won the women's 200 meter butterfly. Garcia also gave Spain its only other medal during the Rio Olympics earlier this week when she took bronze in the 400 meter individual medley. Soccer Brazil avoided embarrassment in front of its home fans Wednesday night as it was finally able to score in the Olympic tournament, beating Denmark 4-0 to advance to the quarterfinals. Brazil previously went through two disappointing scoreless draws to Iraq and South Africa -- two teams largely seen as inferior to the Brazilian powerhouse. Gymnastics Defending champion Kohei Uchimura of Japan took home another gold medal after he barely edged out Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev by less than a point, 92.365 to 92.266. Max Whitlock of Great Britain won the bronze medal. Road Cycling Both men and women competed in medal events Wednesday despite rain and wind. In the women's individual time trials, defending champion Kristin Armstrong of Team USA took the gold. Swiss cyclist Fabian Cancellara won gold in the men's time trials. Both riders are set to retire after the Rio games. '' Basketball Team USA leader Carmelo Anthony became the highest scoring player in U.S. Olympics basketball history after the team survived a game against a feisty Australia squad. Anthony scored a game-high 31 points on 11 of 21 shooting to give the Americans a 98-88 win over Australia in a game that was close until the very end. Other medals China's Ding Ning avenged her loss in the London Olympics to countrywoman Li Xiaoxia, taking gold over Li in the women's table tennis finals and extending China's supremacy in the sport. Third-ranked Aron Szilagyi of Hungary beat upstart American fencer Daryl Homer to win gold in men's sabre. Despite the loss, Homer earned the second silver medal for the U.S. men's fencing team in Rio. __________________________________________________________________ [1]http://www.voanews.com/content/day-six-in-rio/3459969.html References 1. http://www.voanews.com/content/day-six-in-rio/3459969.html