Sentence examples for a second silver from inspiring English sources
The Brazilians then have a four-point cushion over Sweden's Freddie Loof and Max Salminen, leaving them with the conundrum of attacking for gold or defending a second silver.
The 41-year-old American Dara Torres also had to settle for a second silver medal of the Games, coming within one-hundredth of a second of victory in the women's 50m freestyle.
He was decorated a second time by President Truman in December 1947, receiving a gold star in lieu of a second Silver Star for his actions in World War II.
In the end Kazuhito and Yusuke Tanaka both missed out on the podium, and it was China's Feng Zhe, a former world champion on this apparatus, who landed a perfect double-pike dismount to take gold, while the smartly quiffed Marcel Nyugen of Germany, runner-up in the all-around competition, earned himself a second silver medal.
His second was won on the rings, scoring 14.933 to beat Purvis (14.566) into a second silver, with Sam Oldham and Theo Seager tied in third on 14.400.
It was a second silver in Glasgow for current world champion Massaro, who lost to Malaysia's world number one Nicol David in the women's singles final on Monday.
Defeat, though, would also represent a success of sorts – a first silver medal in British women's hockey history.
It was a first British male medal in the pool for eight years and a first silver by the men since Paul Palmer in Atlanta in 1996.
Fran Houghton, at her fifth Olympics, added a third silver medal to her career haul as the women's eight finished on the podium for the first time ever.
As I watched, a second animal appeared, a black one, and bounded effortlessly up the hillside towards some rocks, where I then spotted a third, silver grey like the first.
GB's Galal Yafai leaves no room for doubt as amateurs take new path in Rio Teenager Virginia Thrasher won the first gold medal of the Games, holding her nerve to clinch the women's 10‑metre air-rifle event, while the men's archery team grabbed a first silver.
