>> and we have a feeling that the anthem simone biles is about to hear, may not be the last time she stands atop the podium in rio. she has three more events. the vault on sunday. the beam on monday. and the floor on tuesday. she could walk out of here, or pr may be, with five gold medals. aly raisman is back in competition in the floor on tuesday. and she is the defending olympic gold medalist in that event. she won it in london in 2012. >> ladies and gentlemen, the anthem of the united states of america.

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>> teammates, close friends, medalists tonight in rio, biles and raisman. that brings us to a look at the medal count of day six. presented by mcdonald's, supporting athletes on their another big day and night for the americans, with five golds overall. while the united states owns more gold medals than any other country in olympic history, fiji won a gold in rugby for its first medal of any kind. a nation with a population less than delaware, fiji loves rugby like no other sport. children grow up with a ball in their hands. entire villages huddle around radios and small tvs to listen to or watch the national team play.

15,000-seat national stadium. there you see it, in the capital city. and they watched the gold medal match won by their countrymen there tonight. meanwhile, turning back to the headliners here in rio, a group that included aly raisman, winning a silver medal and the performance of her life in the all around. raisman has five medals in her distinguished olympic career, three of them gold. tonight's silver for raisman, came on a night that belonged to a pair rank among the best ever in their respective sports. over five olympics, michael phelps has set records that likely will never be broken. maybe not even approached. while over merely five days, simone biles has left an impression that will never be forgotten. two champions who once again tonight, not only won, but truly outdistanced their competition. still, there was another note-worthy champion tonight.

african-american woman to win an individual olympic swimming medal. manuel, a 20-year-old from sugarland, texas, tied for the gold with canadian penny oleksiak, with sarah sjostrom of sweden winning the bronze. a rarity as the canadian and american national anthems are played. ? ? >> ladies and gentlemen, the anthem of the united states of america.

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the last time the denver broncos were on the football field they walked off with the lombardi trophy. tonight they didn't walk off the field with the starting quarterback. drew soicher joins us with the team's first pre-season test. >> however the broncos won their exhibition opener for the fifth straight year tonight. mark sanchez made a pretty good first impression completing ten of his first 13 passes including a touchdown to demaryius thomas. trevor siemian made a pretty good run as well. terrific confidence builder for all three qbs. broncos win 22-0. >> boy, that's a pretty good start for you.

>> oh that is exactly the way we wanted to come out was efficient, get the ball down the field, get the run game. i thought we got a running game going, and then we hit a couple passes through the air. we took a big hit and made a good throw. >> yeah, it felt good to go out there to play against a real defense and be live and get hit and move around the pocket and make some throws out there. ?? felt good to go against a live defense and finally get those reps. >> also today stunning avalanche as patrick roy announced his resignation. we'll explain why and hear general manager joe sakic's reaction a bit later in this newscast. joe said he did offer patrick a few more weeks to think this through, perhaps change his mind and roy declined. >> yeah. when he goes he goes. >> exactly. >> all right. in more ways than one. >> yes, thank you, drew. missy franklin's 2016 olympic hopes ended tonight.

200-meter backstroke to the point where she set new world and olympic world records that still stand today. she finished next to last. her semi-final time tonight was 5.7 seconds slower than her world record from london. after the race missy had an emotional message she wanted to offer directly to her fans. >> i still have so much left to give to this sport. i think i probably need to work on the love and the fun of it. that's something that has really been missing for me. definitely going to take some time and figure out how to get that back. i mean i just kind of feel shattered right now. to put so much of my life into something and so much of my heart. to come up so short of my expectations for myself and the expectations that i have being a part of team u.s.a. it kills me, literally kills me. you know, i wish i could tell you what happened. i have no idea, but that is

heart into something and it doesn't turn out the way that you want. so just really falling back on my feet right now and falling back on jesus. i just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart you guys. i'm so sorry if i let any of you down. i promise i did the absolute best that i could, but i'm going to keep fighting and i'm going to come out of this stronger than ever before no matter what happens. it's not going to take the smile off my face and so much of that is a part of you guys so thank you. the back a between michael phelps and ryan locthe in the 200-meter medley goes back to the 2004 olympics. either phelps or locthe won the medal at 12 of the last 13 international competitions. the u.s. has been involved in. phelps set the world record eight times, locthe set it twice including the current world record in 2011. he did that at the 2011 championships, which was the only time he beat phelps in an

showdown between these two, michael phelps was dominant. phelps was tied for first half way through the race. in the final 100 meters he left no doubt he was the best in the world. phelps won by two full seconds. locthe came in fifth. phelps becomes the first swimmer in history to win four gold medals in one event. it's his 13th individual and 22nd gold medal of his career. phelps swims again tomorrow night in the 100-meter butterfly. to say the u.s. women understatement. tonight in rio the final five again showed how far ahead of the rest of the world they are at these games. simone biles won gold, the teammate aly raisman by two points. that's more than the margin of victory in that event from 1980 to 2012 combined. raisman had nearly the same margin over the third place gymnast. biles brought raisman up on the mat to celebrate the moment together. biles gold medal continues

u.s. women in the olympic all- around competition. an american woman has won the event in each of the last four games. carly patterson in '04, natsia luiken in '08. shawn johnson in '12, and then biles in 2016. the plane was out of commission again today. service was out for seven hours due to a damaged power wire. this is the second day in a passengers again were bussed between the 61st and pena station at dia. the a line has struggled with the series of high-profile failures since it opened in the spring. and rtd's new b line train had issues today. service between union station and westminster went down due to power issues, leaving passengers to rely on buses there as well. trains began moving again at 3:00 in the afternoon about the time sky9 was in the area. america's latest conversation about crime,

centers on boulder where a former cu student this week escaped prison time after raping a helpless woman. he got probation instead. the judge's decision is creating national headlines and local concern. austin wilkerson will spend nights in jail for two years going to work or class during the day, and he'll be on probation fatter least 20 -- probation for at least 20 years. he took a drunk college freshman back to his place and sexually assaulted her as she slept. the judge chose probation indetermined sentence. mitch morrissey says if you want them to get mandatory jail time there needs to be pressure on state legislatures. >> get the legislatures to take section 2 out of the sentencing part for sex offenders to allow judges to give them probation. as long as you allow it, judges doing their job are going to sit there and weigh things, and

i'll give you a second chance. >> the judge in this case, boulder judge patrick butler declined to talk to us, citing the direct code. our partner u.s.a. today found federal drug agents are profiling traveling americans. they're not looking for terrorists, they're going through travel records seeing if they are taking money to drug traffickers. they don't make many arrests, but they have seized a small fortune in cash. the dea surveillance has gone knowledge. they signed 15 of the nation's busiest airports including dia have confiscated more than $209 million in cash from more than 5,000 people over the last 10 years. denver had the 12th highest amount of money seized that being nearly $11 million for more than 400 people. it is not just airlines. in one case the justice department said agents took $44,000 from two people traveling on a plane to denver. agents targeted the passengers

travel manifest for amtrak. there is more on the investigation on 9news.com. weather changes wrap up our week as cooler temperatures and storms center the picture. after a golden day in night and rio, team u.s.a. extends their lead in the medal race. >> golf returns to the olympics. one player will be a legend in his country just for making it to the games. our women's soccer team gets ready to take on the coach who helped the u.s. win two gold medals. what some fans think about the new team that will work all seasono

despite what you might have heard about america not winning anymore, we are cleaning up in the medal count. five gold medals up on china. if michael phelps was his own country he would be 39th on the all-time gold medal count. despite the fact that bangladesh has the world's eighth largest population it has never won an olympic medal. until the qualified, he tied for 56th out of the 60th in the field. however considered that he is tied with rickie fowler. after a 112-year hiatus. i'll show you marcus fraser has a three-game lead. the shot of the day belonged to justin rose who made the first

medal after 16 summer games and eight winter olympics. the island nation has a gold. seeing the entire country came to a standstill today to watch fiji play great britain in the rugby gold medal game. rugby is a big deal in fiji and they whipped the u.k. 43-7. here is what's to watch for tomorrow. u.s. women start the knockout round of the soccer competition. they play sweden in the semifinals tomorrow at 10:00 a. sweden suhagen, who coached the u.s. to gold. you can see the game live on the nbc sports network. the first of the games have focused on swimming or gymnastics, but track events get underway on friday. the first round of the 100 meters is friday afternoon. semifinals are set for sunday night. bolt will become the first to be the world's fastest human in three straight games.

it is almost the weekend. we have cooler weather expected and not as much rain. while we need the moisture a lot of you have outdoor plans. we certainly heard about that and i -- the think the weather will cooperate. captured by so many of you, a double rainbow. different views of the towering clouds and the wonderful scenery up in the high country. but the big weather story you know is the perseid meteor shower, one brightest in years. that was about the time at 1:00 in the morning that we do anticipate kind of a burst of meteor. double the meteor, double the speed. it should be amazing like oh what about the cloud cover? well here is where we are right now. guess what within the hour look at how much drying there is. look at how much clearing there is to the north. by 1:00 in the morning look at you littleton, denver, arvada, boulder looking good.

5:00 a.m. looking good not just in denver, but across the eastern plains and up in the high country with a good shot at seeing some of those meteors tonight. 64 at the airport, the winds are southwest at 6 and the winds are calm here in the backyard outside the studios with 64 degrees downtown. it was a little bit cooler today and then right about 4:00 we'll spike 90 out at dia holding about 84 for much of the afternoon. still quite hot in southeastern colorado and colinear cool -- cooler in the 60 degrees at 7:00 a.m. low 70s by 10:00 in the morning. pretty good thunderstorms just blowing up out on the eastern plains tonight. one cell right on the border of burlington and ray out there. the potential for 60 miles per hour winds. the heavy weather is in the midwest. we've been watching the weather between denver and chicago with the broncos in chicago and all the nasty weather that stayed out of the area of the game and right now we're going to focus

rain coming in with the storm that way. things are calming down just a little bit up around the the north platte area in minneapolis, but those showers will be moving into chicago and this system, this upper level low is bringing heavy rain all week is pushing westward. so the rain shields will be increasing tomorrow across six states. but notice the monsoon plume is south and east of colorado and that means less in the way of rain from the storms that will develop tomorrow and saturday. but this front is going to offer us a cool down. the 70s and the 80s for much of the northern rockies and be northern plains. the heat and the south and the southwest as they will continue right for your weekend. thunderstorms will be continuing for you as they move out. clearing up and down the i-25 quarter and a good travel for those getting an early jump on the weekend. a mild night ahead. 60 in grand junction. 56 denver, 64 lamar. temperatures for eastern colorado, much cooler. and a nice day into the high country tomorrow. 69 in nederland.

ending with a little lightning off to the east. our low at 56. sunset tomorrow at 6:07 -- the sun is up tomorrow at 6:07. mid-70s in august, what? by lunchtime? 81 will be your high. a similar number coming in on saturday. sunday is your drier day of the weekend. back to the 90s that wonderful summer weather kicks in monday continues right through the middle part of the week. no big surprises in that extended forecast, although this picture was a surprise. how beautiful is that anyone want to go? >> that is nice. it's real. >> that one is okay though. >> thank you, kathy. >> okay. tonight's first pre-season broncos game answered a few question for fans. the super bowl has been about the quarterback position. this is a look at how sanchez and siemian compared tonight. noel brennan talked to a few fans to get their impression. >> reporter: for a pre-season game this is a pretty good turnout. fans we talk to say they were

we see here were not seen on the field tonight. take a seat inside stoney's bar and grille, you can see and hear. the broncos are back. a new season. >> it's weird seeing sanchez in a bronco's jersey. >> reporter: a different team. >> we're watching the super bowl champs play their very first snaps of football, man. excitingtu graves and spencer schmidt were looking forward to seeing some new faces on the field. >> we don't need to see chris harris, von miller. >> yeah, von's not playing. >> we know what's up. mark sanchez, paxton lynch, and trevor siemian, we'll see. >> reporter: afterall the pre- season is just a test for the new guys and a taste of what's to come. >> can't wait to see our defense play. >> reporter: for die hard bronco fans. >> it'll ruin my week if we

making the rest of the week look pretty sweet. >> you can argue that the pre- season doesn't matter a whole lot especially when some of the broncos biggest named players were not even playing tonight. but for the fans here it was more about the excitement of what's to come and the first chance to see their super bowl

hi everybody, the broncos kept their streak alive tonight of never losing their first game following a super bowl victory. broncs made it 3-3 in those situations by beating the chicago bears tonight. denver scored in a wide variety of ways. mark sanchez's touchdown pass to demaryius thomas. a benny fowler blocked punt

a couple field goals. rookie paxton lynch was unable to put any points on the board, but completed the first half dozen throws and the broncos win 22-0. >> this is everything that you want in this league that is being a starter on playing well and getting a chance to play with a team like this. we have so much around us. i'm thrilled with the opportunity that we have and hopefully this is just the ti to go. >> it is good to go out there against live bullets. i think that's kind of the same thing that we wanted to carry over, our eyes and execution. we did a good job with that. >> it is still pre-season, but still an nfl football game, something you dreamed of for your whole life. >> it was a special moment. you dream of that growing up as a kid playing in the nfl and now i have a chance on doing it. but now next week we'll have another game. time to move off from this one

the depth because we know for the starters that they were great. >> yeah, it was great. we had a lot more depth than last year. it's possible to repeat. >> it shows our depth, we have competitive guys trying to make place. and they had an opportunity tonight to come out to do that and a lot of those guys stepped up and took advantage of the opportunity. >> sanchez to throw again. >> today, i think that we proved we have a lot d the people in the front office have some tough decisions to make. that's what it is all about and that's what you want. you want to go in hot and i'm proud of the receiving core. and i'm proud of this team. we went out and we put up points and looked good offensively. >> and it is blocked, recovered. touchdown. >> you know, the nice thing is that you score, that's a good

very impressive. >> it is all fair. knocking the ball into fair territory today and add himself into the record books. rocks extended their opening career hitting streak to 17 games and equaling the mark set by 1941 three quarters of a century ago. then in the 8th, carlos gonzalez comes through with a clutch with a double. avalanche legend patrick roy skated today. the avs head coach and vp announced his resignation in a statement, which seemed to indicate disscore with the organization. roy took place behind the bench three years ago and energized the team. it was fantastic when he went crazy during the opening. earning the coach of the year