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It's fto cal ♪ time now for our olympics update. it's fair to call yesterday a gold rush for team usa, the reason why, well just check out the medal count. >> there it is. usa 30 medals total, three more than the chinese. same number of golds. japan hanging in there in third. that's quite a turnaround. >> yeah. >> the u.s. has been behind china. >> in the total and in the gold, yeah. now we are -- moving on up. one reason the u.s. took over the first spot in the medals count, michael phelps' victory over swimming rival, sunny's favorite, ryan lochte. phelps in the 200-meter individual me...

Bill: from an epic blowout to record-setting and breaking performances, day six ever the olympics memorable for the american team. men's hoops, the u.s. smashed the all-time record for points scored in a game. it beat nigeria 156-73. if you had nigeria getting 82 points you lost, right? they also set u.s. records for three pointers, field goals and field goal percentage. michael phelps was back in the water the first male swimmer to win the same individual event at three straight olympics. this is a great race right there. his 20th medal, 16th gold overall. he has two events left now before he...