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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Tori Bowie is showing her true colors -- bronze, silver and, now, gold.This completes my set, the sprinter said after anchoring the U.S. team to the title in the womens 4x100-meter Olympic relay Friday.Shes not the only one covered in medals. The United States heads into the final weekend of the Olympics with 27 medals in track and field, including 10 golds, and a legitimate shot to reach the coveted 30 mark.Things have fallen the right way for the red, white and blue. Plenty more medals could be on the horizon, too, with Allyson Felix going for her sixth career Olympic gold medal when she runs in the 4x400 relay.Theres more:- The mens 4x400 team, led by LaShawn Merritt, is a virtual lock for a medal, assuming no baton drops.- The womens high jump could prove lucrative, given that Chaunte Lowe is the favorite and teenager Vashti Cunningham is a rising force.- The mens 1,500-meter race has a medal contender in Matthew Centrowitz.Its a long way from eight years ago in Beijing, when a 23-medal effort led leadership at USA Track and Field to spearhead Project 30, with the goal of hitting that mark. It could be better than London four years ago, when the Americans brought home 29 medals. And its miles better than last year at the world championships, when the United States only won 18.Nobody panicked. A year later, success has become contagious.When youre seeing your team is going out there and setting the pace and bringing back medals to the village, the atmosphere speaks for itself, said Tony McQuay, a member of the 4x400 relay. Just sitting around and waiting, it starts to overwhelm you. That moment that you get to have your chance is when you try to show the world youre just as great and keep the standard going.Even when things dont go well, for the most part, they turn out all right. When the U.S. was knocked out of the womens 4x100 after dropping the baton, it appealed to get back in, ran a one-team race against the clock and earned a spot. The team made the most of a second chance by winning gold Friday.Its fun to be able to share that story, that crazy story, with these other ladies, said Tianna Bartoletta, who added that gold with the one she took in the long jump.Courtney Okolo has been watching in a lounge at the Olympic Village. Shed been raring to go, waiting all week for Friday to roll around to run in the 4x400 relay team. The Americans advanced easily to the final.While waiting, shed been watching her suitemates come home with medal after medal. Then again, she has some pretty powerful roommates -- Nia Ali, who was second in the hurdles, and Bowie, who also took silver in the 100 and bronze in the 200.Ive done nothing but watch my teammates win gold, win silver, win bronze, win a medal, Okolo said. Ive been surrounded by so much success. Its been motivating.Not everything has gone the way of the Americans. In the mens 4x100, the team captured bronze and were making their way around the track when they found out they were disqualified.Mike Rodgers and Justin Gatlin were ruled to have passed the baton outside the first passing zone of an event won by Usain Bolt and Jamaica. After the disqualification, the bronze went to Canada.It was the latest chapter in a series of mishaps for the Americans in the 4x100 relay at major championships.It has to be the worst luck for this country ever, said Tyson Gay, who ran third leg. Its always something weird, stupid, simple, mistakes that always cost us and I dont understand.I couldnt even shed a tear I was so shocked.Still, barring a strange set of circumstances, the Americans could wind up with the highest total since the team had 40 at the 1984 Los Angeles Games, where the Soviet Union didnt compete. Camo Alejandro Villanueva Jersey . Ouellette, from Montreal, already has three Olympic gold medals since joining the team in 1999. Orange Alejandro Villanueva Jersey . Most important, perhaps, it went off without a hitch. 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SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Colin Kaepernick did not throw the football for a second straight day at practice for the San Francisco 49ers as he deals with tightness in his throwing shoulder.Kaepernick handed the ball off four times in his one team drill and spent the rest of the time shadowing San Franciscos quarterbacks during a joint practice Friday against the Houston Texans in advance of the exhibition opener Sunday.The extremely limited practice came a day after Kaepernick got a scheduled day off to rest his shoulder as he works his way back from three offseason surgeries that prevented him from practicing during the offseason program.I think its been a buildup, Kaepernick said. You dont really get the reps of live action and that violent motion when youre practicing in the offseason. I think its just building my endurance in that area.The missed time comes in the middle of a quarterback competition between Kaepernick and Blaine Gabbert. The two had been splitting time with the first-team offense before Gabbert got all the time with the starters the past two days.Gabbert, who took over as starter from Kaepernick midway through last season, is expected to start Sundays game although coach Chip Kelly has yet to make an official announcement on his starter.When the quarterback is on the field, hes the guy, Gabbert said. Thats how I approach every day, as if Im the starter. Go out there and put my best foot forward and let my play speak for itself and lead the team.Kaepernick regretted having to miss practice time, especially the opportunity to go up against another defense. But he knows the larger goal of being healthy for the start of the regular season still remains.He compared the current tightness in his shoulder to the feeling he had sometimes as a pitcher at the start of the season and said he usually bounces back quickly.ddddddddddddaepernick said he plans to play in Sundays game and also expects to get a start this preseason and time with the first-team offense before Kelly chooses a starting quarterback for the regular season.From everything hes told me, were both getting a fair shot, Kaepernick said.Kaepernick tried to make the most of the practice on Friday by dropping back behind the quarterback, surveying the defense and figuring out where he would throw the ball if he were the quarterback.Its not as valuable as taking actual practice snaps but it is still helpful.You get a chance to look at the defense live even though youre a little bit further back, not quite in the action, he said. You still get to see the defense live and their reaction and walk through plays mentally as far as where you want to go with the ball and the adjustments youll have to make.Kaepernick did the same during offseason practices and those mental plays have eased his adjustment to a new offense.There havent been a lot of mental mistakes, Kelly said. A lot of times, guys ability to transfer things that theyve learned in the classroom and then be able to take that out onto the field is a different thing. 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