Boilers in the Olympics: Three Athletes Medal in Rio

Four medals, two national records, and a new hat!The Rio games were ridiculously successful for the contingent of athletes Purdue sent. A total of eight athletes had Purdue ties in Rio and three of them will be leaving this morning with at least one medal. Two more just barely missed out on qualifying for the finals in their respective events.

David Boudia – Men’s Diving – The only dual medalist from Purdue, Boudia now has four career Olympic medals from three appearances in the games. Will he return for a fourth time in Tokyo in 2020? We’ll see. He now has the second most medals of any Purdue athlete ever behind the eight golds of Ray Ewry in the early 1900s. He leaves Rio with a silver in…