U.S. all-around gymnastic champion Simone Biles slipped on the balance beam, American sprinter Allyson Felix missed one record but set another and a dramatic ocean finish gave Brazil its first swimming medal. Memorable moments on Day 10 of the Rio Games -- in case you missed them.

Tripped Up on the Balance Beam

U.S. gymnast Simone Biles had hoped to become the first female gymnast to win five gold medals at one Olympics. Then she stumbled on the balance beam.

And with that, the all-around champion had to settle for the bronze, behind gold medalist Sanne Wevers of the Netherlands and American Laurie Hernandez, who took the silver.

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Biles had already won gold in the individual all-around competition, on the vault and in the team competition, and she has a chance to win a fourth in the floor exercise on Tuesday. But on the balance beam, she put her hand down after a front flip and lost her shot at gold. Wevers became the first gymnast to beat Biles at any event at the Rio Games.

If Biles does win four medals, she will tie Ecaterina Szabo, who competed in 1984, Vera Caslavska in 1968 and Larisa Latynina, 1956.

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Allyson Felix Wins Seventh Medal

U.S. sprinter Allyson Felix ran the 400 meter for a chance at a record-breaking fifth gold medal on Monday but came in second to Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas. Miller fell over the finish line to win.

With her silver medal, Felix becomes the most decorated U.S. woman in Olympic track-and-field history with seven, breaking a tie with Jackie Joyner-Kersee.

Collision on the High Seas

Brazil won its first swimming medal of the Rio Games, thanks to a disqualification right at the finish line in the open water 10-kilometer marathon.

Aurelie Muller of France touched the timing board second, but was disqualified in a down-to-the-wire finish after she collided with Rachele Bruni of Italy to avoid swimming into a white buoy.

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"She pushed down my arm," Bruni told The Associated Press.

Winning the gold was Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands, with Bruni taking the silver and Brazil’s Poliana Okimoto moving up to the bronze spot. Her medal was the first won by a Brazilian woman, in the open water or in the pool.  

Egyptian Judoka Sent Home

On Friday, Egypt’s Islam El Shehaby refused to shake hands with his Israeli opponent, Or Sasson, after El Shehaby lost his first-round heavyweight bout.

By Monday he was gone.

The International Olympic Committee said El Shehaby had received a severe reprimand for his behavior and had been sent home from the Rio Games.

After Sasson’s win, Sasson extended his hand, but El Shehaby backed away, shaking his head. The referee insisted that he return to the mat and bow, and when he gave a quick nod and left, the crowd booed.

Falling Camera Injures Three

Seven people including an 11-year-old were injured when an aerial camera suspended on steel cables collapsed more than 60 feet outside Rio’s Olympic Park on Monday.

Two women could be seen in images posted to social media sitting on the ground bloodied after the large camera fell. They were struck by the camera’s cables, according to the husband of one.

Medical officials described all of the injuries as minor and said all of the people who had been hurt had been treated by Monday night, according to the Olympic Broadcasting Service.

The camera was one of several suspended on cables to provide aerial views of the main Olympic Park. The Olympic Broadcasting Service said two guide cables on its camera snapped, plunging it onto a lower concourse that feeds into the basketball stadium.

"There was quite a lot of screaming and a bit of commotion," Chris Adams, a gymnastics fan from Britain told The Associated Press. "People were running to the situation to make sure these two ladies were OK."

Brazil’s O Globo caught the camera plummeting to the ground.

Water Polo Team Sets Record

The U.S. women's water polo team continued to defend its champion status Monday, defeating Brazil 13-3, the highest ever margin for an Olympic knockout women's water polo game.

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Greece had put up the previous largest winning margin, beating Australia 6-2 in the Athens 2004 semifinals.

The U.S. team will move on to play Hungary on Wednesday for the semifinals.

Steeplechase First 

American runner Emma Coburn won bronze in the Olympic 3000-meter steeplechase, becoming the first U.S. woman to win an Olympic steeplechase medal since the event debuted in 2008.

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Bahrain's Ruth Jebet took gold and Kenya's Hyvin Jepkemoi won silver.

Coburn broke her own American record, clocking in at 9:07.63 and coming in less than a second after Jepkemoi.

She came in ninth in the event at the 2012 Olympics.

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Not Smooth Enough

Winning the dressage competition was Britain’s Charlotte Dujardin on Valegro, her second successive gold dressage medal.

She rode to samba music to beat the record she set in London in 2012, also on Valegro.

The top four scores were turned in by women in an event in which they compete against men. Spain's Severo Jurado Lopez was the highest placed man at fifth.

Jurado Lopez performed to a musical medley centered on Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas' "Smooth," and though he did not win a medal, he quickly became a fan favorite.

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Jurado Lopez, riding Lorenzo, drew cheers from the normally quiet audience on Monday. The judges got booed when they awarded him a score that put him in fifth place.

He told SB Nation that the music "felt good" to his horse.

"You just have to concentrate, listen, and let the horse follow," Jurado Lopez said.

Brazil is the land of picanha and cachaça but as you’re about to see, Brazilians are now letting craft beer go to their heads.

There was a time not long ago when beer in Brazil came down to four mass-produced suds.

“They were so tasteless, so weak,” said craft brewer Sergio Fraga.

Fraga decided to change that 10 years ago, creating a series of home brews good enough to put his name on and start selling.

He believes in it so much, he tattooed the basic recipe for it on his arm.

“Water, malt, barley, hops, and yeast that produce the fermentation that converts it to beer,” Fraga explains.

“He gave us the first taste and it was amazing,” said craft brewer Leo Gil.

Leo Gil, another Brazilian beer blazer, remembers the first time he learned about craft beer.

Now, Gil runs Three Monkeys brewery out of Rio De Janeiro.

Brazil’s beer market is considered the third-largest in the world and, according to Forbes Magazine, the craft beer market is expanding annually. 

However, making craft beer in Brazil isn’t easy. The bureaucracy can be crippling.

Fraga waited seven years for a license to open up his brewery. Gil says the taxes are so punishing it drives up the cost.

Diego Bajao figured out the formula for distributing craft beer in Brazil. Rio is the top consumer of beer on tap in all of Brazil so he opened a pub.

“It was a first bar in Brazil that served craft beer on tap,” said Bajao. “Now, craft beer is Boom! It’s big. Every week it’s a different one.”

Get more coverage from Rio de Janeiro here.

A San Diego utility worker made contact with an electrical line Monday and had to be rushed to the hospital.

Police and firefighters were called to Shady Lane at 11:20 a.m. after they received the report of an electrocution.

A San Diego Gas & Electric employee was working in one of the basket of one of the company's vehicles when the employee was shocked by a power line, according to El Cajon Police.

Police would not comment on the worker's condition but did say the patient was transported to UC San Diego Medical Center.

SDG&E employees at the scene would not comment on the incident and referred us to their corporate media representatives.

NBC 7 received a statement from SDG&E:

“The SDG&E family is saddened to report that one of our employees has been injured and transported to the hospital. There is no higher priority than the safety of our employees and community and we will fully investigate this incident.”

We've reached the middle mark of the 2016 Rio Games. On Monday, Aug. 15, several athletes from San Diego will compete on the Olympic stage, eyeing that gold.

Today’s local contenders are:

At Olympic Stadium in Maracaña, track and field’s Will Claye – a San Diego resident and longtime resident athlete of the Chula Vista Olympic Training Center (OTC) competed early Monday in the men’s triple jump.

At the 2012 London Olympics, Claye became the first man to medal in both the long jump and triple jump since 1936.

Claye had the second best mark in his group with a 17.05. He is now third in overall standings and will compete in the finals Tuesday at 5:50 a.m. PT.

Olympic triple jumper Chris Benard, who trains at the Chula Vista OTC, also competed in the qualifications this morning. Benard was eighth in his group with a score of 16.55. He’s ranked 16th overall.

Also at Olympic Stadium in Maracaña, San Diego State University alumna and Chula Vista OTC resident athlete Whitney Ashley will compete in track and field in the women’s discus throw at 4:30 p.m. PT.

Ashely was SDSU’s first first athlete to win an NCAA title since 1985 when she won the discus title in 2012. A versatile thrower, Ashley owns SDSU school records in discus, hammer and indoor shot.

Canoe sprint Olympic athlete Maggie Hogan did not qualify for the semifinals in the women’s kayak single 200m. She finished last in her heat with a score of  44.668.

Hogan was born in Philadelphia but attended the San Diego Lifeguard Academy. She’s a 14-time national champion. On Wednesday, she will compete at 5:58 a.m. in the women’s kayak single 500m.

Alpine native David Lee and the U.S. men's volleyball team defeated Mexico in three sets Monday to clinch a spot in the quarterfinals. Team USA won 25-23, 25-11, 25-19 and will next play in the knockout round on Wednesday.

In the water at Marina de Glória in Guanabra Bay in Copacabana, Coronado High School graduate Paris Henken and Helena Scutt finished in ninth place in Race 7 and eighth place in both Race 8 and Race 9. They are ranked 9th overall.

Local Olympian Briana Provancha and teammate Annie Haeger will compete their final two races Monday in the Women's 470 event. They stand in second place overall going into today's competition. Their first race of the day was delayed with the following two rescheduled.

For updates from the 2016 Rio Games, including profiles of San Diego athletes, visit our Olympics section here.

NBC 7’s Steven Luke is reporting from Rio during the 2016 Olympic Summer Games; follow him on Twitter and Facebook for exciting updates from Brazil through the end of the 2016 Olympic Summer Games.

A "public nudity" arrest made five years ago could wind up costing San Diego taxpayers a lot of money.

The case centers on a leather loincloth outfit worn – over thong underwear -- by a Hillcrest man during the 2011 LGBT Pride Festival.

The city never brought charges against Will Walters, who fashioned his garb in what he called a “gladiator” style.

But Walters later filed a civil rights lawsuit, alleging selective enforcement by the San Diego Police Dept.

And a federal appeals court has set a December trial date on his claim.

Walters, 35, is hoping to recover more than a million dollars in legal expenses.

That’s because the civil case has climbed the legal ladder all the way up to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal, where one of the justices remarked, at the end of a hearing: “Why don’t we just say that was a bad call by a police officer”?

But the city apparently isn't content to leave it there, and settle with Walters.

"I find it sad that in a city as big as San Diego, in a state as progressive as California should be, I still can't get an apology for something that the nation now accepts," Walters said in an interview Monday.

Five years ago, police officers patrolling the Pride Festival saw Walters’ costume legally as unacceptable, and booked him into jail on suspicion of “public nudity”.

City prosecutors never brought the case to court, where jurors would have been shown ample evidence of women's flesh likewise being flashed at local beaches -- and not made subject to police activity.

Selective enforcement, gender discrimination?

Questions for civil jurors to decide.

But Walters, who works in finance, faces a million dollars in legal costs that his friends and lawyers have been fronting -- when, long ago, he might have settled for a sincere apology.

"I have no idea why they didn't just tell me 'We're sorry that we did this to you,” he told NBC 7. “It's incredible."

This observation, from his attorney Christopher Morris: "Most people that have these kinds of things happen to them just have to chalk it up to bias, chalk it up to life experiences and just move on. But Will has the opportunity in this case to stand up for his rights. A right and an opportunity that a lot of people in this country simply don't have."

Now the taxpayers could be on the hook, because Walters is determined to "fight City Hall".

Conversely, however, he could wind up with nothing by taking the case to trial and risking a thumbs-down from the jury.

"In history, everyone has taken a risk to try to achieve equality,” he says. “So I guess it's a risk I'm willing to take."

To some extent, the outcome of the case could hinge on the first order of business -- jury selection, and whether issues of homophobia arise and are addressed.

In response to a request for comment on the case, Gerry Braun, spokesman for City Attorney Jan Goldsmith, provided the following by email:

“Mr. Walters was given a ticket (similar to a traffic ticket) by an officer who believed the outfit violated the law.

“But Mr. Walters refused to sign the ticket committing to appearing in court. So he was taken into custody, just as a motorist would be if the motorist refused to sign a ticket.

“The City Attorney’s office received the case and decided not to prosecute because, although the officer had probable cause, our prosecutors did not believe the case could be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.

“Thus, the matter was over. Mr. Walters decided to sue the city seeking money. The city won a motion for summary judgment. Mr. Walters appealed.

“The appellate court threw out his claims of false arrest and battery. The remaining issue for trial is whether SDPD engaged in selective enforcement.”

Women staffers who work for San Diego County supervisors overseeing county government operations are paid, on average, $37,380 less a year than the male staffers in their office.

That’s according to a review by The San Diego Union Tribune reporter Joshua Stewart published Sunday.

“The 23 women who work for San Diego County supervisors are paid 62 cents for every dollar the 18 men who work alongside them earn,” according to a review of pay data by Stewart.

The County says the sample size for supervisors’ staff is too small to draw conclusions.

NBC 7 found that among all San Diego County residents who work for local government, women make 72-cents for every dollar earned by male counterparts, according to U.S. Census data for five years.

Stewart said he analyzed the staffer pay for different variables.

“The difference exists between men and women who have the same job even though women, across the board, have an average of 14 more months of experience in county government,” he wrote.

Policy experts say a gender pay gap doesn’t just impact the employees’ bottom lines, but has ripple effects far into the future.

“Women, we tend to live longer. We also tend to work for less pay over our lifetime,” said former state Assemblywoman Lori Saldana, who served on the Legislative Women’s Caucus. “That includes taking off time for family and childcare, and because of consistent and chronic underpayment.”

Saldana described a “ripple effect” on the community when women receive less pay. That ripple effect includes: public safety threats when women don’t leave domestic violence situations because they can’t afford to survive on their own; welfare subsidies and long-term health care as women live longer, but can’t afford to live off their retirement plans.

“Taxpayers wind up paying for women who live longer and have less money to live on,” she said. “So, by chronically underpaying women, we may save our taxpayer dollars when they are working, but it doesn’t save taxpayers in the long run.”

Of the five supervisors’ staffs, Supervisor Greg Cox’s office is the only one where women do not earn significantly less than men.

“Obviously, it helps when your chief-of-staff is a female,” said Cox, adding low employee turnover has boosted tenure and pay for women in his office. “We have the greatest team here.”

Stewart interviewed Pam O'Neil, Supervisor Cox’s chief-of-staff, who has more than 31 years of experience working for county government.

“She says twice a year, she looks at what men earn and what women earn and what everyone earns as a whole, and part of that is to make sure people are paid fairly, but another part of that is a little more self-serving, to make sure people are well-paid so someone doesn’t poach them,” Stewart said.

The County says there are only discrepancies in pay because of differences in tenure or differences in job titles. Critics of national figures say the pay gap isn’t real, but rather men and women just choose different jobs, so there are occupational pay gaps.

NBC 7 examined county payroll data for about 300 deputy sheriffs and found women deputies make 97-cents on the dollar of male deputy sheriffs. We also found women make slightly more than men in county jobs like “human services specialist” and “office assistant.”

San Diego police are looking for the public's help after a woman was followed home and violently beaten and sexually assaulted in University City. 

The attack happened in the Venetian condo complex on Nobel Drive at approximately 10:30 p.m. Saturday, San Diego Police (SDPD) officers said. The location is east of Interstate 5 and west of Regents Road in what police say is a historically safe neighborhood.

The victim had just come home from a barbecue when she noticed she was being followed by a man, SDPD Lt. Paul Phillips said. At the time, she was walking through a parking structure. 

The man followed the woman to her apartment, police said. 

As she unlocked the door to her apartment, the woman told police the man knocked her to the ground.

"It was very violent, he initially pulled a gun on her after he knocked her to the ground and asked her for her money. She complied with his request, but he didn’t end there," SDPD Lt. Paul Phillips said. 

The victim followed his instructions, but was choked by the man and forced into her apartment where she was sexually assaulted, Phillips said.

The victim suffered facial fractures and is recovering in the hospital. 

Phillips said the victim did nothing to bring this upon herself. 

"What I wanna tell you is, this person, she was doing something thousands of people do every day. She left a barbecue, there was no alcohol involved and she's walking to her apartment in a well-lit area," he said. "She's going a direct route and she did nothing to bring this upon herself."

Police are now looking for the public's help in finding the suspect, described as a black man, 25 to 30 years old, 5-feet 9-inches to 5-feet 11-inches tall and 180 pounds. He has a medium or athletic build, according to police, and wears his hair short. He also had a short, black beard, police said.

At the time of the attack, the man was wearing a gray, hooded sweatshirt with gray shorts that had red stripes on the sides. He was wearing black sneakers and carrying a black backpack, police said.

Anyone with information about the incident can call San Diego Police Department’s Sex Crimes Unit at (619) 531- 2210. There is also a tip line at (888) 580-8477 for those who wish to remain anonymous.

North Carolina asked the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday to put a hold on last month's federal appeals court ruling that struck down one of the nation's toughest voter ID laws, NBC News Reported.

The state is asking to continue to enforce its voter ID law, which was in effect during this year's primary, and also to limit early voting to 10 days instead of 17 as the state originally did, and to bar pre-registration by 16 year olds. It said these measures will "avoid voter confusion."

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decided in July that the state legislature explicitly set out to discover what kind of accommodations minority voters use most often and then to roll back or eliminate them, targeting African Americans "with almost surgical precision."

San Diego-based McMillin LLC and Untitled Hospitality plan to develop a new arts-themed, $20 million hotel called The Barracks Hotel, using historic buildings at Liberty Station in Point Loma.

A statement from the developers said the project will make use of eight buildings at the former Naval Training Center that are nearly 100 years old. The buildings were occupied by recruits and top Navy brass from the 1920s until 1997, when the base was formally closed.

The hotel is planned for a portion of Liberty Station known as the Arts District. Construction on four barracks buildings, three former officer’s quarters and a former steam pump house will begin in mid-2017, with a projected completion in late 2018.

The project is a collaboration among McMillin, Untitled Hospitality and Liberty Station’s nonprofit NTC Foundation, which oversees redevelopment of the former base’s arts and cultural section. McMillin is an affiliated but separate entity of San Diego’s Corky McMillin Cos., the master developer at Liberty Station.

Developers said the hotel will have art as the primary focus, with curated and site-specific works in its guest rooms and lobby, as well as its planned gardens and pool deck.

“With The Barracks Hotel, we’re taking an unconventional approach in reviving Liberty Station’s deep-rooted history,” said Untitled Hospitality CEO Robert Cartwright. “We believe the best way to honor the past is to make it personally relevant in the present.”

The 360-acre former military base has seen the addition of several new art galleries, studios, museums, retail stores, restaurants, movie theaters and hotels over the past decade.

McMillin and Untitled Hospitality also recently announced a partnership with Stone Brewing Co. to develop a new $26 million, brewery-themed hotel in Escondido.

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Chula Vista’s annual HarborFest returns to Bayside Park on Saturday with live music, water activities, food, craft beer, wine tasting and a street taco and spirit competition.

The free event will also include a pet parade led by Mariachi Real San Diego and an area where people can adopt pets.

Over 60 cars will be on display at the Classic Car Expo and athletic types can rock climb, bungee jump, play laser tag or go paddle boarding.

The three stages of live entertainment include Los Hollywood, Santana Soul Perla Negra and the Manny Cepeda Orchestra, just to name a few.

Around 15,000 people are expected to show up.

The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Bayside Park at the Chula Vista Marina on Aug. 20.

The proceeds from the festival benefit the City of Chula Vista.

Responding to requests from House Republicans, the FBI sent members of Congress the notes from its July interview with Hillary Clinton about her private email server on Tuesday, NBC News reported.

The notes will not be released to the public.

Clinton was interviewed on July 2nd at FBI headquarters in Washington. FBI Director James Comey announced the following Tuesday that the FBI would not recommend prosecuting her.

He said the notes were classified Top Secret. An FBI official said Monday that FBI lawyers have been reviewing whether the notes can be turned over and whether any redactions were necessary.

The notes are not verbatim transcripts of the interview. Under the FBI's long-standing policy, agents do not make audio or video recordings of their interviews. Instead, summaries of the interviews are written on FBI Form 302.

After a fast-moving brush fire charred more than 14 square miles during a punishing summer heat wave in Southern California, burning mobile homes and forcing 82,000 people to evacuate, Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency.

The so-called Blue Cut Fire, named because it started near a trail called Blue Cut, erupted at 10:36 a.m. Tuesday in the Cajon Pass near Kenwood Avenue west of Interstate 15.

Nobody was seriously hurt, but the fire left two firefighters with minor injuries.

Two firefighters were hurt when they became trapped by fire while defending homes and assisting evacuations in the Swarthout Canyon area west of the Cajon Pass. They took shelter in a home, but were briefly hospitalized and returned to the fire line defending structures.

Ash rained down from above as motorists snapped pictures and videos of the large black and gray plume rising above the Cajon Pass. Smoke could be seen in Big Bear Lake.

At least eight communities were under evacuation orders, affecting 82,340 people, according to fire officials. 

Up to 800 people evacuated Lytle Creek, a community along the eastern edge of the San Gabriel Mountains.

One resident who only gave NBC4 her first name, Amber, said she was in the shower when deputies knocked on her door in the Happy Jack community and asked her to evacuate.

She grabbed what she could, including her dogs, and took off. But she said her neighbor refused to evacuate and remains in her house. Communication is sketchy in the area.

"There is no escape," she said. "This was the time for me to go."

The blaze closed the main route to Nevada as the 15/215 interchange was shut down. 

The fire shut down both directions of Interstate 15 from Oak Hill Road to Kenwood Avenue, Caltrans reported. A photo from a motorist showed a line of vehicles sitting on a stretch of highway under a red, apocalyptic plume. A video on Instagram showed cars and semis stranded on Interstate 15. A cement truck can be seen driving in reverse.

Highway 138 to Lone Pine Canyon was closed. A video by a newspaper reporter showed flames approaching State Route 138, which runs east-west along the northern foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and the Mojave Desert.

The fire disrupted the first day of school for many in the region.

Students at Kimbark Elementary School were being transported to Cesar Chavez School in San Bernardino. Snowline Unified School District also evacuated student to Wrightwood Elementary School. Any parents who could not pick up their children by 3 p.m. would be reunited at Serrano High School.

Bus routes were canceled in Wrightwood and the West Cajon Valley for Snowline Unified. Any students who were aboard buses on the route would also be taken to Serrano High School.

Red Cross emergency shelters were set up for evacuees at the Jessie Turner Community Center, 15556 Summit Ave., in Fontana, and also at Sultana High School, at 17311 Sultana St., in Hesperia, which has become the designated overnight shelter.

A shelter for large and small animals can be taken to the Devore Animal Shelter, 19777 Shelter Way or the San Bernardino County Fairgrounds, at 14800 Seventh St., in Victorville.

BNSF Railway Company also halted train operations through the Cajon Pass Tuesday due to the blaze.

The fire is raging during an extreme heat wave and a historic drought and when a red-flag fire warning and an air quality alert was issued for the area.

The number of fires in the state has grown 20 percent over the last decade, going from more than 4,800 fires in 2006 to nearly 5,800 fires in 2015, according to data from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

A Massachusetts black bear underwent dental surgery Friday to extract an infected tooth.

Ursula of the Buttonwood Park Zoo was anesthetized for the procedure, which was similar to a root canal, NBC affiliate WJAR reported.

Keith Lovett, the zoo director, said the procedure to remove the canine was no easy feat.

"You're dealing with a bear, in this case she's a 270-pound bear, and she's a tough, tough woman," he said.

The 16-year-old will be closely monitored for the next couple weeks and treated like a human recovering from surgery — with painkillers, antibiotics and soft food.

Ursula has been housed at the zoo since being orphaned in the Virginia wild.

Read more from WJAR

As thousands of athletes compete in Rio this month and next, each will have a story of their road to get there, some rockier than others.

For Ryan Porteous, 23, it was an incredibly difficult journey he never would have expected a few years ago.  

“I’m always at peace when I’m playing sports,” he says.

Porteous grew up in San Diego, and started sailing at the Mission Bay Yacht Club at the age of 8.  As a kid, he took up a variety of sports including surfing, skateboarding, soccer, and football, eventually going on to become a standout athlete at Mission Bay High School, and named student athlete of the year as a senior.

But it was in his freshman year at UC Santa Barbara where one misstep changed his life.  Ryan slipped on a dock, and broke his neck. 

“I woke up in a hospital bed, and couldn’t move my arms or legs, and was pretty scared,” he remembers, “I try not to think of those memories much, try to put it behind me and look towards the future and just keep on going.”  And that’s exactly what he did.

Porteous spent three months in the hospital, but his goal came almost immediately after the accident.

“I was like, well, I need to start competing again no matter what,” he says.

As soon as he was out of the hospital, Porteous started sailing again, this time in a boat specially adapted to his needs.  He says being on the water makes him forget about being in a wheelchair.

“It’s just such a cool experience when you’re so focused on that and having a good time.  Everything else just disappears.”

Competition soon followed, and now less than five years after his accident, Ryan Porteous is heading to Rio.  Alongside his sailing partner, Maureen McKinnon, Porteous will represent team USA sailing in the SKUD-18 category.  McKinnon won gold in Beijing in 2008.

It’s an incredible feeling to know that I’m representing the United States of America, and putting on gear that says team USA.”

The 5,000 mile flight to Rio will be the end of what has been an incredibly long journey, but for a kid who grew up on the water, Porteous will likely feel right at home.

“It’s going to be like nothing I’ve ever done before,” he says, “There’s an extreme sense of accomplishment.”

The 2016 Paralympics begin September 7^th.

Sailing Photos and videos courtesy of Will Ricketson with USA sailing and photographer Teri Dodds

Donald Trump will receive a classified intelligence briefing on Wednesday in New York, a federal official confirms.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence will conduct the briefing, making use of a secure FBI facility, NBC News reported.

Such briefings have been conducted since the 1950s for presidential candidates in the general election. But Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said last month at the Aspen Security Conference that the briefings during the campaign are "fairly general."

He hinted that they do not delve into more sensitive matters until a candidate becomes president-elect.

Trump's briefing session comes just days after he unveiled a series of foreign policy proposals that included "extreme vetting" of immigrants and only allowing those who "share our values and respect our people" into the United States.

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NBC 7 looks over the massive schedule of events from the 2016 Rio Olympics for Wednesday, August 17 and brings you seven moments to watch:

1. MEN'S VOLLEYBALL FACES POLAND IN QUARTERFINALS

The US men’s volleyball team and local David Lee will play Wednesday in the quarterfinals. After a rocky start, the team is playing the very brand of volleyball the Americans knew they had in them to make a special run at the Olympics. It just took a few days longer than expected to get going and find a winning groove. Lee is captain to a team made up of eight first-time Olympians.

After losses to Canada and Italy to begin the tournament, the U.S. stunned host Brazil in four sets then topped France in another four-setter Saturday.

How to watch: The fifth-ranked Americans face Poland beginning at 10 a.m. PT. Watch the match online here.

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2. ASHTON EATON BEGINS QUEST TO DEFEND OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL

Ashton Eaton earned the title “world’s greatest athlete” by winning decathlon gold medals at the 2012 London Olympics and at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships. In 2015, the Oregon-native became the first decathlete to win the IAAF Athlete of the Year award after breaking his own decathlon world record. He also holds the indoor heptathlon world record, as well as heptathlon gold medals from the 2012, 2014 and 2016 World Indoor Championships.

How to watch: Catch Eaton in his quest to defend his Olympic gold live online at 5:30 a.m. PT.

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3. CLARESSA SHIELDS TO BOX IN WOMEN’S MIDDLEWEIGHT QUARTERFINALS

Michigan native Claressa Shields made history at the 2012 London Olympics, becoming the first American woman to win gold in the sport. She began boxing in 2006 at age 11, when she found herself getting picked on. A year later, she started boxing after being motivated by a story that her father – a former boxer – told her about Laila Ali taking after her dad, the great Muhammad Ali.

How to watch: Boxing Day 12 coverage begins online at 10 a.m. PT Watch Shields in her quest to win repeat gold in Rio at 10:30 a.m. PT, when she faces Laroslava Lakushina of Russia.

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4. TEAM USA MEN’S BASKETBALL BEGINS QUARTERFINAL PLAY

The U.S. men basketball team is coming off a major scare as they enter the quarterfinal round by narrowly defeating France 100-97.

It was the second straight game a less talented squad played to the end with the U.S. If not for Klay Thompson’s 15-point third quarter, the U.S. may not have come away with the win.

The team will look to bounce back as they face Argentina in the quarterfinals

How to watch: Catch the U.S men’s team live online at 2:45 p.m. PT.

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5. USAIN BOLT BACK ON THE TRACK

Usain Bolt already has one Rio gold in the men’s 100m. Now he’s competing in the 200m semifinals as he continues his pursuit to win gold in three events across three Olympic games.

How to watch: Evening track and field coverage begins at 4:20 p.m. PT. Bolt’s race is expected after 6 p.m. PT.

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6. TORI BOWIE RUNS FOR GOLD IN WOMEN’S 200M

American Tori Bowie, who has already won a silver in the women’s 100m, looks to add to her medal count as she races in the 200m final. Standing in her way will be Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson, who won gold in the 100m.

How to watch: Evening track and field coverage begins at 4:20 p.m. PT. Catch Tori Bowie live online at 6:30 p.m. PT.

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7. BMX TEAM, LAKESIDE NATIVE SEEK REDEMPTION

Nic Long of Lakeside, California said he's ready to raise some hell. The U.S. was kept off of the podium at the 2012 London Games. Long isn’t going to let that happen in Rio.

He'll begin competition alongside U.S. teammates Connor Fields and Corben Sharrah as seeding runs kick off. University of San Diego student Alise Post and teammate Brooke Crain will also begin competition Wednesday.

How to watch: Races begin at 9 a.m. PT and are available online.