Olympic Briefing

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WATER POLO


ITALIAN WOMEN CLINCH GOLD IN DOUBLE OVERTIME Melania Grego’s lob goal with 2:04 remaining in the second overtime gave Italy a come-from-behind 10-9 win over Greece for the water polo gold medal.


With the game tied 7-7 at the end of regulation, Greece went ahead 9-7 on goals by Kyriaki Liosi And Aikaterini Oikonomopoulou. But Grego and Tania di Mario scored to pull Italy even with nine seconds remaining in the first extra period.


Ellen Estes scored three times for the United States, which defeated Australia 6-5 for the bronze. The Australians edged the United States for gold four years ago.


MEN’S TRIATHLON


NEW ZEALAND TAKES GOLD AND SILVER Hamish Carter pulled away from Bevan Docherty on the final lap of the triathlon, giving New Zealand a 1-2 finish in the endurance race. Sven Riederer of Switzerland got the bronze after fading from the leaders down the stretch.


Hunter Kemper, the top American, finished ninth.


FIELD HOCKEY


GERMANY WINS GOLD IN FIRST ALL-EURO FINAL SINCE 1992


Franziska Gude scored in the 20th minute, leading Germany to a 2-1 victory over the Netherlands in the first all-European field hockey final since 1992.


Luciana Paula Aymar scored with less than a minute remaining to lift Argentina over China, 1-0, in the bronze medal match.


In placement matches, Australia, which took the gold in Atlanta and Sydney, beat rival New Zealand to take fifth; South Korea beat rival Japan to place seventh.


SAILING


MARTINEZ AND FERNANDEZ WIN FOR SPAIN Iker Martinez and Xavier Fernandez of Spain won the gold medal in the mixed 49er class. They finished seventh in the deciding 16th race aboard their fast skiff to win gold by five points over Rodion Luka and George Leonchuk of Ukraine. Britain’s Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks got the bronze.


Brazil’s Torben Grael and Marcelo Ferreira clinched the Star class gold medal with one race left. Grael, 44, won a record fifth Olympic sailing medal and his second Star gold.


CANOE-KAYAK


FRANCE’S TAHMASSEB OUTS AMERICANS Frenchman Babak Amir Tahmasseb edged U.S. kayaker Rami Zur at the finish, ending the American team’s best hope for a medal.


With a last desperate stroke, Tahmasseb launched his boat so violently that he fell into the water, but managed to take third in the 500-meter single kayak race. Zur failed to advance to the finals.


MODERN PENTATHLON


MOISEV HOLDS OFF ZADNEPROVSKIS FOR GOLD Andrey Moisev of Russia won the gold medal in modern pentathlon, beating out Andrejus Zadneprovskis of Lithuania. Libor Capalini of the Czech Republic took bronze.


GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING


GABER EARNS EGYPT’S FIRST GOLD SINCE 1948 Egypt’s Karam Gaber threw around Ramaz Nozadze of Georgia, beating him 12-2 for the gold at 211 1/2 pounds (96kg). Gaber’s gold is Egypt’s first since two weightlifters won in London in 1948 and its first wrestling medal since 1960.


South Korea’s Jung Ji-hyun completed a rapid ascension to gold medalist by beating Cuba’s Roberto Monzon 3-0 at 132 pounds (60kg).


Uzbekistan’s Alexander Dokturishivili won at 163 pounds (74kg), beating Finland’s Marko Yli-Hannuksela 4-1 after eliminating 2000 Olympic champion Varteres Samourgachev of Russia in the semifinals.


HANDBALL


FRANCE TO MEET SOUTH KOREA IN WOMEN’S SEMIFINALS France advanced to the semifinals of the handball tournament for the first time with a 25-23 win over Hungary. Leila Lejeune scored six goals for France. South Korea beat Brazil 26-24 in their quarterfinal, and moves on to play France.


Also in the quarterfinals, Ukraine beat Spain 25-23 and advanced behind four goals each from Maryna Vergelyuk, Galyna Markushevska, and Nataliya Lyapina.


Denmark moved one step closer to its third straight gold medal, defeating China, 32-28. Angola beat Greece 38-23 to finish ninth.


DIVING


U.S. IN DANGER OF FIRST SHUTOUT IN 92 YEARS The U.S. diving team is staring at its first medals shutout in 92 years after Rachelle Kunkel finished ninth in the 3-meter springboard, far behind a 1-2 finish by the powerful Chinese.


Guo Jingjing easily won her country’s fifth diving gold of the Games, while teammate Wu Minxia edged Russia’s Yulia Pakhalina for the silver.


SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING


RUSSIA, JAPAN, U.S. LEAD THE PACK Russia, Japan, and the United States were 1-2-3 after the team technical event, the same places they finished in the duet competition a day earlier. Russia was first with 49.667 points and Japan second with 49.167.


The Americans were third with 48.584,giving them a chance for their first team medal since they claimed the first Olympic gold in team competition in 1996.


RYTHMIC GYMNASTICS


AMERICANS PROTEST LOW SCORES Upset with marks given to American Mary Sanders in qualifying, the American team filed an inquiry with the International Gymnastics Federation seeking a review of her hoop routine.


Sanders finished 18th out of 24 gymnasts in the first of two qualifying rounds. The top 10 gymnasts after yesterday’s second round advance. Sanders received a technical score – the measure of difficulty – of 4.6 in hoop.


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