Sport - Olympic Games

Results at a glanace

BADMINTON

Women’s singles (quarterfinals): Maria Kristin Yulianti (Ina) bt Saina Nehwal (Ind) 26-28 , 21-14 , 21-15; Ning Zhang (Chn) bt Hongyan Pi (Fra) 21-8, 19-21, 21-19; Lan Lu (Chn) bt Mew Choo Wong (Mas) 21-7 , 29-27; Xie Xingfang (Chn) bt Xu Huaiwen (Ger) 21-19, 22-20.

BASKETBALL

Women’s preliminaries: Russia bt Belarus 71-65; Spain bt Czech Republic 74-55; Latvia bt Brazil 79-78; China bt New Zealand 80-63.

CYCLING

Road Race final: Women’s individual time trial: 1. Kristin Armstrong (USA) 34:51.72; 2. Emma Pooley (Gbr) 35:16.01; 3. Karin Thurig (Sui) 35:50.99; Men’s individual time trial: 1. Fabian Cancellara (Sui) 1:02:11.43, 2. Gustav Larsson (Swe) 1:02:44.79, 3. Levi Leipheimer (USA) 1:03:21.11.

DIVING

Men’s synchronised 3m springboard final: 1. China, 2. Russia, 3. Ukraine.

FENCING

Men’s individual foil final: 1. Benjamin Philip Kleibrink (Ger) bt Yuki Ota (Jpn) 15-9; Women’s individual epee final: Britta Heidemann (Ger) bt Ana Maria Branza (Rom) 15-11.

FOOTBALL

Men’s first round: Netherlands bt Japan 1-0; Nigeria bt USA 2-1; Korea bt Honduras 1-0; Cameroon drew with Italy 0-0; Brazil bt China 3-0; bt Cote d’Iviore bt Australia 1-0; Argentina bt Serbia 2-0; Belgium bt New Zealand 1-0.

GYMNASTIC

Artistic: women’s final: 1. China, 2. USA, 3. Romania.

HOCKEY

Men’s preliminaries: Australia bt South Africa 10-0; Korea bt China 5-2; Pakistan bt Canada 3-1; Germany drew with Belgium 1-1; Spain bt New Zealand 1-0; the Netherlands bt Great Britain 1-0.

JUDO

Women’s:70kg final: 1. Masae Ueno (Jpn), 2. Anaysi Hernandez (Cub); Men’s:90kg final: 1. Irakli Tsirekidze (Geo); 2. Amar Benikhlef (Alg).

SHOOTING

Women’s 25m pistol final: Ying Chen (Chn) 793.4, 2. Gundegmaa Otryad (Mon) 792.2.

SWIMMING

Finals : Men’s 200m butterfly: 1. Michael Phelps (USA) 1:52.03 (WR), 2. Laszlo Cseh (Hun) 1:52.70, 3. Takeshi Matsuda (Jpn) 1:52.97; Men’s 4x200m freestyle relay: 1. USA 6:58.56 (WR), 2. Russia (7:03.70), 3. Aus (7:04.98); Women’s 200m freestyle: 1. Federica Pellegrini (Ita) 1:54.82 (WR), 2. Sara Isakovic (Slo) 1:54.97, 3. Jiaying Pang (Chn) 1:55.05; Women’s 200 IM: 1. Stephanie Rice (Aus) 2:08.45 (WR), 2. Kirsty Coventry (Zim) 2:08.59, 3. Natalie Coughlin (USA) 2:10.34.

TENNIS

Men: singles third round: Roger Federer (Sui) bt Tomas Berdych (Cze) 6-3, 7-6(4); Rafael Nadal (Esp) bt Igor Andreev (Rus) 6-4, 6-2; Novak Djokovic (Srb) bt Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 7-6(3), 6-3; James Blake (USA) bt Gilles Simon (Fra) 6-4, 6-2; Jurgen Melzer (Aut) bt Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) 6-2, 6-4; Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) bt Nicolas Kiefer (Ger) 6-3, 7-5; Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) bt Olivier Rochus (Bel) 6-0, 6-3.

Women: singles third round: Na Li (Chn) bt Kaia Kanepi (Est) 4-6, 6-2, 6-0; Dinara Safina (Rus) bt Zheng Jie (Chn) 6-4, 6-3; Venus Williams (USA) bt Victoria Azarenka (Bel) 6-3, 6-2.

VOLLEYBALL

Women’s preliminaries: Italy bt Algeria 3-0; USA bt Venezuela 3-1; Russia bt Kazakhstan 3-0; Brazil bt Serbia 3-0; Cuba bt China 3-2.

WEIGHTLIFTING

Women’s 69kg final: 1. Chunhong Liu (Chn), 2. Oxana Slivenko (Rus); Men’s 77kg final: Jaehyouk Sa (Kor), 2. Hongli Li (Chn).

WRESTLING

Men’s GR 66kg final: 1. Steeve Guenot (Fra), 2. Kanatbek Begaliev (Kaz); Men’s 74kg final: 1. Manuchar Kvirkelia (Geo), 2. Yongxiang Chang (Chn).

© Copyright 2000 - 2009 The Hindu