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Results at a Glance
ARCHERY
Men’s Individual: 1. Viktor Ruban (Ukr); 2. Kyung-Mo Park (Kor); 3. Bair Badenov (Rus).
ATHLETICS
Women’s 10,000m: 1. Tirunesh Dibaba (Eth); 2. Elvan Abeylegesse (Tur); 3. Shalane Flanagan (USA)
Men’s Shot Put: 1. Tomasz Majewski (Pol); 2. Christian Cantwell (USA); 3. Andrei Mikhnevich (Blr)
BADMINTON
Women’s Doubles: 1. Jing Du/Yang Yu (Chn); 2. Hyojung Lee/Kyungwon Lee (Kor); 3. Yili Wei/Yawen Zhang (Chn).
Men’s Singles semifinals: Chong Wei Lee (Mas) bt Hyunil Lee (Kor) 21-18, 13-21, 21-13.
Women’s Singles semifinals: Xingfang Xie (Chn) bt Lan Lu (Chn) 7-21, 21-10, 21-12; Ning Zhang (Chn) bt Maria Kristin Yulianti (Ina) 21-15, 21-15.
Men’s Doubles semifinals: Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (Ina) bt Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen (Den) 21-19, 21-17; Yun Cai/Haifeng Fu (Chn) bt Jaejin Lee/Jiman Hwang (Kor) 22-20, 21-8.
Women’s Doubles Bronze Medal Match: Yili Wei/Yawen Zhang (Chn) bt Miyuki Maeda/Satoko Suetsuna (Jpn) 21-17, 21-10.
Women’s Doubles Gold Medal Match: Jing Du/Yang Yu (Chn) bt Hyojung Lee/Kyungwon Lee (Kor) 21-15, 21-13.
BASKETBALL
Women’s Preliminaries: Czech Republic 90 bt New Zealand 59; Australia 96 bt Latvia 73; Russia 74 bt Brazil 64; China 69 bt Mali 48; United States 93 bt Spain 55; Belarus 63 bt Korea 53.
BOXING
Men’s Bantam (54kg): Akhil Kumar (Ind) bt Sergei Vodopyanov (Rus) on points.
CANOE/KAYAK – SLALOM
Women’s Kayak: 1. Elena Kaliska (Svk); 2. Jacqueline Lawrence (Aus); 3. Violetta Oblinger Peters (Aut).
Men’s Canoe Double: 1. Pavol Hochschorner/Peter Hochschorner (Svk); 2. Jaroslav Volf/Ondrej Stepanek (Cze); 3. Mikhail Kuznetsov/Dmitry Larionov (Rus).
CYCLING – TRACK
Men’s Team Sprint: 1. Chris Hoy/Jason Kenny/Jamie Staff (GBR); 2. Gregory Bauge/Kevin Sireau/Arnaud Tournant (Fra); 3. Rene Enders/Maximilian Levy/Stefan Nimke (Ger).
FENCING
Men’s Team Epee: 1. Fabrice Jeannet/Jerome Jeannet/Ulrich Robeiri (Fra); 2. Robert Andrzejuk/Tomasz Motyka/Radoslaw Zawrotniak/Adam Wiercioch (Pol); 3. Alfredo Rota/Matteo Tagliariol/Stefano Carozzo/Diego Confalonieri (Ita).
FOOTBALL
Women’s Quarterfinals: USA 2 bt Canada 1; Brazil 2 bt Norway 1; Germany 2 bt Sweden 0; Japan 2 bt China 0.
GYMNASTICS
Artistic: Women’s All-Around: 1. Nastia Liukin (USA); 2. Shawn Johnson (USA); 3. Yilin Yang (Chn).
HANDBALL
Women’s Preliminaries: Kazakhstan 29 bt China 26; Brazil 33 bt Korea 32; Sweden 27 bt Germany 26; Romania 28 bt Angola 23; Norway 34 bt France 24; Russia 33 bt Hungary 24.
HOCKEY
Men’s Preliminaries: Spain 2 bt China 1; Netherlands 4 bt Canada 2; New Zealand 4 bt Belgium 2; Australia 3 bt Pakistan 1; Korea 3 drew with Germany 3; Great Britain 2 bt South Africa 0.
JUDO
Men’s +100kg: 1. Satoshi Ishii (Jpn); 2. Abdullo Tangriev (Uzb); 3. Teddy Riner (Fra), Oscar Brayson (Cub).
Women’s +78kg: 1. Wen Tong (Chn); 2. Maki Tsukada (Jpn); 3. Lucija Polavder (Svn), Idalys Ortiz (Cub).
SHOOTING
Men’s 50m Rifle Prone: 1. Artur Ayvazian (Ukr); 2. Matthew Emmons (USA); 3. Warren Potent (Aus).
SWIMMING
Women’s 100m Freestyle: 1. Britta Steffen (Ger); 2. Lisbeth Trickett (Aus); 3. Natalie Coughlin (USA).
Women’s 200m Breaststroke: 1. Rebecca Soni (USA); 2. Liesel Jones (Aus); 3. Sara Nordenstam (Nor).
Men’s 200m Backstroke: 1. Ryan Lochte (USA); 2. Aaron Piersol (USA); 3. Arkady Vyatchanin (Rus).
Men’s 200m Individual Medley: 1. Michael Phelps (USA); 2. Laszlo Cseh (Hun); 3. Ryan Lochte (USA).
TABLE TENNIS
Men’s Team Bronze play-off round 1: Hong Kong bt Chinese Taipei 3-0, 3-2, 3-2; Austria bt Croatia 3-0, 3-0, 2-3, 3-1.
Women’s Team Bronze play-off round 1: Japan bt Austria 3-1, 3-1, 3-1; USA bt Romania 1-3, 3-0, 3-1, 3-0.
Women’s Team Semifinals: Singapore bt Korea 3-0, 2-3, 3-0, 0-3, 3-1; China bt Hong Kong 3-0, 3-0, 3-0.
TENNIS
Men’s Singles Semifinals: Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) bt James Blake (USA) 4-6, 7-5, 11-9.
Women’s Singles Quarterfinals: Dinara Safina (Rus) bt Jelena Jankovic (Srb) 6-2, 5-7, 6-3.
Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals: Alona Bondarenko/Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr) bt Flavia Pennetta/Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-1, 3-6, 7-5; Anabel Medina Garriguez/Virginia Ruano Pascual (Esp) bt Lindsay Davenport/Liezel Huber (USA) 5-7, 7-6(6), 8-6; Round 2: Venus Williams/Serena Williams (USA) bt Ayumi Morita/Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) 7-5, 6-2.
Men’s Doubles Semifinals: Simon Aspelin/Thomas Johansson (Sweden) bt Arnaud Clement/Michael Llodra (Fra) 7-6(6), 4-6, 19-17; Quarterfinals: Roger Federer/Stanislas Wawrinka (Sui) bt Leander Paes/Mahesh Bhupathi (Ind) 6-2, 6-4.
VOLLEYBALL
Women’s Preliminaries: Poland bt Venezuela 25-12, 25-12, 25-20; USA bt China 23-25, 25-22, 23-25, 25-20, 15-11; Cuba bt Japan 25-17, 25-22, 25-22; Russia bt Algeria 25-11, 25-19, 25-10; Brazil bt Kazakhstan 25-13, 25-6, 27-25; Italy bt Serbia 25-23, 25-20, 25-19.
WEIGHTLIFTING
Men’s 85kg: 1. Yong Lu (Chn); 2. Andrei Rybakou (Blr); Tigran Varban Martirosyan (Arm).
Women’s 75kg: 1. Lei Cao (Chn); 2. Alla Vazhenina (Kaz); 3. Nadezda Evstyukhina (Rus).
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