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RESULTS AT A GLANCE
ATHLETICS
Men’s High Jump: 1. Andrey Silnov (Rus) 2.36, 2. Germaine Mason (GBr) 2.34, 3. Yaroslav Rybakov (Rus) 2.34.
Men’s Discus: 1. Gerd Kanter (Est) 68.82, 2. Piotr Malachowski (Pol) 67.82, 3. Virgilijus Alkena (Lit) 67.79.
Men’s 1500m: 1. Rashid Ramzi (Bah) 3:32.94, 2. Kiprop Asbel Kipruto (Ken) 3:33.11, 3. Nicholas Willis (Nzl) 3:34.16.
Women’s 400m: 1. Christine Ohuruogu (GBr) 49.62, 2. Shericka Williams (Jam) 49.69, 3. Sanya Richards (USA) 49.93.
Women’s 100m Hurdles: 1. Dawn Harpet (USA) 12.54, 2. Sally McLellan (Aus) 12.64, 3. Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (Can) 12.64.
BASKETBALL
Women’s quarterfinals: China bt Belarus 77-62; Australia bt Czech Republic 79-46; USA bt Korea 104-60.
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Women’s Semifinals: Walsh & May-Treanor (USA) bt Talita & Renata (Bra) 21-12, 21-14; Tian Jia & Wang (Chn) bt Xue & Zhang Xi (Chn) 22-24, 29-27, 15-8.
CYCLING (TRACK)
Men’s Madison: 1. Argentina, 2. Spain, 3. Russia.
Men’s Sprint: 1. Chris Hoy (GBr), 2. Jason Kenny (GBr), 3. Mickael Bourgain (Fra).
Women’s Sprint: 1. Victoria Pendleton (GBr), 2. Anna Meares (Aus), 3. Shuang Guo (Chn).
DIVING
Men’s 3m springboard: 1. Chong He (Chn), 2. Alexandre Despatie (Can), 3. Kai Qin (Chn).
EQUESTRIAN
Dressage Individual Grand Prix Freestyle: 1. Emma Hindle (GBr), 2. Jan Brink (Swe), 3. Andreas Helgstrand (Den).
FOOTBALL
Men’s Semifinals: Nigeria 4 (Olubayo Adefemi, Chinedu Obasi Oguke 2, Chibuzor Okonkwo) bt Belarus 1 (Laurent Ciman); Argentina 3 (Sergio Aguero 2, Juan Riquelme) bt Brazil 0.
GYMNASTICS (ARTISTIC)
Men’s Parallel Bars: 1. Xiaopeng LI (Chn), 2. Wonchul Yoo (Kor), 3. Anton Fokin (Uzb).
Women’s Beam: 1. Shawn Johnson (USA), 2. Nastia Liukin (USA) 3. Fei Cheng (Chn); Men’s Horizontal Bar: 1. Kai Zou (Chn), 2. Jonathan Horton (USA), 3. Fabian Hambuechen (Ger); Trampoline: Men’s final: 1. Chunlong Lu (Chn), 2. Jason Burnett (Can), 3. Dong Dong (Chn).
HANDBALL
Women’s Quarterfinals: Norway bt Sweden 16-10, 15-14; Hungary bt Romania 16-14, 18-16; Korea bt China 16-12, 15-11; Russia bt France 12-16, 12-8, 4-4, 4-3.
HOCKEY
Men’s Group: The Netherlands 4 (Matthijs Brouwer, Taeke Taekema 2. Jeroen Hertzberger) bt Pakistan 2 (Muhammad Imran, Adnan Maqsood).
Germany 3 (Timo Wess, Matthias Witthaus, Florian Keller) bt New Zealand 1 (Hayden Shaw).
Canada 5 (Robert Short, Scott Sandison 2, Connor Grimes 2) bt South Africa 3 (Austin Smith 2, Lungile Tsolekile).
Spain 2 (Santiago Freixa 2) bt Korea 1 (Hoon Sung Yoon); Australia 3 (Bevan George, Jamie Dwyer, Eddie Ockenden) drew with Great Britain 3 (Barry Middleton, Richard Mantell, Rob Moore); Belgium 3 (Xavier Reckinger, Jerome Truyens, John-John Dohmen) bt China 1 (Yi Song).
SAILING
Laser Radial: Medal Race: 1. Lithuania (Gintare Volungeviciute), 2. USA (Anna Tunnicliffe), 3. China (Lijia Xu).
Laser: Medal Race: 1. New Zealand (Andrew Murdoch), 2. Slovenia (Vasilij Zbogar), 3. Italy (Diego Romero).
TABLE TENNIS
Men’s First Round: A. Sharath Kamal (Ind) bt Alfredo Carneros (Esp) 4-2; Lucjan Blaszczyk (Pol) bt Suraju Saka (Cod) 4-0; William Henzell (Aus) bt Jens Lundqvist (Swe) 4-2; Seiya Kishikawa (Jpn) bt Peng Zhang (Can) 4-2.
Women’s Second Round: Seo Ye Dang bt Miao Miao (Aus) 4-1.
TRIATHLON
Men’s final: 1. Jan Frodeno (Ger), 2. Simon Whitfield (Can), 3. Bevan Docherty (Nzl).
VOLLEYBALL
Women’s Quarterfinals: Cuba bt Serbia 26-24, 25-19, 26-24; Brazil bt Japan 25-12, 25-20, 25-16; China bt Russia 25-22, 27-25, 25-19.
WEIGHTLIFTING
Men’s +105Kg: 1. Matthias Steiner (Ger) snatch — 203, clean & jerk — 258, total—461; 2. Evgeni Chigishev (Rus) 210, 250, 460; 3. Viktors Scerbatihs (Lat) 206, 242, 448.
WRESTLING
Men’s Freestyle 55Kg gold: Henry Cejudo (USA) bt Tomohiro Matsunaga (Jpn) 3-1; Men’s Freestyle 60Kg gold: Mavlet Batirov (Rus) bt Vasyl Fedoryshyn (UKr) 3-1.
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