Date:21/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/21/stories/2008082156312200.htm

Sport - Olympic Games

Results at a glance

ATHLETICS

Women: Hammer Throw: 1. Aksana Miankova (Blr) 76.34m, 2. Yipsi Moreno (Cub) 75.20m, 3. Zhang Wenxiu (Chn) 74.32m. 400m Hurdles: 1. Melaine Walker (Jam) 52.64s OR, 2. Sheena Tosta (USA) 53.70s, 3. Tasha Danvers (GBR) 53.84s.

Men: 200m: 1. Usain Bolt (Jam) 19.30s WR, 2. Shawn Crawford (USA) 19.96s, 3. Walter Dix (USA), 19.98s.

BASKETBALL

Men’s quarterfinals: Spain 72 bt Croatia 59; Lithuania 94 bt China 68; USA 116 bt Australia 85.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL

Men’s semifinals: Rogers & Dalhausser (USA) bt Geor & Gia (Georgia) 21-11, 21-13; Marcio Araujo & Fabio Luiz (Brazil) bt Ricardo & Emanuel (Brazil) 22-20, 21-18.

BOXING

Men: Flyweight (51kg): quarterfinals: Andris Laffita Hernandez (Cub) bt McWilliams Arroyo Acevedo (Pur) 11-2; Georgy Balakshin (Rus) bt Jitender Kumar (Ind) 15-11.

Vincenzo Picardi (Ita) bt Walid Cherif (Tun) 7-5.

Somjit Jongjohor (Tha) bt Anvar Yunusov (Tjk) 8-1.

Middleweight (75kg): quarterfinals: Darren John Sutherland (Ire) bt Alfonso Blanco Parra (Ven) 11-1.

James DeGale (GBR) bt Bakhtiyar Artayev (Kaz) 8-3.

Emilio Correa Bayeaus (Cub) bt Elshod Rasulov (Uzb) 9-7.

Vijender Kumar (Ind) bt Carlos Gongora (Ecu) 9-4.

HANDBALL

Men’s quarterfinals: France 27 bt Russia 24; Iceland 32 bt Poland 30; Croatia 26 bt Denmark 24; Spain 29 bt South Korea 24.

HOCKEY

Women: semifinals: China 3 bt Germany 2; The Netherlands 5 bt Argentina 2. Classification matches: 7-8: Spain 3 bt USA 2; 9-10: South Korea 2 bt Japan 1.

SAILING

Men’s RS: X: 1. Tom Ashley (NZ), 2. Julien Bontemps (Fra), 3. Shahar Zubari (Isr).

Women’s RS:X: 1. Yin Jian (Chn), 2. Alessandra Sensini (Ita), 3. Bryony Shaw (GBR).

SWIMMING

Women’s 10 km marathon: 1. Larisa Ilchenko (Rus) 1:59:27.7, 2. Keri-Anne Payne (GBR) 1:59:29.2, 3. Cassandra Patten (GBR) 1:59:31.0.

SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING

Duet Free Routine: 1. Anastasia Davydova & Anastasia Ermakova (Rus), 2. Andrea Fuentes & Gemma Mengual (Esp), 3. Saho Harada & Emiko Suzuki (Jpn).

TABLE TENNIS

Men’s singles second round: Chen Weixing (Aut) bt A. Sharath Kamal (Ind) 11-5, 14-12, 11-2, 8-11, 12-10.

TAEKWONDO

Men’s 58kg: 1. Guillermo Perez (Mex), 2. Yulis Gabriel Mercedes (Dom), 3. Mu-Yen Chu (Tpe) and Rohullah Nikpai (Afg).

Women’s 49kg: 1. Jingyu Wu (Chn), 2. Buttree Puedpong (Tha), 3. Dalia Contreras Rivero (Ven) and Daynellis Montejo (Cub).

VOLLEYBALL

Men’s quarterfinals: Italy bt Poland 25-19, 25-22, 18-25, 26-28, 17-15; Russia bt Bulgaria 20-25, 25-16, 25-22, 25-21; Brazil bt China 25-17, 25-15, 25-16;

WRESTLING

Men’s 66kg Freestyle: 1. Ramazan Sahin (Tur), 2. Andriy Stadnik (Ukr), 3. Sushil Kumar (Ind) and Otar Tushishvili (Geo).

Men’s 74kg Freestyle: 1. Buvaysa Saytiev (Rus), 2. Soslan Tigiev (Uzb), 3. Murad Gaidarov (Blr) and Kiril Terziev (Bul).