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Friday’s Olympics News Roundup
August 22, 2008 07:30 AM
by
findingDulcinea Staff
U.S. and Spain advance to men's basketball final; U.S. men’s volleyball and water polo advance to finals; U.S. baseball falls to Cuba; Rogers and Dalhausser win gold; Clay wins decathlon gold; Bolt wins third gold; Jamaican women flub baton handoff.
Olympics News
Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser defeated Brazilians Marcio Araujo and Fabio Luiz Magalhaes in the men’s beach volleyball final on Friday in three sets. The American tandem of Misty May-Treanor and Kerrie Walsh had already won gold in women’s beach volleyball.
Source: ESPN
The U.S. men’s volleyball team took five close sets to defeat Russia and advance to the finals. “The U.S. overcame late three-point deficits to win each of the first two sets in front of a flag-waving, pro-Russian crowd at Beijing’s Capital Gymnasium, which echoed throughout the match with chants of ‘Ro-ssi-ya,’” according to Bloomberg.com.
Source: Bloomberg.com
Belarus won two events in flatwater canoeing and Britain's Tim Brabants took gold in the men's kayak single (K1) 1000m. Hungary was victorious in the men's canoe single (C1) 1000m, while Germany won the women's kayak four (K4) 500m and men's kayak double (K2) 1000m.
Source: Xinhua
The U.S. lost 10-2 to Cuba in the baseball semifinals. Cuba advances to the final against South Korea, who beat Japan 6-2 earlier in the day. The U.S. and Japan will play for the bronze on Saturday.
Source: ESPN
The U.S. men’s water polo team beat Serbia 10-5 to advance to the finals on Sunday. They will play Montenegro, who upset Croatia 11-9 earlier in the day.
Source: USA Today
Jo scored two goals to lead as Brazil shutout Belgium 3-0 to win the men’s soccer bronze medal. Argentina and Nigeria play for the gold tonight.
Source: Goal.com
The U.S. men's basketball team advanced to the final with a 101-81 win over defending gold medalists Argentina, who lost star player Manu Ginobili with a foot injury. The U.S. will play world champion Spain, who beat Lithuania 91-86.
Source: ESPN
American Brian Clay won the men’s decathlon by 240 points, the largest margin of victory since 1972.
Source: The BBC
Usain Bolt won his third gold medal and in this year’s games as Jamaica set a new world record in the men’s 4x100-meter relay. Trinidad and Tobago won silver and Japan won gold in a race missing the U.S. and defending champions Great Britain, both of whom failed to qualify after botching baton handoffs.
Source: Sports Illustrated (AP)
The Jamaican women’s 4x100-meter relay team suffered a shocking loss after they were unable to complete their second baton handoff within the designated area. Russia took advantage and won gold, with Belgium and Nigeria winning silver and bronze.
Source: China Daily
Alex Schwazer of Italy won the men’s 50-kilometer race walk in an Olympic-record time of three hours, 37 minutes. Australian Jared Tallent won silver and Russian Denis Nizhegorodov won bronze.
Source: CBC
Dutchman Maarten van der Weijden, a leukemia survivor, won the first men’s 10-kilometre swimming marathon in Olympic history. “The pain and fatigue that you feel in the water is what I went through for a whole year to beat the cancer, so I know what to expect,” said van der Weijden.
Source: The Times of London
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