Volleyball: The U.S. women swept Argentina 25-20, 25-19, 25-20 behind a powerful performance by Jordan Thompson on a lopsided day of competition.
Scores
Italy 3, ROC 0
United States 3, Argentina 0
Serbia 3, Dominican Republic 0
Turkey 3, China 0
Japan 3, Kenya 0
Brazil 3, South Korea 0
Water polo: The U.S. men took a difficult win over Japan, while the tiny country of Montenegro took a big win and Greece and Spain got past European rivals.
Scores (men)
Italy 21, South Africa 2
Greece 10, Hungary 9
United States 15, Japan 13
Montenegro 15, Australia 10
Spain 13, Serbia 12
Croatia 23, Kazakhstan 7
Archery: Dominant archery nation South Korea won the women’s team gold medal with a 6-0 win over the ROC, which earlier knocked out the U.S. 6-0.
Medal results
Gold: South Korea
Silver: ROC
Bronze: Germany
Diving: No surprise. China won a diving medal, this time in women’s synchronized springboard. Canadian Jennifer Abel took her second medal in the event, taking silver nine years after earning bronze in London. The U.S. pair of Alison Gibson and Krysta Palmer shared first place after the first two of five dives but posted the worst score in the eight-team field on each of their next two on their way to an eighth-place finish.
Medal results
Gold: Shi/Wang (CHN)
Silver: Abel/Citrini Beaulieu (CAN)
Bronze: Hentschel/Punzel (GER)
Judo: U.S. judoka Angelica Delgado won her opener in the 52kg class with a hip throw in the “golden score” session, then lost by armbar to Hungary’s Reka Pupp in the round of 16.
It was a great day for the Abe family of France, as siblings Uta and Hifumi won gold.
Medal results, women’s 52kg
Gold: Abe Uta (JPN)
Silver: Amandine Buchard (FRA)
Bronze: Chelsie Giles (GBR)
Bronze: Odette Giuffrida (ITA)
Medal results, men’s 66kg
Gold: Abe Hifumi (JPN)
Silver: Vazha Margvelashvili (GEO)
Bronze: An Baul (KOR)
Bronze: Daniel Cargnin (BRA)
Cycling: Austrian rider Anna Kiesenhofer broke away from a chase group to ride the last 10 kilometers on her own. Coryn Rivera had the top U.S. finish in seventh, 1:46 back.
Medal results
Gold: Anna Kiesenhofer (AUT)
Silver: Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
Bronze: Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
Shooting (women): Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 was heard for the first time as the ROC, the umbrella for Russian athletes, took its first gold medal of the Games. Neither American entry qualified for the final.
Medal results, women’s 10m air pistol
Gold: Vitalina Batsarashkina (ROC)
Silver: Antoaneta Kostadinova (BUL)
Bronze: Jiang Ranxin (CHN)
Weightlifting: World record-holder Li Fabin of China wasn’t able to improve upon that mark but won gold with Olympic records of 172kg in the clean and jerk and 313kg total. Chen Lijun did the same, not breaking his own world record but taking two Olympic records with a 187kg clean and jerk and a 332kg total. Chen had to withdraw in Rio due to apparent leg cramps. That's three gold medals in three weightlifting events for China so far.
Medal results, men’s 61kg
Gold: Li Fabin (CHN)
Silver: Irawan Eko Yuli (INA)
Bronze: Son Igor (KAZ)
Medal results, men’s 67kg
Gold: Chen Lijun (CHN)
Silver: Luis Javier Mosquera (COL)
Bronze: Mirko Zanni (ITA)
Soccer: Argentina opened a busy evening of men’s soccer with a shutout win. In a much bigger surprise, Brazil followed up its 4-2 win over Germany with a 0-0 draw against Cote d'Ivoire.
France held off South Africa on a hat trick by Andre-Pierre Gignac, a 35-year-old forward who plays professionally in Mexico, and a stoppage-time winner by Montpellier midfielder Teja Savanier.
Scores
Argentina 1, Egypt 0
Honduras 3, New Zealand 2
France 4, South Africa 3
Brazil 0, Cote d’Ivoire 0
Spain 1, Australia 0
South Korea 4, Romania 0
Japan 2, Mexico 1
Germany 3, Saudi Arabia 2
3x3: Kelsey Plum had 12 points, outscoring Romania by herself in a 22-11 win to keep the U.S. unbeaten. The team followed up by winning a close one over the previously unbeaten ROC.
Scores (women)
Japan 19, Mongolia 10
Italy 22, Romania 14
ROC 21, Mongolia 5
China 22, Italy 13
United States 22, Romania 11
Japan 19, France 15
China 20, France 13
United States 20, ROC 16
Scores (men)
Belgium 21, ROC 16
Serbia 15, Poland 12
Latvia 18, China 17
Serbia 21, Belgium 14
Poland 21, ROC 16
Netherlands 21, Japan 20
Netherlands 21, China 18
Latvia 21, Japan 18
Field hockey: China’s women’s team managed to fend off Japan with a fourth-quarter goal.
Scores (women)
Germany 2, Great Britain 1
China 4, Japan 3
Australia 3, Spain 1
New Zealand 3, Argentina 0
Scores (men)
Australia 7, India 1
New Zealand 4, Spain 3
Argentina 2, Japan 1
Netherlands 5, South Africa 3
Handball: The women’s competition got underway, with the host nation falling by 11 while the ROC and Brazil played to a draw. Sweden had a surprisingly easy time with Spain.
Scores
Netherlands 32, Japan 21
ROC 24, Brazil 24
Montenegro 33, Angola 22
Norway 39, South Korea 27
Spain 31, Sweden 24
Hungary vs. France
Tennis: The U.S. got an easy win in women’s doubles, with Bethany Mattek-Sands and Jessica Pagula winning 6-1, 6-3 over Poland’s Magda Linette and Alicja Rosolska. In men’s singles, Marcos Giron advanced with a three set win over Slovakia’s Norbert Gombos. In women’s singles, Jennifer Brady bowed out in the first round.
Beach volleyball: Two-time Olympic medalist April Ross and Alex Klineman opened up with a two-set sweep of China’s Xue Chen and Wang Xinxin. In men’s play, Brazil’s Bruno and Evandro needed three sets to beat Chilean cousins Marco Grimalt and Esteban Grimalt. The Italian team of Daniele Lupo and Paolo Nicolai, silver medalists in Rio, were tested by Germany's Clemens Wickler and Julius Thole, before prevailing 19-21, 21-19, 15-13. American Jake Gibb, 45, became the oldest beach volleyball player to participate in the Olympics when he and partner Tri Bourne beat Italy's Enrico Rossi and Adrian Raurich 21-18, 21-19.
Boxing: Lightweight Keyshawn Davis took a 30-27, 30-27, 30-25 decision to advance to the round of 16. Ginny Fuchs took a closer decision in women’s flyweight, winning 3-2 over the ROC’s Svetlana Soluianova.
Badminton: U.S. player Beiwen Zhang swept Ukraine’s Maria Ulitina, while Timothy Lam lost a pool-play match to Japan’s Kento Momota.
Canoe/Kayak: U.S. canoe/kayak slalom athlete (she does both) Evy Leibfarth, making her Olympic debut at age 17, advanced in 15th place in the women’s kayak. Zachary Lokken advanced with a fourth-place finish in men’s canoe despite compiling 58 penalty seconds in the second run.
Rowing: The big story on the water is the water, where officials are already taking steps to avoid nasty weather on Tuesday by postponing several races to Wednesday and Thursday.
Sailing: With three races down in the men’s and women’s windsurfer classes, U.S. sailor Pedro Pascual stands ninth and Farrah Hall is seventh. Paige Railey was disqualified from the second race in Laser Radial and is 42nd. Charlie Buckingham was ninth in the first Laser race; the second was postponed.
Equestrian: Adrienne Lyle has posted one of the top scores in dressage, still in progress..
Table tennis: In a battle of the ages, 17-year-old South Korean Shin Yubin beat 58-year-old Luxembourg player Xia Lian Ni in a match that went down to the last of seven games.
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