RIO DE JANEIRO – The Latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):
11:50 p.m.
Led by quite a sister act, the Australians have set a world record in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay to beat an American squad anchored by Katie Ledecky at the Rio Olympics.
Simone Manuel and Abbey Weitzeil put the United States ahead at the midway point Saturday night, but Bronte and Cate Campbell were simply too strong on the final two legs. Younger sister Bronte surged past Dana Vollmer before handing off to Cate, who pulled away from Ledecky to win in 3 minutes, 30.65 seconds – breaking the mark of 3:30.98 the Aussies set two years ago.
The U.S. had to settle for silver in an American-record time of 3:31.89, extending a gold medal drought in the event that goes back to the 1996 Atlanta Games.
Canada took the bronze in 3:32.89.
The relay victory came on the heels of Mack Horton’s victory in the men’s 400 freestyle, capping an impressive first night for an Australian team that captured only one swimming gold medal in London four years ago.
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11:45 p.m.
Carmelo Anthony says his US men’s basketball teammates need to accept responsibility and move on after reports that three players visited a legal brothel in Rio de Janeiro.
“What’s done is done. We have time off and guys did what they did. We accept those responsibilities and move on,” said Anthony, a four-time Olympian and the elder statesmen of the team. The Americans dominated China 119-62.
Anthony was responding to questions about a TMZ report that several players thought they were walking into a spa on their day off Wednesday night, but wound up in a brothel.
Coach Mike Krzyzewski did not address the situation during his postgame news conference.
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11:35 p.m.
MEDAL ALERT-WORLD RECORD: Australia sets a world record to capture the gold medal in the women’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the Rio Olympics. The United States takes the silver medal, while the bronze goes to Canada.
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11:25 p.m.
Sarah Sjostrom of the Sweden is the top qualifier in the women’s 100-meter butterfly.
Sjostrom posted a time of 55.84 seconds in the second semifinal heat Saturday night, just off her world record of 55.64. Emma McKeon of Australia was next at 56.81, followed by Japan’s Rikako Ikee (57.05) and Dana Vollmer (57.06) of the United States.
Vollmer is the defending Olympic champion and coming back after having her first child last year.
The other American in the field, Kelsi Worrell, failed to qualify for Sunday night’s final. She was ninth at 57.54.
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11:25 p.m.
Amber Hearn scored in the first half and New Zealand hung on to defeat Colombia 1-0 on Saturday night in Belo Horizonte.
Known as the Ferns, New Zealand made it to the quarterfinals at the London Games. The team dropped its group-stage opener to the United States on Wednesday.
The victory was costly because Abby Erceg was shown a red card late in the match, meaning that she won’t be able to play on Tuesday when New Zealand faces France in Manaus.
Colombia dropped to 0-2 in the group stage, and faces a tough challenge on Tuesday against the top-ranked United States.
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11:10 p.m.
Katinka Hosszu finally claimed her first Olympic medal – and set a world record for good measure.
The Hungarian star, known as “The Iron Lady” for her grueling schedule, crushed the former mark in the women’s 400-meter individual medley Saturday night at the Rio Games. She led all the way and touched in 4 minutes, 26.36 seconds, easily eclipsing the record of 4:28.43 held by China’s Ye Shiwen.
Hosszu had time to turn toward the scoreboard and savor her triumph before Maya DiRado of the United States touched in 4:31.15 to take the silver medal. Mireia Belmonte Garcia of Spain claimed the bronze in 4:32.39.
This triumph was especially sweet for Hosszu, who had captured nine medals – including five golds – at the world championships but never won an Olympic medal.
Now, she has the best one of all.
Elizabeth Beisel of the U.S., the silver medalist at the 2012 London Games, finished sixth.
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10:55 p.m.
MEDAL ALERT-WORLD RECORD: Katinka Hosszu of Hungary sets a world record in the women’s 400-meter individual medley to win the gold medal at the Rio Olympics. Maya DiRado of the United States claims the silver and Mireia Belmonte Garcia of Spain takes the bronze.
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10:45 p.m.
Australia’s Mack Horton has won the gold medal in the men’s 400-meter freestyle at the Rio Olympics, holding off rival Sun Yang of China.
What happened after the race was even more dramatic.
Horton grabbed the lead for good on the next-to-last lap and held off the hard-charging Sun, the defending Olympic champion. But the bad blood between the two was on display for all to see as Horton celebrated after the race without even acknowledging the runner-up.
In fact, they climbed out of the pool side by side without so much as a passing glance.
After the prelims of the men’s 400 freestyle, Horton was asked about a reported incident between the two at the practice pool earlier in the week. The Aussie said Sun “splashed me to say hello, and I didn’t respond because I don’t have time for drug cheats.”
Sun served a three-month suspensi10:45 p.m.
Australia’s Mack Horton has won the gold medal in the men’s 400-meter freestyle at the Rio Olympics, holding off rival Sun Yang of China.
What happened after the race was even more dramatic.
Horton grabbed the lead for good on the next-to-last lap and held off the hard-charging Sun, the defending Olympic champion. But the bad blood between the two was on display for all to see as Horton celebrated after the race without even acknowledging the runner-up.
In fact, they climbed out of the pool side by side without so much as a passing glance.
After the prelims of the men’s 400 freestyle, Horton was asked about a reported incident between the two at the practice pool earlier in the week. The Aussie said Sun “splashed me to say hello, and I didn’t respond because I don’t have time for drug cheats.”
Sun served a three-month suspension for using a banned stimulant in 2014.
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10:35 p.m.
MEDAL ALERT: Australia’s Mack Horton wins gold in the men’s 400-meter freestyle. China’s Sun Yang claims the silver and Italy’s Gabriele Detti takes the bronze.
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10:30 p.m.
Venus Williams faded as her opening match at her record fifth Olympics dragged past 3 hours and she lost 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) to Kristen Flipkens of Belgium.
The 36-year-old American – owner of four gold medals and seven Grand Slam titles – labored at times and even showed frustration by shouting “Ridiculous!” after dropping one point Saturday night.
With U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry watching, the fifth-seeded Williams was broken while serving for the victory at 5-3. She was two points from the win four times but could not close out Flipkens, who is ranked 62nd and only once reached the semifinals of a major tournament.
When the match ended, Flipkens reacted as if she’d won gold, even getting down on the ground to kiss the white five-ring Olympic logo on the green court.
Williams is the first tennis player to participate in singles at five Summer Games.
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10:30 p.m.
Kosuke Hagino of Japan has ended the United States’ dominance in the men’s 400-meter individual medley, holding off American Chase Kalisz to win the gold medal at the Rio Olympics.
Hagino and Japanese teammate Daiya Seto raced away from the field on the butterfly and backstroke legs before Kalisz began to close the gap. The American surged past Seto on the breaststroke and set his sights on Hagino.
But the Japanese swimmer, who won bronze in this event at the 2012 London Games, held on to win in 4 minutes, 6.05 seconds. Kalisz settled for the silver in 4:06.75, while Seto grabbed the bronze in 4:09.71.
Hagino became the first non-American to win the 400 IM since Tamas Darnyi of Hungary at the 1992 Barcelona Games.
Ryan Lochte was the defending Olympic champion, but he finished third at the U.S. trials and didn’t event qualify. Michael Phelps was the champion in 2004 and 2008, but he’s dropped the 400 IM from his program. Tom Dolan was a back-to-back champion in 1996 and 2000.
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10:20 p.m
UPSET ALERT: 5th-ranked Venus Williams loses opening match at record fifth Olympics to 62nd-ranked Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium.
10:15 p.m.
MEDAL ALERT: Kosuke Hagino of Japan wins the men’s 400-meter individual medley at the Rio Olympics. Chase Kalisz of the United States takes the silver and Japan’s Daiya Seto claims the bronze.
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10:05 p.m.
The chaotic men’s Olympic road race left Italian star Vincenzo Nibali with a broken collarbone and Australia’s Richie Porte, a favorite for this week’s time trial, with a fractured shoulder blade.
Nibali crashed along with Colombia’s Sergio Henao while leading on the final harrowing descent of the 236-kilometer race, allowing Greg Van Avermaet of Belgium to claim the gold medal.
Nibali’s coach, Davide Cassani, said on Twitter the Giro d’Italia winner broke his collarbone.
Porte may have had an even tougher day, dealing with mechanical issues even before he crashed on the same tricky descent. Cycling Australia confirmed Porte was taken to Vitoria Hospital in Barra and found to have a broken bone that will keep him out of Wednesday’s time trial.
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10:05 p.m.
Gu Yasha and Tan Ruyin each scored and China defeated South Africa 2-0 in a group-stage match Saturday night in Rio de Janeiro.
It was China’s first victory in the Olympics since they were hosts in 2008. The No. 12-ranked Steel Roses did not play in London.
South Africa, known as Banyana Banyana, dropped to 0-2 at the Rio Games and the team’s chances of making the knockout stage were slim.
China fell 3-0 to hosts Brazil in its opener.
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9:40 p.m.
It’s party time at the Olympic pool.
Samba dancers in feathers and sequins are tearing it up on deck accompanied by drummers ahead of the first late-night finals session of the Rio Games on Saturday.
Several swimmers and coaches are capturing the entertainment on their cell phones while swimmers warm up in the pool.
Rowdy music from the Rolling Stones and AC/DC has been blasting too, ensuring everyone is awake for the first final that begins at 10 p.m.
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9:30 p.m.
Sopita Tanasan of Thailand won gold in her Olympic debut with an easy victory in the women’s 48-kilogram category Saturday in the first weightlifting event at the Rio Games.
Tanasan snatched 92 kilograms and lifted 108 kilograms in the clean and jerk for a total of 200 kilograms. It was her first time competing on the world level at that weight class.
On her first lift in clean and jerk, Tanasan easily succeeded at 106 kilos to take the lead. She lifted 108 kilos on her second attempt, but failed at 110 kilos on her final try.
In a last-ditch bid to snatch the gold, Sri Wahuni Agustiani of Indonesia twice tried to lift 115 kilos to overtake Tanasan. She failed on the first try and Tanasan celebrated by hugging her coaches in the green room.
Agustiani was able to lift the bar on her second attempt and her coaches screamed in celebration, but she couldn’t jerk the weight.
Agustiani won silver and Hiromi Miyake took bronze.
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9:20 p.m.
Katie Ledecky will be anchoring the United States in the women’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay.
Ledecky already swam in the afternoon preliminaries Saturday, leading the Americans to the second-fastest time behind the favored Australians.
She’s the only holdover from the morning team. The U.S. rested its top two 100 free swimmers, Abbey Weitzeil and Simone Manuel, and they’re also adding Dana Vollmer, who’ll be doing double duty in the late-night session. She’s also competing in the semifinals of the 100 butterfly, but we’ll have more than an hour to rest up between races.
Manuel leads off for the Americans, followed by Weitzeil, Vollmer and Ledecky. They’ll be trying to give the U.S. its first gold medal in the event since the 1996 Atlanta Games.
Defending Olympic champion Australia is a big favorite. Emma McKeon and Brittany Elmsie will take the top two legs, followed by sisters Bronte and Cate Campbell.
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9:20 p.m.
Saskia Bartusiak scored in the 88th minute to pull Germany into a 2-all draw with Australia in a women’s soccer group-stage match at Corinthian Stadium in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
Sam Kerr scored for Australia in the sixth minute and Caitlin Ford added another in the 45th, but Germany closed the gap in first-half stoppage time with Sara Daebritz’s goal.
Australia is ranked No. 5 in the world. Known as the Matildas, they had a breakthrough last summer when they became the first Austrailain team – male or female – to win a World Cup knockout round match.
Germany, ranked No. 2 in the world, defeated Zimbabwe 6-1 in the Olympic tournament opener. Australia fell to Canada 2-0 to open the group stage.
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9 p.m.
The U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team began its charge toward a third straight gold medal with a 119-62 rout of China on Saturday.
Kevin Durant scored 25 points and Demarcus Cousins added 17 for the win.
Durant and Carmelo Anthony are the only two returning players from the 2012 squad that won it all in London, and the pair of NBA All-Stars showed their young teammates how the American team rolls at the Olympics. Despite not having big-name players like LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Russell Westbrook, the U.S. is an overwhelming favorite to win another title.
Durant made three 3-pointers in the first half as the U.S. opened a 29-point halftime lead and coasted.
The Americans have won 69 straight games, and improved to 81-1 under coach Mike Krzyzewski, who revived the U.S. program and plans to step down following these games.
The U.S. plays Venezuela on Monday.
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8:35 p.m.
Rio’s downtown cauldron has become selfie central. A day after it was lit to formally open the games, thousands of Rio’s residents have been taking turns snapping images of themselves in front of the Olympic flame.
Residents such as Thiago Rodrigues say that even some once opposed to hosting the games are now happy they are taking place in their city.
The flame was moved to its new location on Olympic Boulevard at the end of the opening ceremony Friday night in Maracana stadium. The newly-renovated precinct on Guanabara Bay features big screens and live entertainment during the games.
It is also home to architect Santiago Calatrava’s iconic Museu do Amanha, or Museum of Tomorrow. Its soaring silhouette provided the perfect backdrop for more sunset selfies.
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7:45 p.m.
The leading contenders for the first Olympic gold medal in women’s rugby qualified for the quarterfinals with two wins each Saturday, with world series champion Australia, New Zealand and Canada posting lopsided wins.
New Zealanders Portia Woodman and Kayla McAlister had a share of the lead in the try-scoring stakes with four each, along with Australia’s Charlotte Caslick and Bianca Farella of Canada. Rugby is returning to the Olympics for the first time in 92 years – the sevens format and the women’s competition are on debut at the Summer Games.
Second-seeded New Zealand topped Pool B with wins over Kenya and Spain, and France was unbeaten behind them to also qualify for the finals.
Canada had convincing wins over Japan and Brazil and will progress along with Britain, which was also unbeaten.
The Australians were atop Pool A with wins over Colombia and Fiji, which earlier edged the United States 12-7. The Americans recovered from that to beat Colombia 48-0 to improve their chances of advancing.
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7:45 p.m.
Brazilian fighter Michel Borges had the home country and the judges behind him, defeating professional fighter Hassan N’Dam in the boxing tournament.
N’Dam, out of Cameroon, fought in the 2004 Olympics in Athens and won two bouts before he lost in the quarterfinals. As a pro, the 32-year-old fought twice for the middleweight championship and has a 34-2 record.
N’Dam is one three professional fighters in the Olympics this year after 112 years of amateurism. He was easily the most high-profile one who accepted the International Boxing Association’s plan to entice prominent pros to Rio de Janeiro.
The 25-year-old Borges won on the scorecard by judges from Russia, Vietnam and Sweden. The fans stomped so much on the metal bleachers it sounded like thunder inside the arena. Then they gave him a thunderous ovation once the decision was announced.
Italy’s Carmine Tommasone became the first professional fighter to win a bout earlier in the day.
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7:30 p.m.
Russia’s first champion at the Rio Olympics suggests his win will help to lift the gloom from the country’s doping scandal.
Beslan Mudranov, who won gold in the men’s 60-kilogram judo class, is “really pleased I could get a gold on the first day, because everyone knows what kind of situation we had in Russia before the Olympics.”
Russia’s team at the Olympics has lost over 100 athletes to various measures related to its doping scandals, including large-scale bans on its track and field, weightlifting and rowing teams.
Mudranov says that, besides him, “many (Russian) athletes who could also have won gold, many of them weren’t let in.” Still he adds, his win is “not our last gold” in Rio.
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7:10 p.m.
Goalkeeper Hope Solo came up big as the United States fought off France 1-0 on Saturday in an Olympic group stage match at Mineirao Stadium. Carli Lloyd scored the lone goal for the Americans.
Solo became the first goalkeeper, male or female, to reach the 200th-cap mark in international play. She also became just the 11th U.S. player all time – across all positions – to reach that number of appearances.
Despite the milestone, Solo was still peppered with jeers from the crowd, who were riled up about social media posts she made about the threat of the Zika virus. The boos first started during the team’s 2-0 tournament-opening win against New Zealand on Wednesday.
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6:50 p.m.
The United States has claimed one of the biggest wins in its Olympic women’s field hockey history, defeating world No. 2 Argentina 2-1 in its opening match.
Argentina’s Agustina Albertarrio appeared to break a scoreless tie two minutes into the third period on Saturday, but the goal was nullified. Three minutes later, USA’s Katie Reinprecht slipped one under the goalkeeper to give the Americans a 1-0 lead.
Michelle Kasold scored for the USA on a penalty corner with 10:26 to play. Delfina Merino scored for Argentina with 3:27 remaining, but he Americans held on.
The Americans haven’t medaled since 1984, when they claimed bronze in Los Angeles. The United States gained momentum this summer by placing third in the Champions Trophy event in June, and its No. 5 world ranking is its highest slot ever.
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6:30 p.m.
The boos just keep coming for U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo.
Solo riled some Brazilians before the Rio Games started with when she posted a photo of herself on social media decked out in mosquito netting and armed with insecticide, with the caption: “Not sharing this!!! Get your own! (hashtag) zikaproof.”
As a result, fans at Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte were booing her and shouting “Zika!” each time she touched the ball Saturday night during a group stage match against France.
It was a tradition that started for the U.S. Olympic opener against New Zealand on Wednesday.
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6:30 p.m.
Hungary’s Emese Szasz rallied to win the gold medal in women’s epee fencing Saturday at the Carioca Arena 3.
Szasz, ranked seventh in the world, stunned two-time world champion Rossella Fiamingo of Italy 15-13 after trailing by as many as four points.
China’s Yiwen Sun won bronze, beating Lauren Rembi of France 15-13 on a stab with 37 seconds to go.
Szasz’s win capped an opening day marked by big upsets. Top-ranked Anqi Xu of China, third-ranked Tatiana Logunova of Russia and all three U.S. fencers were eliminated in the round of 32.
Second-ranked Sarra Besbes of Tunisia was knocked out in the quarterfinals.
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6:30 p.m.
Brazilian military and police “have absolute confidence” that the bullet which flew through the roof of a media tent at the Olympic Equestrian Center was simply “an unfortunate incident.”
There was a scare during the lunch break at the dressage event Saturday as a military-looking bullet pierced the roof of the tent and landed on the floor. The competition was not disrupted and nobody was hurt.
Rio 2016 communications head Mario Andrada says authorities are investigating the incident and “they can clearly determine this area was not the target, it was a stray bullet.”
Andrada adds “they can confirm it has nothing to do with the games but they cannot be more precise at the moment.”
The security around the Deodoro competition venue has been reinforced.
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6:15 p.m.
South Korea was nearly flawless to beat the United States in the men’s team archery final Saturday at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
The Korean powerhouse scored in the 10 range on 15 of its 18 arrows to knock off the Americans, 6-0. South Korea has now captured five of the eight Olympic gold medals in the men’s team event.
The U.S. took home silver for a second straight Olympics. Australia beat China for bronze.
New world-record holder Kim Woojin scored a 10 on five of his six shots in the final. His teammate Ku Bonchan was 6 for 6.
So convincing was the win that American Jake Kaminski bowed to the Koreans after the match. Kaminski, Zach Garrett and Brady Ellison combined for 10 shots that scored a 10.
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6:15 p.m.
Make it 2-0 for USA Boxing in Rio.
Nico Hernandez won a unanimous decision over two-time Olympian Manuel Cappai. Hernandez looked sharp over the final two rounds against the Italian fighter in the opening session of the boxing tournament.
There are only six men on the boxing team and just one serious medal contender. The American men failed to win any Olympic medals for the first time in London.
Hernandez is from Wichita, Kansas, and his parents were set to leave the U.S. for the first time to watch their son.
American fans starting “U-S-A!” chanted were quickly drowned out by boos by fans who again seemed to enjoy rooting against the United States. Lightweight Carlos Balderas also heard boos when he became the first American in the boxing tournament to win his bout earlier in the day.
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6:05 p.m.
Beslan Mudranov is Russia’s first medalist of the Rio Olympics after beating Kazakhstan’s Yeldos Smetov in a judo final between representatives of two countries recently buffeted by doping scandals.
Mudranov took gold in the men’s 60-kilogram division, beating Smetov on a golden score.
Russia is competing in Rio with a team diminished by doping scandals and bans, particularly in track and weightlifting.
Neighboring Kazakhstan faces losing five weightlifting gold medals from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics after its champions’ drug test samples were retested and found to contain steroids.
Japan’s Naohisa Takato and Uzbekistan’s Diyorbek Urozboev took the bronze medals in the 60kg division.
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6 p.m.
The first judo gold medal of the Olympic games went to Argentina’s Paula Pareto, a former bronze medalist from the Beijing Games and now a qualified doctor.
The third-ranked Pareto jumped repeatedly in victory when she defeated South Korea’s Bokyeong Jeong in the women’s 48-kilogram division, much to the delight of a crowd packed with Argentinians waving their national flag. Pareto climbed into the crowds afterward to be enveloped not only by giddy fans, but numerous flags.
After hugging one particularly patriotic fan whose face was painted in blue and white, Pareto was left with faint traces of blue paint on the right side of her face.
The two bronze medals went to Japan’s Ami Kondo and Kazakhstan’s Otgontsetseg Galbadrakh.
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5:25 p.m.
Hoang Xuan Vihn’s first gold medal also was Vietnam’s first Olympic gold medal ever.
Hoang rallied to beat hometown favorite Felipe Almeida Wu on the final shot of men’s 10-meter air pistol. Vietnam had previously won two medals, both silver, in previous Olympic games.
Wu trailed by as many as 2.3 points, but moved 0.2 ahead of Hoang with a 10.2 on his penultimate shot. The Brazilian hit 10.1 on his final shot, setting off a raucous chant of “Wu!” from the crowd, but Hoang shot 10.7 to earn gold.
Hoang raised his arms in triumph following the final shot and the Brazilian fans sent Wu off with another chant.
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5:10 p.m.
The U.S. men’s gymnastics team is on top through two subdivisions in preliminary qualifying.
Led by four-time national champion Sam Mikulak, the Americans posted a score of 270.405 to move ahead of reigning world champion Japan, which topped the first subdivision with a score of 269.294.
Mikulak is currently third in the all-around despite a fall on pommel horse. U.S. team captain Chris Brooks is 14th. The top eight teams move on to Monday night’s team final. The top 24 individual qualifiers move to the all-around final on Thursday night.
Great Britain is third and Brazil fourth. China and Russia are scheduled to compete in the final subdivision later Saturday.
The U.S. put up the best score during preliminaries in London four years ago but faded to fifth in the team final.
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5:10 p.m.
After a build-up dominated by doping scandals, Russia is guaranteed its first medal of the Rio Olympics.
Beslan Mudranov will leave Rio with at least a silver medal after he beat Georgia’s Amiran Papinashvili in the semifinal of the men’s 60-kilogram division in judo.
Mudranov will fight Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan in the final later Saturday.
Russia is competing in Rio with a team diminished by doping scandals and bans, with the entire weightlifting team banned and all but one athlete excluded in track and field.
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5:10 p.m.
Katie Ledecky has positioned herself to swim for the United States in the final of the 4×100-meter freestyle relay.
Ledecky took the anchor leg in the preliminaries Saturday and posted what was by far the fastest time among the four American swimmers. Her split was 52.64 seconds, good enough to rally the U.S. to second in the heat behind the favored Australians.
Amanda Weir was next fastest at 53.60, followed by Lia Neal (53.63) and Allison Schmitt (53.72).
Abbey Weitzeil and Simone Manuel rested up for the evening final. They’ll likely be joined by Ledecky and one other swimmer, with Dana Vollmer also a possibility.
Ledecky is favored to win gold in her three individual events, and she’ll also be the anchor on the 4×200 freestyle relay.
That means she could leave Rio with as many as five medals.
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5:10 p.m.
Brazil’s defending judo champion, Sarah Menezes, is leaving the Rio Games empty-handed.
After a loss in the quarter finals this morning, Menezes returned to the mat against top-ranked Urantsetseg Munkhbat, but failed to find the form that won her the title at the London Olympics.
The two were locked in a largely defensive match, with both judokas struggling to knock the other off balance.
In the decisive “golden score” round, Munkhbat swung her legs over Menezes head after the two fell to the ground. The Mongolian quickly applied an armbar – hyperextending Menezes’ arm to the point it might break. Menezes tapped out in submission, automatically giving Munkhbat the victory.
In the men’s division, Brazil’s other judo medal hope on Saturday, Felipe Kitadai, was beaten by Diyorbek Urozboev of Uzbekistan, eliminating him from the bronze medal match.
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5:10 p.m.
South Korea and the United States will meet in the final of the men’s team archery competition Saturday at the Rio Olympics.
The countries are the top two seeds and turned in easy wins in the semifinals. Led by new world-record holder Kim Woojin, South Korea beat Australia 6-0 in the first semifinal match at the Sambadrome.
Bolstered by the shooting of Brady Ellison, the Americans knocked off China 6-0. The United States is trying for its first Olympic gold medal in the event since 1996.
The bronze-medal match will be between Australia and China.
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4:50 p.m.
Australia has set an Olympic record in the women’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay preliminaries.
The team of Madison Wilson, Brittany Elmslie and sisters Bronte and Cate Campbell were timed in 3 minutes, 32.39 seconds Saturday. Cate Campbell, the world record holder in the 100 free, swam her anchor leg in 51.80 seconds.
Katie Ledecky raced for the first time at the Rio Games, anchoring the U.S. team to the second-fastest time of 3:33.59. She was joined by Amanda Weir, Lia Neal and Allison Schmitt.
The final is Saturday night.
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4:50 p.m.
South Korea and the United States have easily advanced to the semifinals of the men’s team archery competition at the Rio Olympics.
Led by new world-record holder Kim Woojin, the Koreans beat the Netherlands 6-0 and will face Australia inside the Sambadrome.
Bolstered by the shooting of Brady Ellison, the Americans knocked off Indonesia, 6-2. The Americans will meet China, which knocked off defending champion Italy.
South Korea and the Americans are the top two seeds in the tournament. Each team walked out for its match to the beat of samba music and dancers.
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4:50 p.m.
Australia’s John Millman got off to a perfect start in Rio de Janeiro: The first 6-0, 6-0 men’s match in Olympic tennis history.
Millman made only two unforced errors, 25 fewer than his opponent, Lithuania’s Ricardas Berankis, in the 50-minute rout.
Said Millman: “I feel for him, because I’ve been on the end of some pretty big spankings before.”
It was not easy to see this one coming, considering the players’ ATP rankings: Berankis is No. 71, while Millman is No. 75.
Even Millman acknowledged: “Of course it’s surprising.”
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4:50 p.m.
American tennis player Jack Sock says he was diagnosed with walking pneumonia just before he left for Rio.
The 14th-seeded Sock lost his first-round match to 118th-ranked Taro Daniel of Japan 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday. He revealed afterward that he had been sick since the end of his run at Wimbledon in early July. What started as the common cold turned into a cough that just wouldn’t go away.
The 23-year-old Sock says he went to his doctor the night before he departed for Rio de Janeiro but there was no way he was going to miss his first Olympics.
He still plans to play in doubles with Steve Johnson and possibly mixed doubles.
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4:50 p.m.
Australian swimmer Mack Horton is taking aim at Chinese star Sun Yang.
Horton was asked about a reported incident between the two at the practice pool earlier in the week. The Aussie says Sun “splashed me to say hello, and I didn’t respond because I don’t have time for drug cheats.”
In 2014, Sun served a three-month suspension in 2014 for using a banned stimulant.
Horton spoke Saturday after posting the second-fastest time in the preliminaries of the 400-meter freestyle behind American Conor Dwyer.
Sun also advanced to the evening final with the fourth-best time. He’s the defending gold medalist in the 400 free.
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4:20 p.m.
Vietnam’s Hoang Xaun Vihn has won his first Olympic gold medal, rallying to beat hometown favorite Felipe Almeida Wu on the final shot of men’s 10-meter air pistol.
Wu trailed by as many as 2.3 points, but moved 0.2 ahead of Hoang with a 10.2 on his penultimate shot.
The Brazilian hit 10.1 on his final shot, setting off a raucous chant of “Wu!” from the crowd, but Hoang shot 10.7 to earn gold.
Hoang raised his arms in triumph following the final shot and the Brazilian fans sent Wu off with another chant.
China’s Pang Wei, the gold medalist at the 2008 Beijing Games, captured bronze.
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French gymnast Samir Ait Said’s Olympics ended when he severely injured his left leg while vaulting during team preliminaries on Saturday.
Said’s leg bent awkwardly as he tried to land, the sound of the injury echoing through the arena.
Said writhed on the ground in agony while medical officials tended to him. He exited on a stretcher to a standing ovation.
The injury came minutes after Germany’s Andreas Toba hurt his knee during floor exercise. Toba abandoned his routine and was helped off by trainers but managed to compete on pommel horse before exiting to receive medical attention.
The U.S. men are leading halfway through the second subdivision thanks to a strong performance from four-time national champion Sam Mikulak. Great Britain, which took third at last year’s world championships, is second. The top eight teams in qualifying will move on to Monday night’s team final.
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3:55 p.m.
The first upset is in on Day 1 of the women’s Olympic volleyball tournament.
Upstart Netherlands, back in the Olympics for the first time in 20 years since Atlanta in 1996, defeated medal favorite and third-ranked China in five sets Saturday, 25-23, 21-25, 18-25, 25-22, 15-13 at Maracanazinho arena.
“This was really unbelievable, incredible,” Netherlands outside hitter Celeste Plak said.
Next up for the Netherlands will be another tough pool-play opponent for the Dutch: A matchup with the top-ranked American women on Monday.
The Dutch know their challenge to get out of pool play.
“We want to make something extraordinary not something ordinary,” said fist-pumping Netherlands coach Giovanni Guidetti.
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3:55 p.m.
Yulia Efimova is officially in the Rio Olympics.
The Russian swimmer was added to the start list for Sunday’s 100-meter breaststroke after initially being banned because of a previous doping violation.
Efimova has been a flashpoint in the Russian doping scandal because she not only served a 16-month suspension for doping, she tested positive again this year for the now-banned substance meldonium.
That result was placed on hold while WADA does further studies on the drug, which was added to the list of banned substances Jan. 1.
Efimova, the reigning world champion in the 100 breast, was initially banned along with six other Russian swimmers who either had positive tests on their record or were named in an investigation of the massive, state-sanctioned doping scheme.
Now, it looks like they’ll all be competing in Rio.
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3:55 p.m.
Miguel Duran Navia of Spain dived in too early in his preliminary heat of the 400-meter freestyle, triggering an automatic disqualification.
He slapped the water and hung his head on the lane line, realizing he was out of Saturday’s heats. He sat on the edge of the pool, his hand covering his mouth.
Duran appeared to be crying as he picked up his clothing and walked off the deck while fans applauded in sympathy.
Moments later, Duran reappeared and took his position on the starting block, having been given a reprieve.
He finished seventh in his heat.
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3:55 p.m.
Legendary cricket player Sachin Tendulkar watched the debut of rugby sevens at the Olympics on Saturday, sitting beside IOC president Thomas Bach during the women’s Group A match between the United States and Fiji at the Deodoro Stadium.
Tendulkar, who retired as the most prolific scorer in cricket and remains the most famous sports person in India, could be instrumental figure in any bid cricket makes for inclusion in the Olympic sports program.
Rugby sevens was added in 2009 to the program for Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. The traditional 15-a-side rugby union was last played at the Olympics in 1924.
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3:40 p.m.
Adam Peaty of Britain has lowered his world record in the 100-meter breaststroke preliminaries at the Rio Olympics.
He qualified first in 57.55 seconds Saturday, lowering his old mark of 57.92 set in London on April 17, 2015.
Peaty and 15 other swimmers moved on to the evening semifinals.
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3:40 p.m.
WORLD RECORD: Adam Peaty of Britain lowers his world record in the 100-meter breaststroke preliminaries at the Rio Olympics.
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3:30 p.m.
Defending Olympic champion Ye Shiwen of China has failed to qualify for the final of the women’s 400-meter individual medley.
Ye finished 27th among 33 swimmers in Saturday’s preliminaries with a time of 4 minutes, 45.86 seconds.
Ye nearly lost her world record, too.
Katinka Hosszu of Hungary was under world-record pace for much of the race and missed taking down Ye’s mark by just 15-hundreths of a second. Ye set the record of 4:28.43 four years ago at the London Olympics.
Hosszu, nicknamed “The Iron Lady” because she swims so many events, was the fastest qualifier in 4:28.58.
Also advancing to the late-night final were Mireia Belmonte Garcia of Spain in second, American Maya DiRado in third and Hannah Miley of Britain in fourth. Elizabeth Beisel of the U.S. was sixth-fastest to get into the eight-woman final.
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FAILED TO QUALIFY: Defending Olympic champion Ye Shiwen of China has failed to qualify for the final of the women’s 400-meter individual medley.
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3:10 p.m.
There was a scare at the Olympic Equestrian Center as a military bullet pierced the roof of the media tent and landed on the floor.
The incident occurred during the lunch break at the dressage event Saturday. The competition was not disrupted and nobody was hurt.
The bullet landed inches from one of the media tables at the end of the room where the press conferences are held, leaving a clear hole in the roof. An official statement is expected shortly.
The arena is located near a military compound.
The incident was immediately reported and the bullet collected, while Brazilian military was swiftly at the scene.
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2:55 p.m.
Lightweight Carlos Balderas has USA Boxing off to a winning start in Rio.
Balderas won a close but unanimous decision over Kazakhstan’s Berik Abdrakhmanov in the opening session of the boxing tournament Saturday.
Balderas credited his successful mid-fight adjustments to U.S. coach Billy Walsh, a veteran amateur mastermind who led the Irish national team until last year.
Balderas had over 20 friends and family members in the Rio stands because he qualified in November, giving them plenty of time to buy tickets. They tried a “U-S-A!” chant during the fight, but were booed down by the rest of the crowd.
Just six American men and two women qualified for Rio.
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2:45 p.m.
Swimmer Yusra Mardini of the refugee team competing under the Olympic flag at the Rio Games won her preliminary heat in the 100-meter butterfly.
However, that result wasn’t fast enough to advance Mardini to the semifinals on Saturday. Her time of 1 minute, 9.21 seconds was 41st overall.
The top 16 swimmers moved on to the late-night semifinals. By comparison, Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden had the top qualifying time of 56.26 seconds.
Mardini was a competitive swimmer in Syria until she left Damascus with her sister a year ago and settled in Berlin.
