Poland grants visa to Belarus Olympian

Poland granted a visa Monday to a Belarusian authorities relentlessly crack down on govern- Olympic sprinter who said she feared for her ment critics. The runner said on her Instagram safety and that her team’s offi cials tried to force account that she was put in the 4x400 relay Krystsina Tsiman- her to fl y home, where the autocratic govern- even though she has never raced in the event. ouskaya, of Belarus, ment was accused of diverting a fl ight to arrest The runner was then apparently hustled to runs in the women’s a dissident journalist. An activist group that is the airport but refused to board a fl ight for Istan- 100-meter at the helping athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya told bul and instead approached police for help. In 2020 Summer Olym- The Associated Press that it bought her a plane a fi lmed message distributed on social media, pics, on July 30. (AP) ticket to Warsaw for the coming days. she also asked the International Olympic Com- The current standoff apparently began after mittee for assistance. “I was put under pres- Tsimanouskaya criticized how offi cials were sure, and they are trying to forcibly take me out managing her team - setting off a massive of the country without my consent,” the 24-year- backlash in state-run media back home, where old said in the message. (AP)

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15 Japan rally past US to reach semifi nals

Serbia sweep South Korea SKorea top Israel YOKOHAMA, Japan, Aug. US women’s 2, (AP): tied it with an RBI grounder team head to quarters off Scott McGough in the , Aug. 2, (AP): Coach knew there ninth inning, would be challenges and adversity to overcome if the U.S. a winning single against women’s volleyball team wanted to achieve its goals at the Tokyo Olympics. Edwin Jackson in the 10th He sure was right during pool play, and now the Ameri- and Japan beat the United cans are in position to make a run at their fi rst gold medal in States 7-6 Monday night to the sport after winning their group. Two key starters have gone down with ankle injuries, an reach the Olympic semifi - assistant coach spent two weeks in quarantine as a close con- nals. tact to someone who tested positive for COVID-19 and the Japan overcame a 6-5, ninth- Americans dealt with a straight-set loss to the team known inning defi cit against McGough, a as the Olympic Committee. 31-year-old former But after fi nishing the preliminary stage with a tense, fi ve- reliever with 16 saves in his third set win over on Monday despite setter season with the Central League’s joining star Jordan Thompson on the sideline with a rolled right ankle, the U.S. heads into the quarterfi nals in good Yakult Swallows. He walked Seiya form. Suzuki with one out as rain started to fall, then allowed a single to Hi- deto Asamura that put runners at VOLLEYBALL the corners. Yanagita hit a chopper to second, driving in a run on the groundout. In Kiraly’s fi rst Olympics as a head coach, the Americans Under tournament rules, extra in- raced through their fi rst six matches undefeated before los- nings start with runners on fi rst and ing in the semifi nals to after star blocker Foluke Ak- second, an even more extreme distor- inradewo Gunderson went down with a knee injury. tion than the The injuries to Thompson and Poulter haven’t slowed runner-on-second rule used since the down the U.S. team yet in Tokyo, with Annie Drews thriv- Japan’s dives back to fi rst on a pickoff attempt during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the United States start of the 2020 pandemic season. ing in place of Thompson as an opposite and Micha Hancock at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on Aug. 2, in Yokohama, Japan. (AP) Ryoji Kuribayashi (1-0) retired the stepping in at setter after Poulter got hurt. side in order in the top half, and Jack- Drews led the team with 22 points in the fi ve-set win over son (0-1), a 37-year-old veteran of a Italy in her fi rst Olympic start after Thompson rolled her an- Australia, US and Japan advance to quarters record 14 major league teams, relieved kle upon landing on a teammate’s foot in a loss Saturday to in the bottom of the inning. the ROC. Pinch-hitter Ryoya Kurihara sacri- Thompson was watching from the stands. She is working fi ced, manager Mike Scioscia went to tirelessly to rehab the injury in hopes of being able to return China undefeated in women’s pool play the mound and the U.S. went to a fi ve- later in the tournament. man infi eld. Serbia (4-1) swept South Korea earlier Monday, but both SAITAMA, Japan, Aug. 2, (AP): Li Yueru fi nal 2:19 to clinch and start a celebration. Kai, who had entered as a defensive teams advanced to the quarterfi nals out of Pool A along with scored 14 points, and China fi nished pool play US 93, 82 replaced, lined the next pitch off the (4-0) and the Dominican Republic. undefeated beating Olympic newcomer Bel- A’ja Wilson scored 22 points and Breanna right-fi eld wall. Italy (3-2) took second place in Pool B followed by Tur- gium 74-62 Monday night. Stewart added 17 to help the U.S. beat France Japan (3-0) will play South Korea key (3-2) and ROC (3-2). Both China and Belgium had already quali- 93-82. (3-1) on Wednesday night for a spot in The Russians will play the winner of Group A, which will fi ed for the quarterfi nals with only seeding The win was the 52nd in a row for the U.S. the fi nal. be either Serbia or Brazil. A draw late Monday will deter- on the line when they played. China (3-0) dating back to the bronze medal game of the The U.S. (2-1) fell into the loser’s mine the other two matchups. fi nished atop Group C, while Belgium (2-1) 1992 Olympics. The U.S. went undefeated in bracket of the double-elimination sec- remains one of the four seeded teams in the group play - albeit not in the dominant fashion ond round. To reach this weekend’s quarterfi nals based on point differential. the team is used to - and advanced to the quar- fi nal, it must beat the winner of Tues- Belgium led 21-17 after the fi rst 10 minutes terfi nals. The Americans (3-0) haven’t lost a day’s elimination game between the but China was up 38-37 at halftime. The lead game in group play since women’s basketball Dominican Republic (1-2) and Israel was cut to one with 1.3 seconds left when Emma was added to the Olympics in 1976. (1-3), and then the Japan-South Korea Meesseman hit two free throws after Huang Si- Even with the loss, France (1-2) advanced loser. to the quarterfi nals because of point differen- tial with the other third-place teams. The team BASEBALL BASKETBALL had to lose by 14 points or less to advance. Japan 102, Nigeria 83 Saki Hayashi scored 23 points and Japan jing was accessed an unsportsmanlike foul, her China’s Ting Shao (7) drives past Bel- shot its way into the quarterfi nals with a 102- Boston prospect Triston Casas hit second. Meesseman had 20 points by halftime gium’s Kim Mestdagh (5) during a wom- 83 rout of Nigeria in the fi nal pool play game a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the but only scored four in the second half. en’s basketball preliminary round game at for both teams. fi fth inning for a 6-3 lead after Todd The Chinese led 59-52 after the third quar- the 2020 Summer Olympics, on Aug. 2, in Frazier started a comeback from a 2-0 Saitama, Japan. (AP) Yuki Miyazwa added 19 points for the host ter and never trailed again. nation, which made 19 3-pointers in the game. defi cit with an RBI double off former Li Meng added 11 points for China, and Yankees teammate . needing to beat Puerto Rico by at least 24 Japan (2-1) got off to a fast start from the Yang Liwei and Pan Zhenqi each had 10. fi eld, making seven of its fi rst nine 3-point Host Japan, seeking its fi rst baseball Julie Allemand and Kim Mestdagh scored points to advance with another tiebreaker. attempts to go up 30-22 after the fi rst quar- gold medal, chased Tampa Bay pros- 12 apiece for Belgium. Anything less would send the Opals home ter. Nigeria cut its defi cit to 38-36 before Ja- pect Shane Baz in the third inning. United States’ Andrea Drews, (left), spikes a ball past Australia 96, Puerto Rico 69 with Canada advancing to the quarterfi nals. pan scored 13 straight points to take control. Tanaka, who returned to Japan this Italy’s Caterina Chiara Bosetti during the women’s vol- Marianna Tolo scored 26 points, and Austral- FanDuel set a line favoring Australia by 36. Hayashi had consecutive 3-pointers sand- season after seven years in New York, leyball preliminary round pool B match between United ia beat Puerto Rico 95-69 to advance to the quar- The Opals didn’t match that. They did win wiched around a steal of the inbounds pass in left in a three-run fourth after Mark States and Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on Aug. terfi nals of the women’s Olympic tournament. by enough to end Canada’s stay before the between them. She had 20 points in the half, Kolozsvary’s run-scoring single and a 2, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP) The world’s second-ranked team came in knockout round needing a 10-0 run over the hitting six 3-pointers. go-ahead single by No. 9 hitter Nick Allen. , the 2019 Cen- tral League MVP for the Yomiuri Olympic Medalists Spain, win water polo groups Giants, tied it 3-3 in the bottom half TOKYO, Aug. 2, (AP): Spain goal- . against former St. Louis pitcher keeper Unai Aguirre yelled and The last day of group play finalized Brandon Dickson with his second splashed toward his bench. He wagged the matchups for the quarters on double, but the U.S. broke ahead in ATHLETICS GYMNASTICS his finger after a couple of saves. Wednesday. Spain takes on the U.S., the fifth against right-hander Koyo Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Men’s Rings Forget about all the hard-throwing and Greece faces Montenegro. Italy- Aoyagi. GOLD: Soufi ane El Bakkali, Morocco GOLD: Yang Liu, China field players in water polo at the Serbia and Croatia-Hungary are the Eddy Alvarez, the 2014 speedskating SILVER: Lamecha Girma, Ethiopia SILVER: Hao You, China silver medalist turned baseball player, BRONZE: Eleftherios Petrounias, Greece Tokyo Olympics. It’s all about defense other two matchups. BRONZE: Benjamin Kigen, Kenya heading into the quarterfinals. Led by the excitable Aguirre, who and Tyler Austin singled. That brough Men’s Long Jump Men’s Spain and Greece won their respec- turned 19 on July 14, Spain limited up Casas, a 21-year-old Double-A GOLD: Miltiadis Tentoglou, Greece GOLD: Jeahwan Shin, South Korea player and former fi rst-round draft pick, SILVER: Denis Abliazin, ROC tive groups Monday with a pair of Croatia to one goal in the first half and SILVER: Juan Miguel Echevarria, Cuba BRONZE: Artur Davtyan, Armenia solid defensive performances. Aguirre then turned away every push by the whose go-ahead, two-run homer de- BRONZE: Maykel Masso, Cuba made 10 saves to lead Spain to an 8-4 2012 Olympic champions down the cided Saturday’s win over South Korea. Women’s Exercise He drove an outside 2-1 pitch to the op- Women’s 100m Hurdles GOLD: , United States victory over Croatia, and Greece rolled stretch. Alejandro Bustos Sanchez GOLD: Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Puerto Rico SILVER: , Italy to a 14-5 victory against the United helped put it away with a 6-on-5 goal posite fi eld for a 6-3 lead. SILVER: Kendra Harrison, United States BRONZE: , Japan States. with 2:41 left. Japan pulled within a run in the bot- BRONZE: Megan Tapper, Jamaica BRONZE: , ROC Spain is aiming for its first medal at tom half against Anthony Carter when Women’s 5000m SHOOTING the Olympics since it won gold in Suzuki, Japan’s 2019 Der- GOLD: Sifan Hassan, Netherlands WATER POLO 1996, and Perrone said its defense is by champion, crushed a leadoff homer, 50m Rifl e 3 Positions Men SILVER: Hellen Obiri, Kenya key to the way it wants to play. Asamura doubled and Ryosuke Ku- BRONZE: Gudaf Tsegay, Ethiopia GOLD: Changhong Zhang, China kichi hit a run-scoring infi eld single. SILVER: Sergey Kamenskiy, ROC Greece is going for its first medal at Women’s Discus Throw BRONZE: Milenko Sebic, Serbia Spain allowed a tournament-low 31 the Olympics. It has come close Texas minor leaguer Ryder Ryan came in and escaped further damage. GOLD: Valarie Allman, United States 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men goals while going 5-0 in Group B. before, losing to Russia in the bronze SILVER: Kristin Pudenz, Germany Greece permitted just 34 goals while medal match in 2004. It finished sixth South Korea 11, Israel 1 BRONZE: Yaime Perez, Cuba GOLD: Jean Quiquampoix, France SILVER: Leuris Pupo, Cuba going 4-0-1 in Group A. Italy, the only at the Rio Games. Former big league outfi elder Hyun BRONZE: Yuehong Li, China other undefeated team at 3-0-2, yield- Greece was among the last teams to Soo Kim, who played for Baltimore ed the second-fewest goals in group secure a spot in Tokyo, finishing sec- Men’s Singles WEIGHTLIFTING and Philadelphia in 2016-17, capped a GOLD: , Denmark play at 32. ond in the qualification tournament in seven-run fi fth with a two-run homer SILVER: Long Chen, China Women’s 87kg Serbia also won Monday, shutting the Netherlands in February. But it off 34-year-old left-hander Jeremy BRONZE: , Indonesia GOLD: Zhouyu Wang, China down Montenegro for a 13-6 victory, looks determined to make the most of Bleich, a Pittsburgh advance scouting SILVER: Tamara Yajaira Salazar Arce, Ecuador and Italy played to a 5-5 draw against its time in Japan. Women’s Doubles BRONZE: Crismery Dominga Santana Peguero, Domini- assistant who retired as professional GOLD: Indonesia (, Apriyani Rahayu) can Republic player in 2019. SILVER: China (Qing Chen Chen, Yi Fan Jia) Kim hit his second double of the BRONZE: South Korea (Soyeong Kim, Heeyong Kong) Women’s +87kg GOLD: Wenwen Li, China game with two outs in the seventh CYCLING TRACK SILVER: Emily Jade Campbell, Britain against 42-year-old right-hander Sh- BRONZE: Sarah Elizabeth Robles, United States lomo Lipetz, who will return to his day Women’s Team Sprint job at New York’s City Winery after GOLD: China (Shanju Bao, Tianshi Zhong) WRESTLING the Olympics. Soo scored on Hye- SILVER: Germany (Lea Sophie Friedrich, Emma Hinze) Men’s Greco-Roman 130kg seong Kim’s single, making this the BRONZE: ROC (Daria Shmeleva, Anastasiia Voinova) GOLD: Mijain Lopez Nunez, Cuba fi rst game of the tournament cut short SILVER: Iakobi Kajaia, EQUESTRIAN under an Olympic rout rule. BRONZE: Riza Kayaalp, Israel (1-3) plays an elimination Eventing Individual BRONZE: Sergei Semenov, ROC game Tuesday against the Dominican GOLD: Julia Krajewski, Germany Men’s Greco-Roman 60kg Republic (1-2). SILVER: Tom McEwen, Britain GOLD: Luis Alberto Orta Sanchez, Cuba BRONZE: Andrew Hoy, Australia Ji-hwan Oh hit a two-run homer in SILVER: Kenichiro Fumita, Japan the second as South Korea took a 3-0 Eventing Team BRONZE: Sailike Walihan, China GOLD: Britain (Tom McEwen, Laura Collett, Oliver BRONZE: Sergey Emelin, ROC lead. Baek-ho Kang had four of South Townend) Women’s Freestyle 76kg Korea’s 18 hits. SILVER: Australia (Kevin McNab, Shane Rose, Andrew GOLD: Aline Rotter Focken, Germany After Danny Valencia’s bases- Hoy) SILVER: Adeline Maria Gray, United States loaded walk cut the lead to 3-1 in the BRONZE: France (Nicolas Touzaint, Karim Florent Lag- BRONZE: Yasemin Adar, Turkey United States’ Ben Stevenson (10) is defended by Greece’s Marios Ka- fi fth, Sang-woo Cho (1-0) retired Ryan houag, Christopher Six) BRONZE: Qian Zhou, China. (AP) potsis (4) during a preliminary round men’s water polo match at the 2020 Lavarnway on an inning-ending hump- Summer Olympics, on Aug. 2, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP) back liner to the pitcher.