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SUMMER OLYMPICS

TV Schedule Subject to Change Today NBC and NBC HD, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. – Men’s Basket- ball-USA vs. (LIVE); ; Beach Volley- ball; Men’s Water Polo-USA vs. China; Women’s Cy- cling Road Race; Women’s Weightlifting-53kg Gold Medal Final; Men’s & Women’s Badminton; Rowing 7 p.m.-Midnight – Swimming (LIVE): Gold Medal Finals: Men’s 100-meter Breaststroke, Men’s 4x100- meter Freestyle Relay, Women’s 100-meter Butterfl y, Women’s 400-meter Freestyle; Men’s 200-meter Freestyle semifi nals; Men’s 100-meter semifi nals; Women’s 100-meter Backstroke semi- fi nals and Women’s 100-meter Breaststroke semi- fi nals; Women’s Gymnastics Team Competition; Women’s Diving-Springboard Synchronized Gold Medal Final; Men’s and Women’s Rowing-Eights Competition 12:35-2 a.m. – Women’s Volleyball-USA vs. (LIVE) CNBC and CNBC HD, Midnight-4:30 a.m. – Tennis (LIVE); Boxing 64kg, 69kg Competition (LIVE) 4-7 p.m. – Boxing 64kg, 69kg Competition USA and USA HD, 2 a.m.-2 p.m. – Men’s Soc- cer-USA vs. (LIVE) and Argentina vs. ; Men’s Basketball- vs. Argentina (LIVE); Tennis (LIVE); Beach Volleyball; Equestrian- Dressage; Women’s Archery-Team Gold Medal Final; Men’s Weightlifting 56kg Gold Medal Final MSNBC, 5 a.m.-5 p.m. – Men’s Soccer- vs. South Korea (LIVE); Men’s Volleyball-Serbia vs. Rus- sia and Bulgaria vs. China; Women’s Field Hockey- USA vs. Argentina (LIVE); Men’s Shooting-Trap Gold Medal Final; Men’s Water Polo- vs. Montenegro and Croatia vs. Italy; Badminton; Men’s Handball-Croatia vs. TELEMUNDO – 4 a.m.-2 p.m. – Men’s Soccer- Argentina vs. Australia (LIVE) and New Zealand vs. Brazil; Men’s Volleyball; Swimming-Gold Medal Finals; Men’s Basketball; Men’s Gymnastics; Beach Volleyball 6-7 p.m. – Boxing Elimination Bouts Midnight-1 a.m. – TBA ASSOCIATED PRESS/REUTERS UNIVERSAL HD – 24-hour MSNBC & CNBC HD Simulcasts and Coverage NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL, 2:30 Above left, Mariel Zagunis strikes U.S. teammate during the gold medal match in Beijing, which was won by Zagunis. Above right, former President a.m.-2:30 p.m. – Men’s games NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL, 5 a.m.-7 p.m. George H.W. Bush offers a handkerchief to Jacobson, who was taking part in the medal ceremony with Zagunis and Becca Ward, right, who won the bronze. – Men’s games Medals Table Through 4 of 14 medal events Sunday Through 11 of 21 total medal events Country G S B Tot United States 2 2 4 8 China 2 1 0 3 Sweep sends U.S. to top of medal heap South Korea 2 1 0 3 Australia 1 0 1 2 Netherlands 1 0 1 2 Czech Republic 1 0 0 1 ASSOCIATED PRESS “God, we all love Wiz,” Tom 1 0 0 1 Spain 1 0 0 1 BEIJING — With Day 1 of the said, referring to former team- Austria 0 1 0 1 Beijing Olympics almost done, mate Elisabeth Bachman Mc- Cuba 0 1 0 1 Hungary 0 1 0 1 the U.S. medal count was non- Cutcheon by her nickname. “It’s Italy 0 1 0 1 existent. Cuba, Uzbekistan, and 0 1 0 1 hard to put it in words. That’s 0 1 0 1 16 other countries all had brag- not something that’s supposed Zimbabwe 0 1 0 1 Argentina 0 0 1 1 ging rights over the Americans. to happen.” Croatia 0 0 1 1 The closest thing to glory was a 0 0 1 1 North Korea 0 0 1 1 Colorado resident winning gold Gymnastics Switzerland 0 0 1 1 for the Czech Republic. Taiwan 0 0 1 1 The U.S. men fi nished atop Uzbekistan 0 0 1 1 Then came some serious slic- their qualifying group with a Team Scores ing and dicing at the score good enough to clinch a hall. BASKETBALL spot in the team fi nals. Thus, Thanks to a red, white, and Women even without injured stars Paul Australia 83, Belarus 64 blue sweep by saber-swinging and Morgan Hamm, the Ameri- New Zealand 76, Mali 72 women, the U.S. not only landed China 67, Spain 64 cans still have a shot at a medal South Korea 68, Brazil 62, OT on the chart, it came out smack United States 97, Czech Republic 57 — even if it’s a slim one. Russia 62, Latvia 57 dab on top with more medals China, winner of three straight than anyone else. world championships and the United States 22 27 26 22 – 97 Americans were assured of Czech Republic 17 14 13 13 – 57 overwhelming favorite, lived up going 1-2 when Mariel Zagunis to it by soaring to the top of the United States: D.Taurasi 7-13 2-2 17, S.Fowles 7- and Sada Jacobson advanced pack. 9 2-3 16, C.Pondexter 4-5 3-4 12, S.Augustus 2-4 5-6 to the fi nal. Then it was up to 9, C.Parker 3-7 3-7 9, T.Thompson 3-6 1-2 7, K.Smith 2-9 2-2 7, T.Catchings 3-4 0-0 6, S.Bird 2-3 0-0 5, 18-year-old Becca Ward to win Beach volleyball L.Leslie 2-4 0-0 4, K.Lawson 1-4 0-0 3, D.Milton- Jones 1-3 0-0 2, Totals 37-71 18-26 97. the bronze. She did, followed by Czech Republic: E.Viteckova 4-9 2-2 12, J.Vesela Zagunis taking gold and Jacob- Being defending world cham- 2-3 4-6 8, E.Sujanova 3-5 1-1 7, K.Elhotova 3-8 0-0 7, pions, having won 21 straight H.Machova 2-7 2-2 6, I.Vecerova 1-6 2-4 4, R.Hejdova son silver. 1-3 0-0 3, M.Uhrova 1-2 0-0 3, M.Mokrosova 1-4 0- China fi nished the day leading international matches, and get- 0 3, M.Hartigova 1-1 0-0 2, P.Kulichova 1-7 0-0 2, ting a visit from President Bush M.Svobodova 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 20-55 11-15 57. 2-1 in the gold race. It might’ve Halftime–United States 49, Czech Republic did little for Todd Rogers and 31. 3-Point goals–United States 5-17 (D.Taurasi been 3-1 if not for Katerina Em- 1-5, C.Pondexter 1-1, K.Smith 1-5, S.Bird 1-2, mons, the Czech shooter who Phil Dalhausser. They lost their NEW YORK TIMES K.Lawson 1-2, T.Thompson 0-1, T.Catchings 0-1), opening match to a Latvian Czech Republic 6-15 (E.Viteckova 2-4, K.Elhotova lives with her husband, Ameri- Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic won the fi rst gold medal awarded by taking the 10-me- 1-4, R.Hejdova 1-2, M.Uhrova 1-2, M.Mokrosova 1-2, can shooter Matt Emmons, in team that was seeded 23rd in H.Machova 0-1). Fouled out–None. Rebounds–United the 24-team fi eld, which means ter air rifl e event. She lives in Colorado with her husband, American shooter Matt Emmons. States 41 (S.Fowles 14), Czech Republic 32 (J.Vesela Colorado Springs, Colo. 9). Assists–United States 18 (K.Lawson 3), Czech they must win their next two Republic 13 (H.Machova 4). Fouls–United States 16, Emmons was the somewhat Czech Republic 22. surprising winner of the fi rst pool-play matches to get into imer was the top U.S. fi nisher, The Americans created a host the bronze medalist in Athens, SOCCER medal event of these games, the the medal round. placing 11th. of scoring chances, but were defeated European champion Women 10-meter air rifl e. Reigning gold only able to capitalize in the 27th Ludwig Paischer of Austria. 1, Argentina 0 Weightlifting United States 1, Japan 0 medalist Du Li of China was the Women’s basketball minute, when Lloyd volleyed a 1, 0 cross from defender Stephanie Other sports Norway 1, New Zealand 0 favorite, but she wound up fi fth. Chen Xiexia, last year’s world Diana Taurasi scored 17 Canada 1, China 1, tie champion, dominated from points, and Sylvia Fowles added Cox just under the crossbar. tSouth Korea’s Park Sung- Brazil 2, North Korea 1 Volleyball start to fi nish, lifting 210 pounds 16 points and 14 rebounds to China tied Canada 1-1, put- hyun, the defending Olympic ting the host country in position Japan 0 0 –0 The Olympics’ fi rst day in Bei- in the snatch and 258 in the send the U.S. women strolling women’s archery champion, tied United States 1 0 –1 clean and jerk. past the Czech Republic 97-57 in to advance to the quarterfi nals. the Olympic record in the fi rst jing will be remembered more Also, two-time FIFA Player of the for tragedy — the stabbings of By winning the second event front of President Bush and the day of competition. First half–1. United States, C. Lloyd, 27th. Year Marta scored to help Brazil t Second half–No scoring. Todd and Barbara Bachman and of the games, she earned the fi rst U.S. men’s team. Next up for the American sailor Zach Railey Yellow Cards–H. Sawa, Japan, 74th. medal of any shade for the host beat North Korea 2-1; Sweden Red Cards–None. their Chinese tour guide, and the Americans is host China. was second in an Olympic Finn VOLLEYBALL country. WNBA star Lauren Jackson led beat Argentina 1-0; Germany race, fi rst in a series of 11 that suicide of their Chinese attacker. beat Nigeria 1-0 and Norway Women Todd Bachman was killed, while Turkey’s Sibel Ozkan won the medal favorite Australia with 18 will determine the medals. Italy 3, Russia 1 (25-20, 17-25, 25-16, 25-23) silver medal, while Chen Wei- points and 10 rebounds in an beat New Zealand 1-0. tAmerican middleweight Brazil 3, Algeria 0 (25-11, 25-11, 25-10) Barbara Bachman suffered life- Serbia 3, Kazakhstan 1 (25-21, 25-17, 23-25, threatening injuries. Ling of Taiwan fi nished third. 83-64 victory over Belarus. In boxer Shawn Estrada beat Eze- 25-21) Judo Cuba 3, Poland 1 (21-25, 25-17, 25-20, 25-17) The Bachmans are the parents other matches, China beat Spain quiel Maderna of Argentina. China 3, Venezuela 0 (25-13, 25-13, 25-18) Cycling 67-64, South Korea needed over- Romania’s Alina Dumitru won tSerbia’s Jelena Jankovic, who United States 3, Japan 1 (25-20, 20-25, 25-19, of former U.S. Olympian Elisa- 25-21) beth Bachman McCutcheon Samuel Sanchez of Spain time to beat Brazil 68-62, and the women’s 106-pound gold, will become the No. 1 tennis Individual Results and the in-laws of current men’s emerged from a sprint to the New Zealand edged Mali 76-72. throwing Cuba’s Yanet Bermoy player in the world tomorrow, to the mat for the prize after said a sore right calf may knock Swimming volleyball coach Hugh McCutch- fi nish in the shadow of the Great eon. Wall to win the men’s road race, Women’s soccer stunning Japan’s seven-time her out of the Olympics. Men world champion Ryoko Tani in tBecky Holder rode her and 400m Individual Medley, Final Playing hours after learning a trek that covered 152 miles in So much for the U.S. women’s 1. , Baltimore, 4:03.84 (World about the attack on the Bach- hazy air. scoring drought. Midfi elder Carli the semifi nal. Argentina’s Paula her husband Tom’s Courageous record. Old record: 4:05.25, Phelps, June 29, 2008, Pareto and Tani, winner of the Comet to fourth place after the Omaha, Neb.). mans, the U.S. women’s team Italy’s Davide Rebellin won Lloyd scored on a fi rst-half volley 2. Laszlo Cseh, Hungary, 4:06.16. silver on his 37th birthday, while last two golds, won bronze. fi rst half of equestrian’s dressage 3. , Daytona Beach, Fla., 4:08.09. beat Japan 3-1. Emotions came to lead them past Japan 1-0 in 4. Alessio Boggiatto, Italy, 4:12.16. pouring out after, with Logan Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara their fi rst game since a 2-0 loss In the men’s 132-pound class phase of the eventing competi- 5. , Italy, 4:12.47. fi nal, South Korea’s Choi Min-ho, tion. 6. Gergo Kis, Hungary, 4:12.84. Tom bursting into tears. took the bronze. Levi Leiphe- to Norway. 7. Brian Johns, Canada, 4:13.38. 8. Thiago Pereira, Brazil, 4:15.40. 400 Freestyle, Final 1. Park Taehwan, South Korea, 3:41.86. 2. Zhang Lin, China, 3:42.44. “I looked up, and he waved 3. , Bakersfi eld, Calif., 3:42.78. Heat, humidity taking toll on athletes 4. , Rochester, Mich., 3:43.11. the fl ag and nodded his head,” 5. Oussama Mellouli, , 3:43.45. Phelps said. “That was a pretty 6. , Australia, 3:43.84. Phelps ASSOCIATED PRESS day before, though still higher most construction, and closing cool feeling to have the Presi- 7. Yuriy Prilukov, Russia, 3:43.97. BEIJING — After all the wor- than what the World Health some factories in the capital and 8. Nikita Lobintsev, Russia, 3:48.29. Continued from Page 1 dent say congratulations and Women ries about Beijing’s pollution, Organization considers healthy. surrounding provinces. through.” have him in the crowd.” in the end, withering heat and 400 Individual Medley, Final Lochte, who thought he could China considers levels between IOC offi cials said this week 1. , Australia, 4:29.45 (World record. Well, it was for a while. humidity took a greater toll on 51-100 to be moderate pollution, Old record: , United States, 4:31.12, June give Phelps a run for the gold, they believe air quality to be 29, 2008, Omaha, Neb.) The top three traded the lead Olympic athletes. was blown out. and anything more than 100 as safe for athletes but added they 2. , Zimbabwe, 4:29.89. over the butterfl y and backstroke Yesterday marked the fi rst 3. Katie Hoff, Towson, Md., 4:31.71. “I did everything I could, so harmful to sensitive groups, in- would monitor pollution levels 4. , Saunderstown, R.I., 4:34.24. legs. Cseh got off to a quick start, outdoor endurance competition cluding children and the elderly. hourly. Competitions could be 5. , Italy, 4:34.34. touching the fi rst wall just ahead that’s all I can ask for,” Lochte 6. Hannah Miley, Britain, 4:39.44. said. “That was amazing. Setting of the games — the grueling 152- Offi cials at the International postponed or rescheduled if 7. Yana Martynova, Russia, 4:40.04. of Phelps, and Lochte claimed mile men’s cycling road race that Olympic Committee have been smog levels were too high. Air 8. Li Xuanxu, China, 4:42.13. the lead midway through the another world record, you can’t 4X100 Freestyle Relay, Final ask for anything else. That was started at the historic Temple of particularly concerned about quality was being monitored on 1. Netherlands (, 54.37; Ranomi Kro- back. Heaven and wound up at the the impact of pollution on en- an hourly basis at 21 stations. mowidjojo, 53.39; , 53.42; Marleen Phelps had a slight lead at the a great way to start off the meet Veldhuis, 52.58), 3:33.76. (Olympic record. Old record: for USA.” Great Wall. durance sports, like the mara- At the beach volleyball venue Australia, 3:35.94, Aug. 14, 2004, Athens). 200 mark, and it began turning The capital’s thick haze from 2. United States (, Lafayette, Ca- Phelps wasn’t the only swim- thon and cycling, that last more in Chaoyang Park, those in the into a blowout from there. lif., 54.00; , Tucson, Ariz., 53.91; Kara mer to dazzle on what fi gures to the last few days lifted a bit, al- than an hour. crowd tried to cool themselves Lynn Joyce, Ann Arbor, Mich., 53.98; , Los “Looking and seeing all three Angeles, 52.44), 3:34.33. be another assault on the record lowing sunlight through as rid- The city’s notoriously pol- with handheld fans or misters 3. Australia (, 54.43; Alice Mills, of us together pretty much at the book over the nine-day meet. ers wound their way through the luted air, one of the biggest stationed around the concourse. 54.43; , 53.85; Lisbeth Trickett, 200, I wasn’t really comfortable 52.34), 3:35.05. Stephanie Rice of Australia sweltering 6½-hour race over worries for Olympic organizers, President Bush stopped by, his 4. China (, 54.12; , 54.19; Xu with having that close of a race,” Yanwei, 54.64; , 52.69), 3:35.64. went out extremely fast and held the hilly course. had prompted drastic measures back soaked with sweat while 5. Germany (, 53.38; Meike Fre- Phelps said. “I usually have more on at the end to win the women’s “It was a lot better than I ahead of the games, including he offered encouragement to itag, 54.30; Daniela Gotz, 55.34; , of a gap, but it made my breast- 53.83), 3:36.85. 400 IM in 4:29.45 — nearly two expected, really,” U.S. cyclist pulling half of Beijing’s 3.3 mil- the U.S. players on the practice 6. (Celine Couderc, 54.32; Alena Pop- stroke a lot stronger.” Jason McCartney said. “The chanka, 54.54; Ophelie-Cyrielle Etienne, 54.79; Malia seconds faster than the world re- lion vehicles off the road, halting court. Metella, 54.03), 3:37.68. No one was catching Phelps cord of 4:31.12 set by Katie Hoff fi rst couple days training here, 7. Britain (Francesca Halsall, 53.81; Caitlin Mc- in the freestyle. He stretched clatchey, 54.48; Jessica Sylvester, 55.34; Melanie at the U.S. Olympic trials. it was just kind of like, whoa. But Marshall, 54.55), 3:38.18. his lead and powered to the today, maybe the air was a little 8. Canada (Julia Wilkinson, 54.33; Erica Morn- “I sort of turned around and ingstar, 54.35; Genevieve Saumur, 54.68; Audrey wall with nearly his entire body thought I saw 4:31, and I was bit thinner. It wasn’t crazy bad Lacroix, 54.96), 3:38.32. in front of the world-record line thinking, ‘That hurt a lot for a for us.” CYCLING — a green marker superimposed 4:31,’ ” Rice said. “But when I What was bad, however, was Men’s Road Race on the video screen to show the the heat, and the accompany- Final walked over and saw the 4:29, I 1. Samuel Sanchez, Spain, 6:23:49, 38.36. pace of the previous record. thought, ‘That’s amazing.’ ” ing humidity resulted in a heat 2. Davide Rebellin, Italy, 6:23:49, +0. “The freestyle is just down- 3. Fabian Cancellara, Switzerland, 6:23:49, +0. Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe index of 90 degrees. Several rid- 4. Alexander Kolobnev, Russia, 6:23:49, +0. hill,” Phelps said. “The freestyle also went under the old mark, ers surrendered long before the 5. Andy Schleck, Luxembourg, 6:23:49, +0. is all adrenaline.” 6. Michael Rogers, Australia, 6:23:49, +0. but only got the silver for the gold medal was decided, simply 7. Santiago Botero, Colombia, 6:24:01, +12. Phelps touched the wall and second-fastest swim in history, not having the energy to fi nish 8. Mario Aerts, Belgium, 6:24:01, +12. spun around so quickly to see his 4:29.89. Hoff couldn’t match her the race. FENCING time that he bumped his head. Women performance at the trials, set- “The conditions were just so Individual Sabre He pumped both arms in the air tling for bronze in 4:31.71. humid and so hot, it was just a Semifi nals and quickly spotted his mother The Netherlands won the gold real war of attrition today,” said Sada Jacobson, Dunwoody, Ga., def. Sofi ya Ve- and two sisters in the massive medal in the women’s 400-meter Michael Rogers of Australia, who likaya, Russia, 15-11. Mariel Zagunis, Portland, Ore., def. Becca Ward, stands at the Water Cube. freestyle relay today, setting an tied for fi fth place. Portland, Ore., 15-11. He then looked the other Olympic record of 3 minutes, Belgium’s Maxime Montfort Bronze Medal way, where Bush was waving Becca Ward, Portland, Ore., def. Sofi ya Velikaya, 33.76 seconds. simply gasped: “It’s too hard. Too Russia, 15-14. his American fl ag, accompanied The U.S. team, with 41-year- hard. Too hard.” Gold Medal by the First Lady, their daughter old Dara Torres swimming an- Mariel Zagunis, Portland, Ore., def. Sada Jacob- Beijing’s air pollution index son, Dunwoody, Ga., 15-8. Barbara, and his father, former chor, took the silver in 3:34.33. logged in at 79, a drop from the + President George H.W. Bush. Australia was third in 3:35.05. +

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