DeChambeau, Rahm out after positive tests From left, silver medal Inna Deriglazova of the Known for their towering drives, Bryson De- to compete in the Olympics for Team USA,” Russian Olympic Commit- Chambeau and Jon Rahm won’t make it to DeChambeau said in a statement. “Repre- tee, gold medal Lee Kiefer the tee box at the Olympics. senting my country means the world to me of the United States and The last two U.S. Open champions be- and it is was a tremendous honor to make bronze medal Larisa Ko- came the best-known athletes to drop out of this team.” robeynikova of the Rus- the Tokyo Games on Sunday after testing Rahm was fl agged for COVID-19 for sian Olympic Committee positive for COVID-19. the second time in two months - he had a celebrate on the podium DeChambeau’s positive came before he six-shot lead at the Memorial in early June of the women’s Individual left the United States for Tokyo. The mus- when he was forced to withdraw because of Foil fi nal competition at clebound American famous for his game- a positive test. the 2020 Summer Olym- changing swing speed will replaced by Pat- The Spaniard said he had gotten his fi nal pics, on July 25, in Chiba, rick Reed. vaccine shot fewer than 14 days before that Japan. (AP) “I am deeply disappointed not to be able positive. (AP) ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 26, 2021 15 Osaka sharp in debut at Tokyo Olympics Mexico blank Italy 5-0 US ‘overcome’ Australia, set up gold medal rematch with Japan YOKOHAMA, Japan, July 25, (AP): Australia went ahead in the eighth The United States had just given up its after automatic runner Belinda White first run and was two outs away from took third on Leigh Godfrey’s sacrifice. losing for the first time in the Olympic Stacey Porter was intentionally walked softball tournament. for the second time, Taylah Tsitsikronis Amanda Chidester stepped up to the walked, Chelsea Forkin took a called plate with two runners on and slapped third strike and Wall fouled off a pair of the ball into left field. 3-2 pitches before taking an inside Pinch-runner Ally Carda and Haylie pitch. She has driven in three of McCleney came across the plate on Australia’s four runs in the tournament. Chidester’s eighth-inning single, giving McCleney’s first-inning triple was the United States a pulsating 2-1 victo- wasted as the U.S. went 0 for 6 with ry over Australia on Sunday and a runners in scoring position before the rematch with defending champion eighth, dropping to 3 for 31 in the Japan in Tuesday’s gold medal game. Olympics. The teams combined for Monica Abbott (2-0) struck out 13 eight hits, and through 12 games the six and threw a three-hitter in a 126-pitch countries in the tournament were bat- complete game, giving up an unearned ting .192 with a .564 OPS, making run when Jade Wall walked on eight Major League Baseball’s .241 and .720 pitches with the bases loaded in the top OPS seem robust. of the eighth to force home the auto- Japan 1, Canada 0 matic runner. With pinch-runner Ally Carda on Eri Yamada singled off Danielle second as the automatic runner in the Lawrie (0-1), the 34-year-old sister of bottom half, leadoff hitter McCleney former major leaguer Brett Lawrie, to reached against Tarni Stepto (0-1) with drive in the winning run in the eighth an infield single on a 1-0 pitch. against Canada (2-2). Miu Goto (3-0) struck out six straight batters in relief of Yukiko Ueno, who allowed four hits in six innings. SOFTBALL Japan had loaded the bases in the seventh after Yamada singled and pinch-hitter Sayaka Mori reached on a Naomi Osaka of Japan plays against Saisai Zheng of China, during the fi rst round of the tennis competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 25, in McCleney hit a two-hopper to shortstop Tokyo, Japan. (AP) Clare Warwick, who set her feet before one-out error by shortstop Janet Leung, throwing, allowing McCleney to get on who dropped the ball while taking it out base for the fourth time in the game. of her glove. After an intentional walk Rashitov claims Uzbekistan’s fi rst-ever medal She is batting .727 (8 for 11) and has loaded the bases, Yika Ichiguchi lined Murray withdraws reached 13 times in 15 plate appear- out to second and Minori Naito popped ances. up. Yu Yamamoto sacrificed Naito, the TOKYO, July 25, (AP): Janie Reed, the wife of major league Zolotic earns US 1st gold in women’s taekwondo automatic runner, to third starting the Naomi Osaka is back play- reliever Jake Reed, sacrificed for the eighth, and a pair of intentional walks fourth time in the tournament, putting TOKYO, July 25, (AP): Anastasija ing, still winning, and also brought up Yamada. Japan’s 37-year- Zolotic won the United States’ fi rst runners at second and third. old captain lined a single to center. talking to the media again. She swung at a pitch on the outer half The game was delayed for about 14 gold medal in women’s taekwondo Austrian Kiesenhofer pulls off of the plate and singled sharply past a by beating Russian athlete Tatiana The Japanese superstar who lit minutes in the bottom of the fifth when the Olympic cauldron defeated diving Warwick. Wall picked up the ball umpires blocked Canada manager Minina 25-17 on Sunday to claim the women’s road race Oly upset two steps onto the outfield grass and Mark Smith from bringing in Lawrie, featherweight division title. 52nd-ranked Zheng Saisai of Chi- heaved home, but first baseman Taylah saying it was a violation of substitution The 18-year-old Zolotic lets out a na 6-1, 6-4 on Sunday in her fi rst Tsitsikorinis cut off the throw as Carda OYAMA, Japan, July 25, (AP): Anna rules. Smith protested, and a World primal scream as she pulls on her hel- Kiesenhofer fi nally fi gured out a way match in nearly two months. and McCleney scored standing up. Baseball Softball Federation committee met before each round. The Largo, Osaka hadn’t played since she with- Chidester slid into second, taking the to beat the powerhouse Dutch in the ruled in favor of Canada. Florida, native has been telling friends women’s Olympic road race. drew from the French Open in May to extra base just in case a runner ahead of and family since early childhood that take a mental health break, revealing her was thrown out. When she popped Mexico 5, Italy 0 Make them forget you’re even there. she would be an Olympic champion, The mathematician from Austria that she has dealt with depression. She up, she saw teammates running onto the Dallas Escobedo (1-2) didn’t allow a and she needed only one trip to the then sat out Wimbledon. field to celebrate. hit until Laura Vigna singled with two got into an early breakaway Sunday, Games to make it happen. then built a gap so big the rest of the Osaka stopped to talk with reporters Abbott walked six batters, two of outs in the sixth. Escobedo pitched a afterward, having said in Paris that she them intentionally. She has a 0.00 ERA one-hitter with four strikeouts, no fi eld failed to remember she was out ahead. So when Annemiek van Vleu- experiences “huge waves of anxiety” and two saves, allowing four hits in 17 walks and two hit batters, throwing 102 before meeting with the media and that innings with 28 strikeouts and nine pitches. TAEKWONDO ten escaped in the fi nal kilometers and crossed the fi nish line alone, she threw she would be skipping news confer- walks. Abbott improved to 5-0 in her Chelsea Gonzales hit an RBI double ences. Olympic career. in the second, Sydney Romeo had a her arms into the air thinking she had “My 8-year-old self was running The second-ranked Osaka was sharp After scoring just seven runs in four solo homer in the third and Anissa won a third straight gold medal for the from the start, serving an ace down the games, the U.S. and Japan (both 4-0) Urtez chased Greta Cecchetti (0-3) with around the school yard saying I was Netherlands. going to be Olympic champion but T on the opening point of the match play on Monday in a matchup that will a two-run homer in the fifth, her second Her teammate and defending cham- and and racing out to a 5-0 lead. determine only which team bats last in home run of the tournament. Brittany she could never have imagined what pion Anna van der Breggen also the gold medal game, the fifth straight Cervantes greeted Alexia Lacatena this moment is like,” Zolotic said. Wearing a bright red dress and a red thought she won. So did Britain’s visor and with her hair styled in red- for the Americans have reached. with another homer. Mexico (1-3) “It’s unbelievable. It really hasn’t Lizzie Deignan, who told the BBC: Abbott escaped a bases-loaded jam gained its first Olympic win. Italy (0-4) sunk in yet.” and-white braids to match the colors of the Japanese fl ag stitched onto the in the sixth. has been outscored 13-0.