Page 2B East Oregonian SPORTS Wednesday, August 10, 2016 Olympics Phelps swims to two more golds, Ledecky adds one By GENARO C. ARMAS Williams shanked shots all Host country Brazil Associated Press over the court in getting played to a 0-0 draw with upset by Elina Svitolina of South Africa. The Brazilians RIO DE JANEIRO — Ukraine. The top-ranked had already secured a spot Good old Michael Phelps, American won’t get a chance in the women’s soccer quar- golden again. to defend the gold she won in terinals before their match. For teenagers Katie London. Williams looked out The team and star Marta Ledecky and Simone Biles, of sorts and irritated, accu- have drawn more attention their star turns in the Summer mulating 37 unforced errors. while Brazil’s men have Olympics might be just She had ive double-faults in struggled at the Olympics. beginning. one game alone in the 6-4, The women’s team will face From the pool to the 6-3 loss to the 20th-ranked Australia in a quarterinal gymnastics loor, Team USA Svitolina. Williams wiped match on Friday. had nice day at the Rio de her forehead, picked up RUGBY STUNNER : Janeiro Games. her rackets and headed Sonny Bill Williams was Not all the American back quickly to the locker helped off with an ankle stars were winners Tuesday, room. Svitolina, who had injury during New Zealand’s though. Serena Williams lost never before played in an shocking 14-12 loss to on the tennis court and the Olympics, smiled and stuck Japan in its irst game of U.S. women’s soccer team her arms out in front of her, rugby sevens. New Zealand gave up a late goal and ended palms up, as if waking up is a 12-time world series up in a draw with Colombia. AP Photo/Martin Meissner from a dream. champion and one of the But a new generation of South Africa’s Chad Le Clos, top, looks to United States’ gold medal winner Michael ON THE PITCH : top contenders for the irst U.S. athletes is ready to take Phelps in the men’s 200-meter butterly inal during the swimming competitions at Catalina Usme beat U.S. rugby medals awarded at an up the banner of Olympic the 2016 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. goalie Hope Solo on a pair of Olympics in 92 years. standard-bearer from Phelps, free kicks to draw Colombia PELE IMPROVING: a grizzled veteran at 31. leading his 4x100 freestyle bronze. Sweden claimed the silver to a 2-2 tie with the United Pele tweeted that he hopes Phelps earned his 20th team to the gold medal on His 21st gold came later and Emma McKeon of States. The irst, in the 26th to appear at the closing career gold medal after taking Sunday. Tuesday night after swim- Australia took the bronze. minute, was Colombia’s irst ceremony after missing the 200-meter butterly. He On Tuesday, Phelps’ face ming the anchor leg on the Ledecky, just 19, won her ever Olympic goal, and irst the opening because of his erased the bad memories bared a familiar scowl as he 4x200-meter relay. second gold. At this pace, ever goal against the United health. The soccer great was from his loss in the same race walked out on to the deck. Ledecky strode atop the she could challenge Phelps’ States. Team USA still the organizers’ preferred in London to South African He held off Japan’s Masato medal podium again with a medal haul someday. emerged at the top of Group choice to light the cauldron, Chad le Clos. Sakai by four-hundredths of bright smile after taking gold Other highlights from G of the women’s soccer but irst cited sponsorship Phelps got off to a rousing a second, with Hungary’s for winning the 200-meter Day 4 at the Rio Games: tournament and will play in commitments and later health start at the Rio Games by Tamas Kenderesi taking the freestyle. Sarah Sjostrom of SOUR SERENA : the quarterinals. concerns for staying away. GYMNASTICS: United States POOL WATER: Cause behind goes mistake-free in road to gold sudden color change still unknown Continued from 1B nudged her and told her to rotations over two days, just Continued from 1B “Everybody was here, so maybe it was a 73-year-old is stepping wave, which the 16-year-old like the other seven teams scratching their heads going, decoration to make it look down after the games. did with a toothy smile. that made the team inal. lagoons, not the pools. ‘What’s going on?”’ he pretty.” Watching from the front row Barely ive minutes later, Unlike the other seven, the A statement from said. “I think that the ilterAmerican Jessica of the Rio Olympic Arena the youngest member of Americans didn’t slip off Olympic organizers said is busted, but I’m not sure. Parratto wears contacts and in a red jumpsuit, Karolyi Team USA was all busi- uneven bars. They didn’t water tests were conducted It’s not really dangerous. It’s said the water didn’t burn watched perhaps her ness. Her double-twisting hop off balance beams. and there was no risk to not like it’s toxic or dirty or her eyes. greatest team seem totally Yurchenko — basically It’s that ability to avoid athletes. They couldn’t any of that. It seemed to get Bronze medalists immune to the pressure. a roundoff into a pair of mistakes when it counts explain the color change, but worse over the course of the Meaghan Benfeito and Maybe that’s because for twists — put the machine in that’s as much a testament to said it’s being investigated. competition.” Roseline Filion of Canada Hernandez, Biles, Gabby motion. Raisman, who won Karolyi’s meticulous prepa- “We don’t know exactly The kale-colored water tried not to laugh as they Douglas, Madison Kocian three medals in London four ration as their dynamic and what happened,” organizing wasn’t just a cosmetic gazed at the water from and Aly Raisman, the meets years ago and seemed to be unparalleled gymnastics. committee spokesman nuisance; it was so dark atop the 33-foot tower. are the fun part of their on the outside looking in While the gold was never Mario Andrada said. “And that divers couldn’t see the They liked that the dark jobs. The toughest compe- as recently as this spring, in doubt, you wouldn’t have we don’t know yet why the bottom of the pool. green color offered a helpful titions happen in quiet at followed with perhaps the known about it by watching pool changed colors. Chen Ruolin, who contrast with the blue sky. the regular training camps inest vault of her long Karolyi. She clutched the “If it were green and teamed to win gold with Liu “The only thing we said Karolyi carefully oversees. career. When Biles drilled white railing in front of her yellow, we would know Huixia, said it didn’t affect is don’t open your mouth When the lights come on, her Amanar and put up a during Biles’ loor routine, it was a patriotic thing,” them. in the water, just in case,” it’s time to let loose. 15.933 — the highest of nodding with approval Andrada joked, referring Paola Espinosa of Benfeito said. Biles admitted there were the night — the U.S. was with each gravity-escaping to Brazil’s national colors. Mexico, competing in her Geller said a Canadian nerves before Sunday’s already on top of the lead- tumbling pass. “We did test the water using fourth Olympics, noticed pool expert was coming in preliminaries, though it erboard. Russia, which wasn’t the same parameters we do the pool getting increas- Wednesday and he would hardly looked like it while Yet it’s not just enough sure it would even be every day, and the results ingly darker throughout the offer to help Rio organizers the Americans posted the for Karolyi for her team to included in the games until were the same as we got six-round competition. But chemically treat the water if highest score by more win. She stopped measuring just days before the opening when the pool was blue.” she said the water didn’t there’s a problem with the than nine points. The only the Americans against ceremonies as the IOC and Canada team leader smell or affect her skin. ilter. moment of tension on everyone else long ago. sport federations sorted out Mitch Geller suspected the “I haven’t seen anything “I don’t know what Tuesday came early. When Karolyi wants there to be no punishments for a national cause was algae that multi- like it before,” Espinosa it’s going to look like Hernandez was introduced doubt. And there wasn’t. doping scandal, won silver. plied quickly in the day’s said. “But it’s Brazil and tomorrow,” he said. “I hope to the crowd, Raisman The U.S. went through 28 China took bronze. warm and sunny conditions. everything is green down it’s not a swamp.” SCOREBOARD France 3, New Zealand 0 23-21, 19-21, 15-9. Mariana Silva, Brazil, Yuko, Ippon-seoi-nage, Fabio Fognini, Italy, def. Benoit Paire (16), Chicago 54 58 .482 10 Olympics South Africa 0, Brazil 0 Pool E 4:00. France, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5). Kansas City 53 59 .473 11 ON TELEVISION China 0, Sweden 0 Reinder Nummerdor and Christiaan Gold Medal Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, def.