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| Saturday, August 9 Monday: U.S. wins team handball bronze Associated Press |
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BADMINTON The U.S. men's doubles team of Howard Bach (San Francisco) and Kevin Han (Orange, Calif.) advanced to the semifinals with a win over Virgil Soeroredjo and Mit Wongsodikrmo (Surinam), 15-11, 15-4. Bach and Han play the Canadian team of Mike Beres and Kyle Hunter in Wednesday's semifinal match. Also advancing for the Americans was the mixed doubles team of Mangkalakiri and Rajiv Rai (Orange, Calif.). They beat Lorena Blanco and Rodrigo Pacheco of Peru 15-6, 15-11. Samantha Jinadasa (Orange, Calif.) lost to Peru's Lorena Blanco in her women's singles quarterfinal 11-4, 11-0.
BOXING Light heavyweight Rommel Rene of Orlando, Fla., was beaten 12-5 by Mexico's Ramiro Reducindo. Kooner, 37-13.
CYCLING Jose Serpa of Colombia edged Chris Baldwin of Boulder to win the men's 50-kilometer time trial. The other American, Colby Pearce, also of Boulder, was 13th.
HANDBALL
JUDO Christina Yannetsos (Colorado Springs, Colo.) earned silver and Mike Barnes (San Jose, Calif.) won bronze.
KARATE John Fonseca (Northbrook, Ill.) and Cheryl Murphy (Jamaica, N.Y.) qualified for the finals. Fonseca moved a step closer to defending his 1999 Pan Ams title in the men's under-80 kilograms division after going undefeated in his three preliminary matches. Murphy won all three matches in pool play of the women's over-58 kilograms. But she needed a reverse punch with just 3 seconds left to beat Ana Victoria Montilla of the Dominican Republic, 1-0, in a preliminary match.
MODERN PENTATHLON
SOCCER
SOFTBALL The U.S. Pan Ams win streak is at 49 games. The 1996 and 2000 Olympic gold medal team has yet to give up a run, outscoring opponents 53-0. Since the streak began in 1987, the Americans have outscored their opponents 332-6. In a matchup of two unbeatens, the U.S. men's softball team suffered its first loss of the Pan Ams, 5-1 to Canada. The United States drops to 4-1 and will enter the playoffs as the No. 2 seed; Canada improves to 5-0 and will hold the No. 1 seed.
SQUASH Quick won 9-4, 9-3, 3-9, 4-9, 9-7 in his early match. Gutierrez entered the match as the defending Pan American Federation champion. No. 1 seed Latasha Kahn of Seattle advanced to the women's final with two victories: 3-0 over Karin Anderson of Jamaica in the quarterfinals, then 3-1 against Marnie Baizley of Canada. Kahn will play Canada's Melanie Jans for gold.
SWIMMING Courtney Shealy of Columbia, S.C., a 2000 Olympics relay winner, took the women's 100 freestyle in 55.61. There was a dead heat for silver between Christina Swindle of Miami and Florencia Szigetti of Argentina. The relay team of Elizabeth Hill, Atlanta; Colleen Lanne, Tucson, Ariz.; Carly Piper, Grosse Pointe, Mich.; and Dana Vollmer, Fort Worth, Texas, never was challenged in setting a Pan Ams record in 8:05.47. In the 400 individual medley, Georgina Bardach of Argentina was an easy winner over silver medalist Kristen Caverly of San Clemente, Calif. And George Bovell of Trinidad and Tobago, a swimmer for Auburn, beat Dan Ketchum of Cincinnati in the men's 200 freestyle.
TABLE TENNIS Owens rallied to beat Cuba's Dimeys Gongora 4-3. Hazinski defeated Mexico's Guillermo Munoz 4-1 and Zhuang beat Jonatan Pino from Venezuela 11-5, 11-9, 12-10, 12-10. Tuesday marks the first round of single elimination tournament play.
VOLLEYBALL Branagh had 15 kills and one service ace in the third straight victory for the Americans in the tournament after losing their first match to Brazil. |
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