American Swimmers Score Six Medals
The American swimmers looked like a mining company on day three at the Summer Olympics. The Americans dug up a lot of gold and silver.
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American swimmers grabbed six medals in four finals on day three of the Summer Olympics. And the U-S had gold-silver sweeps in two of the events.
Brooke Bennett and Diana Munz produced a one-two finish in the women's 400-meter freestyle.
Tom Dolan and Erik Vendt matched that finish in the men's 400 individual medley, with Dolan breaking his own world record.
Dara Torres earned a bronze in the women's 100-butterfly, finishing behind Inge de Bruijn (broon) of the Netherlands, who lowered her own world record while winning the gold. Medal hopeful Jenny Thompson finished fifth.
Ed Moses of the U-S took silver in the men's 100 breaststroke behind gold medalist Domenico Fioravanti of Italy.
BASKETBALL-MEN
The U-S men's basketball team romped to victory in its first game in Sydney. The Americans routed China 119-to-72.
Canada stunned medal contender Australia 101-to-90 behind 27 points from Michael Meeks.
France popped New Zealand 76-to-50. Italy nipped Lithuania 50-to-48 on Andrea Meneghin's three-pointer with 25 seconds to play.
Yugoslavia bounced Russia 66-to-60.
And Spain drubbed Angola 64-to-45.
SOCCER
The U-S women's soccer team tied China 1-to-1 to remain unbeaten through two games. Julie Foudy scored the U-S goal in the first half before the Chinese rallied to knot the score on a free kick in the 67th minute. China's goalie stopped Kristine Lilly's penalty kick in the 74th minute.
Norway bounced back from its loss to the U-S and beat Nigeria 3-to-1, eliminating Nigeria from medal contention.
VOLLEYBALL
The U-S men's volleyball team lost to Argentina in four games. The scores were 24-26, 25-23, 25-21, and 25-18.
The U-S squad still has to face three of the top four teams in the world, and medal hopes are fading.
Spain beat Egypt 3-to-0, Russia topped Yugoslavia 3-to-1, the Netherlands blanked Cuba 3-to-0, Brazil drubbed Australia 3-to-0, and Italy swept South Korea 3-nil.
WATER POLO
The U-S women's water polo team rallied from three goals down in the final two minutes to tie Canada 8-to-8. Robin Beauregard netted the tying goal with four seconds left.
Australia beat Russia 6-to-3. And the Netherlands topped Kazakstan 8-to-6.
BASEBALL
The longest baseball game in Olympic history ended with a home run and a U-S victory. Mike Neill's two-run shot in the bottom of the 13th lifted the Americans over Japan 4-to-2.
Cuba rocked South Africa 16-to-0 in a game called after six and a-half innings because of the mercy rule. Three Cuban pitchers combined on a no-hitter.
Holland beat host Australia 6-to-4. And South Korea routed Italy 10-to-2.
SOFTBALL
The U-S softball team opened defense of its 1996 gold medal by shutting out Canada 6-to-0 on a Lori Harrigan no-hitter.
China blanked Italy 5-to-0. Japan beat Cuba 4-to-1.
WEIGHTLIFTING
The U-S picked up a silver medal as women's weightlifting made its Olympic debut. Tara Nott of Colorado Springs, Colorado, finished second to a Bulgarian lifter in the 48-kilogram division.
And the man known as Pocket Hercules won't get a fourth consecutive gold medal. Turkey's Naim Suleymanoglu (ny-EHM' soo-leh-mahn-AH'-gloo), the most successful weightlifter in the sport's history, missed all three of his lifts.
GYMNASTICS
The U-S women's gymnastics squad has qualified for Tuesday's team final. The Americans were sixth in qualifying, getting the last spot among the six teams that advance to Tuesday's final.
Russia, Romania, China, Ukraine and Spain also advance.
BOXING
The U-S is 4-and-0 in boxing after two more victories. David Jackson of Seattle won his opening 132-pound bout on points.
And 19-year-old Brian Viloria of Honolulu did the same at 106 pounds. Viloria already has a world championship gold medal.
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
In beach volleyball, Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana of the U-S beat a German team 15-7 to advance to the tournament's final 16. They get four days off before their next match.
Americans Rob Heidger and Kevin Wong lost a five-point lead and failed to convert a half-dozen match points as they fell to Canadians Jody Holden and Conrad Leinemann 17-15. Heidger and Wong go into the losers' bracket. Losers from Sunday's 12 matches fight for four spots among the final 16.
TRIATHLON
Canadian Simon Whitfield won the first Olympic men's triathlon. Germany's Stephan Vuckovic took the silver, and Jan Rehula of the Czech Republic won the bronze.
Hunter Kemper was the top American in 17th place. Ryan Bolton was 25th and Nick Radkewich finished 40th.
SAMARANCH
The wife of International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch has died in Barcelona. Samaranch has returned to Spain for a Monday funeral Mass.
ARCHERY
Karen Scavotto of Enfield, Connecticut, posted victories in the first two rounds of the women's individual 70-meter archery event. In the first round, she won over fellow American and Salt Lake City resident, Denise Parker.
TRACK AND FIELD
Namibia's only Olympic medalist has withdrawn from the Sydney Olympics. Four-time sprint medalist Frankie Fredericks is out of the Games with an Achilles' tendon injury.
CANOE-KAYAK
Three-time Olympian Davey Hearn of Bethesda, Maryland, has snagged the last spot in the solo canoe slalom finals. Rebecca Giddens of Atlanta also will be racing for a medal after finishing sixth among the 15 women who advanced to Monday's solo kayak finals.
CYCLING
The U-S men's Olympic sprint squad and American individual pursuit rider Erin Veenstra-Mirabella each failed Sunday to advance beyond the preliminary round of their events.
ROWING
The American rowing tandem of Missy Ryan and Karen Kraft finished second to a Romanian team in a women's coxless four qualifying heat.
SAILING
Women's windsurfer Lanee Butler of Aliso Viejo, California, and Soling skipper Jeff Madrigali of Novato, California, had the best U-S performances as sailing competition opened. Both finished fourth in their events. The Tornado crew of John Lovell of New Orleans and Californian Charlie Ogletree is in seventh place.
Butler was disqualified following a protest.
EQUESTRIAN
After the second day's dressage phase in the equestrian three-day event, Australia is first and Britain is second. The U-S team is third behind the riding of Karen O'Connor of Middleburg, Virginia, who had a personal best score on the day.
FIELD HOCKEY
In field hockey, Australia has blanked Poland and India has shut out Argentina 3-to-0 in men's play. Australia's women's team also won, beating Britain 2-to-1. Spain and South Korea played to a scoreless tie. And China's women's team edged the Netherlands 2-to-1.
SHOOTING
China, Yugoslavia and Australia won medals in the women's ten-meter air pistol. Beki Snyder of Grand Junction, Colorado, tied for 25th and Californian Christina Cassidy tied for 28th.
Australian Michael Diamond won his second consecutive Olympic trap shooting gold medal.
TABLE TENNIS
No Americans have won matches in table tennis preliminaries so far.
DRUGS
The Romanian weightlifting team and an Iranian boxer have been thrown out of the Games because of drug violations.
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