Russia's Klishina wins appeal, can compete at Rio Olympics (Yahoo Sports) The lone Russian track and field athlete at the Olympics has won her appeal to compete at the Rio de Janeiro Games. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled early Monday that Darya Klishina is eligible to take part in Tuesday's long jump qualifying because she has been based outside of Russia for the last three years … [Read more...]

Olympics-Cycling-Track-Women's sprint classification round 9-12 results (Reuters) Aug 15 (Gracenote) - Olympic cycling-track women's sprint classification round 9-12 result in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. 1. Natasha Hansen (New Zealand) 11.795 seconds 2. Anna Meares (Australia) 3. Miriam Welte (Germany) 4. Virginie Cueff (France) … [Read more...]

Jamaican Campbell-Brown bows out in 1st round of 200 in Rio (Yahoo Sports) Highly decorated Jamaican sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown will see a 200-meter Olympic final from a peculiar spot - the sideline. The two-time Olympic gold medalist in the event didn't make it out of the first round Monday, finishing third in her heat. ''I'm not even going to get into what happened because I cannot … [Read more...]

Olympics-Boxing-Men's welterweight semifinal results (Reuters) Aug 15 (Gracenote) - Olympic boxing men's welterweight semifinal result in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. Shakhram Giyasov (Uzbekistan) beat Mohammed Rabii (Morocco) 3-0 … [Read more...]

Olympics-Cycling-Track-Women's sprint repechage round 2 results (Reuters) Aug 15 (Gracenote) - Olympic cycling-track women's sprint repechage round 2 results in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. Heat 21. Zhong Tianshi (China) Q seconds 2. Anna Meares (Australia) 3. Miriam Welte (Germany) Heat 11. Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) Q 2. Virginie Cueff (France) 3. Natasha Hansen (New Zealand) … [Read more...]

Ko and the women get their shot at Olympic golf (Yahoo Sports) Lydia Ko could hear the cheers as she played the Olympic Golf Course, only they weren't for her. The No. 1 player in women's golf played five holes about the time Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson were battling to the very end for the sport's first Olympic medals in 112 years. Ko didn't even wait that long. … [Read more...]

Irish boxing star Taylor stunned in lightweight bout (Yahoo Sports) Katie Taylor trudged out of the ring with a white towel around her neck, and needed time to compose herself and find the right words for her stunning exit. The star of the London Games, the Irish fighter's Olympics lasted just one bout. Taylor, perhaps the most popular athlete in the country, was upset on Monday by … [Read more...]

Olympics-Boxing-Women's lightweight quarterfinal results (Reuters) Aug 15 (Gracenote) - Olympic boxing women's lightweight quarterfinal results in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. Yin Junhua (China) beat Yana Alekseevna (Azerbaijan) 3-0 Mira Potkonen (Finland) beat Katie Taylor (Ireland) 2-1 … [Read more...]

Olympics-Cycling-Viviani leads as omnium heads for thrilling climax (Reuters) By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Italy's Elia Viviani took the lead after of the track cycling men's omnium as the multi-discipline event headed towards a thrilling conclusion later on Monday. After four of the six disciplines, Viviani was leading with 140 points, 14 more than overnight leader … [Read more...]

Olympics-Boxing-Men's flyweight last 16 results (Reuters) Aug 15 (Gracenote) - Olympic boxing men's flyweight last 16 results in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. Mohamed Flissi (Algeria) beat Daniel Asenov (Bulgaria) 3-0 Yoel Finol (Venezuela) beat Muhammad Ali (Britain) 3-0 Shakhobidin Zoirov (Uzbekistan) beat Antonio Vargas (U.S.) 3-0 Elvin Mamishzada (Azerbaijan) beat Olzhas Sattibayev … [Read more...]