Olympics-Boxing-Women's lightweight last 16 results (Reuters) Aug 12 (Gracenote) - Olympic boxing women's lightweight last 16 results in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. Irma Testa (Italy) beat Shelley Watts (Australia) 2-1 Mikaela Mayer (U.S.) beat Jennifer Chieng (Micronesia) 3-0 Yin Junhua (China) beat Hasnaa Lachgar (Morocco) 3-0 Mira Potkonen (Finland) beat Adriana Araujo (Brazil) 2-1 … [Read more...]

Olympics-Cycling-Track-Men's sprint repechage round 1 results (Reuters) Aug 12 (Gracenote) - Olympic cycling-track men's sprint repechage round 1 results in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. Heat 31. Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata (Colombia) Q seconds 2. Rafal Sarnecki (Poland) 3. Francois Pervis (France) Heat 21. Patrick Constable (Australia) Q 2. Damian Zielinski (Poland) 3. Pavel Kelemen (Czech … [Read more...]

Olympics-Boxing-Colombia, Uzbekistan advance to men's flyweight final (Reuters) By Paulo Prada RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Colombia's Yurberjen Martinez and Uzbekistan's Hasanboy Dusmatov advanced to the flyweight final in Olympic boxing on Friday, the morning that women also began fighting at Rio 2016. Martinez, 24, is the first Colombian to win an Olympic boxing medal in 28 years … [Read more...]

Fraser maintains one-shot lead through 2 rounds of Olympic golf tourney Marcus Fraser maintains the lead in the Olympic golf tournament. (Getty Images) Marcus Fraser was the sixth-highest ranked Australian male golfer, and he’s in the Olympic field because a handful of his countrymen decided they would skip the sport’s return to the Games. Through 36 holes, he’s taken advantage of his … [Read more...]

Olympics-Boxing-Men's lightweight quarterfinal results (Reuters) Aug 12 (Gracenote) - Olympic boxing men's lightweight quarterfinal results in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. Robson Conceicao (Brazil) beat Hurshid Tojibaev (Uzbekistan) 3-0 Lazaro Alvarez (Cuba) beat Carlos Balderas Jr (U.S.) 3-0 … [Read more...]

HIGHLIGHTS-Olympics-Day seven at the Rio Olympics (Reuters) RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Latest news from the seventh day of competition at the Rio Olympics on Friday (all times GMT): 1455 HELEN GLOVER, WHO ALONG WITH HEATHER STANNING WON GOLD IN THE WOMEN'S ROWING PAIR EVENT, SAID THEY HAD FELT UNDER PRESSURE AS THEY DEFENDED THEIR TITLE "The pressure was immense," she told the BBC. … [Read more...]

Olympics-Cycling-Skinner powers Britain home to team sprint gold (Reuters) * Britain start Rio same way they ended London * NZ, Britain swap Olympic records (Adds details, quotes) By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Tasked with occupying the saddle vacated by British track cycling colossus Chris Hoy, Callum Skinner proved the perfect man for the job as he anchored his … [Read more...]

Cycling: Britain set world record in women's team pursuit (Reuters) By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Britain's women's team pursuit squad christened the Rio de Janeiro Olympic velodrome with a world record on the first day of the track cycling program on Thursday. Shortly before the British men won gold in the team sprint in an Olympic record, the quartet of Laura Trott, Katie … [Read more...]

Super Simone! Biles soars to Olympic all-around title (Yahoo Sports) Simone Biles and Aly Raisman stood side by side in Rio Olympic Arena, clutching each other while waiting for the inevitable coronation. When the floor exercise judges validated what Raisman and every other gymnast has known for years - that Biles is the greatest of her generation and perhaps of all time - the U.S. Olympic … [Read more...]

Manuel becomes 1st African American woman to win swim gold (Yahoo Sports) Simone Manuel leaned her head into her hands and cried when she recognized her historic achievement. With her victory in the 100-meter freestyle, she became the first African-American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming. The 20-year-old Manuel upset world-record holder Cate Campbell of Australia and tied … [Read more...]