Japan has handed the United States its first Olympic softball loss since the 2000 Sydney Games, upsetting the Americans, 3-1, to take the gold medal. Japanese pitcher Yukiko Ueno shut down the potent U.S. offense Thursday to end the team's 22-game winning streak.
Andrey Moiseev of Russia became the first man in 52 years to win back-to-back gold medals in the men's Olympic modern pentathlon, finishing the grueling one-day event with 5632 points. Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic won the gold medal in the women's javelin throw with a European record toss of 71.42 meters.
South Korea collected a pair of gold medals in taekwondo. Son Tae-jin scored the winning kick in the final second to defeat American Mark Lopez for the gold medal in the men's 68-kilogram division, while Lim Su-jeong took gold in the women's 57-kilo weight class.
Dutch swimmer Maarten van der Weijden became the first winner of the men's 10 kilometer marathon swim, finishing with a time of 1:5151.6 hours.
Olga Kaniskina of Russia won the 20-kilometer race walk (in a time of 1:26.31 hours).
Twenty-four medals will be handed out Thursday. The United States leads the overall medal count with 93, including 28 gold. China has the most gold medals with 46 out of its 83 total medals.
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Veronica Campbell-Brown continued Jamaica's dominance in the sprint events with a gold medal in the women's 200 meters. She ran a winning time of 21.74 seconds, holding off American Allyson Felix by almost two-10ths of a second.
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Andrey Moiseev of Russia became the first man in 52 years to win back-to-back gold medals in the men's Olympic modern pentathlon, finishing the grueling one-day event with 5632 points. Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic won the gold medal in the women's javelin throw with a European record toss of 71.42 meters.
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South Korea collected a pair of gold medals in taekwondo. Son Tae-jin scored the winning kick in the final second to defeat American Mark Lopez for the gold medal in the men's 68-kilogram division, while Lim Su-jeong took gold in the women's 57-kilo weight class.
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Dutch swimmer Maarten van der Weijden became the first winner of the men's 10 kilometer marathon swim, finishing with a time of 1:5151.6 hours.
Olga Kaniskina of Russia won the 20-kilometer race walk (in a time of 1:26.31 hours).
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Twenty-four medals will be handed out Thursday. The United States leads the overall medal count with 93, including 28 gold. China has the most gold medals with 46 out of its 83 total medals.
Some information for this report was provided by Reuters.