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| Danish coach Jan Pytlick is lifted up by his players after they beat Korea to win the gold in women’s handball in Athens on Sunday. (AP) |
ATHLETICS
Saturday’s results
Women’s 1500m, final: 1. Kelly Holmes (GBR, 3:57.90s) 2. Tatyana Tomashova (Rus, 3:58.12) 3. Maria Cioncan (Rom, 3:58.39). Men’s 800m, final: 1. Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Rus, 1:44.45s) 2. Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA, 1:44.61) 3. Wilson Kipketer (Den, 1:44.65). Men’s 5000m, final: 1. Hicham El Guerrouj (Mar, 13:14.39s) 2. Kenenisa Bekele (Eth, 13:14.59) 3. Eliud Kipchoge (Ken, 13:15.10). Men’s 4x100m relay, final: 1. Britain (38.07s, Jason Gardener/Darren Campbell/Marlon Devonish/Mark Lewis-Francis) 2. United States (38.08, Shawn Crawford/Justin Gatlin/Coby Miller/Maurice Greene) 3. Nigeria (38.23, Olusoji Fasuba/Uchenna Emedolu/Aaron Egbele/Deji Aliu). Women’s 4x400m relay, final: 1. United States (3:19.01s, Deedee Trotter/Monique Henderson/Sanya Richards/Monique Hennagan) 2. Russia (3:20.16, Olesya Krasnomovets/Natalya Nazarova/Olesya Zykina/Natalya Antyukh) 3. Jamaica (3:22.00, Novlene Williams/Michelle Burgher/Nadia Davy/Sandie Richards) 4. Britain (3:25.12 Donna Fraser/Catherine Murphy/Christine Ohuruogu/Lee Mcconnell) 5. Poland (3:25.22, Zuzanna Radecka/Monika Bejnar/Malgorzata Pskit/Grazyna Prokopek 6. Romania (3:26.81, Angela Morosanu/Alina Rapanu/Maria Rus/Ionela Tirlea-Manolache) 7. India (3:28.51, Satti Geetha/K Mathews Beenamol/Chitra K Soman/Rajwinder Kaur) 8. Greece (3:45.70, Hariklia Bouda/Hrisoula Goudenoudi/Dimitra Dova/Fani Halkia). Women’s high jump, final: 1. Yelena Slesarenko (Rus, 2.06) 2. Hestrie Cloete (RSA, 2.02) 3. Viktoriya Styopina (Ukr, 2.02). Men’s javelin, final: 1. Andreas Thorkildsen (Nor, 86.50) 2. Vadims Vasilevskis (Lat, 84.95) 3. Sergey Makarov (Rus, 84.84). Men’s 4x400m relay, final: 1. United States (2:55.91s, Otis Harris/Derrick Brew/Jeremy Wariner/Darold Williamson) 2. Australia (3:00.60, John Steffensen/Mark Ormrod/Patrick Dwyer/Clinton Hill) 3. Nigeria (3:00.90, James Godday/Musa Audu/Saul Weigopwa/Enefiok Udo Obong).
BASKETBALL
Saturday’s results
Men: Final — Argentina 84 Italy 69; Bronze medal match — United States 104 Lithuania 96; Classification match 5-6 — Greece 85 Puerto Rico 75; Classification match 7-8 — Spain 92 China 76.
BOXING
Saturday’s results
Flyweight (51kg), final — Yuriorkis Gamboa (Cub) bt Jerome Thomas (Fra) points 38-23; Featherweight (57kg), final — Alexei Tichtchenko (Rus) bt Kim Song Guk (Prk) 39-17; Light-welterweight (64kg), final — Manus Boonjumnong (Tha) bt Yudel Johnson (Cub) 17-11; Middleweight (75kg), final — Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov (Rus) bt Gennadiy Golovkin (Kaz) 28-18; Heavyweight (91kg), final — Odlanier Solis (Cub) bt Viktar Zuyev (Blr) 22-13.
Sunday’s results
Light-flyweight (48kg), final — Yan Bhartelemy (Cub) bt Atagun Yalcinkaya (Tur) 21-16;Bantamweight (54kg), final — Guillermo Rigondeaux (Cub) bt Worapoj Petchkoom (Tha) 22-13. Welterweight (69kg), final — Bakhtiyar Artayev (Kaz) bt Lorenzo Aragon (Cub) 36-26. Light heavyweight (81kg), final — Andre Ward (US) bt Magomed Aripgadjiev (Blr) 20-13. Super-heavyweight (over 91kg), final — Alexander Povetkin (Rus) bt Mohamed Aly (Egy) walk over.
DIVING
Saturday’s results
Men’s 10m platform, final: 1. Hu Jia (Chn, 748.08pts) 2. Mathew Helm (Aus, 730.56) 3. Tian Liang (Chn, 729.66).
GYMNASTICS
Sunday’s results
Women: Rhythmic individual all-round, final — Alina Kabaeva (Rus, 108.4pts) Irina Tchachina (Rus, 107.325) Anna Bessonova (Ukr).
handball
Saturday’s results
Men: Bronze medal match — Russia 28 Hungary 26; Classification match 5-6 — France 33 Greece 15; Classification match 7-8 — Spain 31 South Korea 24.
Sunday’s results
Women: Final — Denmark 34 South Korea 34 OT (14-14, 25-25) (Denmark win 38-36 on penalties); Classification match 7-8 — Brazil 26 China 25; Classification match 5-6 — Hungary 38 Spain 29.
sailing
Saturday’s results
Men’s Star (keelboat) race 11: 1. Mark Neeleman/Peter Van Niekerk (Ned, 1.0) 2. Ross Macdonald/Mike Wolfs (Can, 2.0) 3. Leonidas Pelekanakis/Georgios Kontogouris (Gre, 3.0).
taekwondo
Saturday’s results
Women’s welterweight (under 67kg), final — Luo Wei (Chn) bt Elisavet Mystakidou (Gre) 7-6; Bronze medal match — Hwang Kyung-sun (Kor) bt Heidy Juarez (Gua) 5-2. Men’s welterweight (80kg), final — Steven Lopez (US) bt Bahri Tanrikulu (Tur) 3-0; Bronze medal match — Yossef Karami (Iri) bt Rashad Ahmadov (Aze) 9-8.
volleyball
Saturday’s results
Women: Final — China bt Russia 28-30, 25-27, 25-20, 25-23, 15-12; Bronze medal match — Cuba bt Brazil 25-22, 25-22, 14-25, 25-17. Sunday’s results
Men: Final — Brazil bt Italy 25-15, 24-26, 25-20, 25-22; Bronze medal match — Russia bt United States 25-22, 27-25, 25-16.
Wrestling
Saturday’s results
Men’s freestyle 120kg, final — Artur Taymazov (Uzb) bt Alireza Rezaei (Iri) fall; Bronze medal match — Aydin Polatci (Tur) bt Marid Mutalimov (Kaz) 3-1.
Sunday’s results
Men’s freestyle 74kg, final — Buvaysa Saytiev (Rus) bt Gennadiy Laliyev (Kaz) points 7-0; Bronze medal match — Ivan Fundora (Cub) bt Krystian Brzozowski (Pol) 3-1.
Men’s freestyle 60kg, final — Yandro Miguel Quintana (Cub) bt Masuod Jokar (Iri) 4-0; Bronze medal match — Kenji Inoue (Jpn) beat Vasyl Fedoryshyn (Ukr) 6-5.
Men’s freestyle 74kg matches, final — Buvaysa Saytiev (Rus) bt Gennadiy Laliyev (Kaz) 7-0; Bronze medal match — Ivan Fundora (Cub) bt Krystian Brzozowski (Pol) 3-1.
Men’s freestyle 96kg, final — Khadjimourat Gatsalov (Rus) bt Magomed Ibragimov (Uzb) 4-1; Bronze medal match — Alireza Heidari (Iri) bt Daniel Cormier (US) 3-2.
l Results updated till 8.30 pm, Sunday.
