Athletics
None of the Americans were able to make the discus throw final as Jason Young (62.18m – 18th), Jarred Rome (59.57m – 31st), and Lance Brooks (61.17m – 21st) were not able to reach the top 12 (63.55m).
In the women’s 100m hurdles 1st round Kellie Wells (12.69-1st), Dawn Harper (12.75-2nd), and Lolo Jones (12.68-1st) all advanced from their heats to the semifinals on Tuesday.
In the women’s shot put qualification round Michelle Carter advanced to the evening final as her 18.63m throw was 8th best. Jillian Camarena-Williams finished 16th (18.22m) and Tia Brooks finished 20th (17.72m).
Next in the men’s 800m 1st round Khadevis Robinson failed to advance (4th-1:47.17), while Nick Symmonds (1st-1:45.91) and Duane Solomon (1st-1:46.05) both advanced to Tuesday’s semifinals.
Then the women’s 1500m 1st round,where Shannon Rowbury (7th – 4:06.03), Jennifer Simpson (6th – 4:13.81) and Morgan Uceny (2nd – 4:06.87) all advanced to Wednesday’s semifinals.
In the women’s pole vault final next week Becky Holliday only made it to 4.45m and was eliminated there. Jennifer Suhr was excellent as the competition progressed and only missed one jump before missing all there at 4.8m. She won the gold as she and Yarisley Silva both cleared 4.75m but Silva had more misses overall.
In the women’s shot put final Michelle Carter was able to make the top eight and earn three more throws but only finished 6th with 19.42m.
In the women’s 200m 1st round heats. Allyson Felix (1st – 22.71), Carmelita Jeter (1st – 22.65), and Sanya Richards-Ross (1st – 22.48) all won their heats to advance to Tuesday’s semifinal.
Then in the semifinals of the women’s 400m hurdles. T’Erea Brown (3rd – 54.21), Lashinda Demus (1st – 54.08), and Georganne Moline (2nd – 54.74) all advanced to the final on Wednesday.
Next in the men’s 400m hurdles the US earned a medal as Michael Tinsley ran a personal best 47.91 to earn the silver. Angelo Taylor finished 5th in 48.25 and Kerron Clement finished in 8th at 49.15.
Finally in the women’s 3000m steeplechase Emma Coburn finished 9th with a a personal best 9:23.54 and Bridget Franek finished 14th in 9:45.51.
Basketball
the US finished 1st in their group and continued their mostly strong play by dominating Argentina en route to a 126-97 victory. The US now faces Australia in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Beach Volleyball
The US will not medal in beach volleyball as their final team of Jacob Gibb/Sean Rosenthal lost to Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins of Lativa in the quarterfinals 19-21, 21-18, 15-11. They nearly had the 2nd set but a late run by the Latvians tied it at one set a piece for the Latvians stormed out to an early lead in the 3rd set and never looked back.
Boxing
The Americans finally had some more success in boxing on Monday as Marlen Esparza beat Karlha Magliocco of Venezuela 24-16 in the flyweight quarterfinals while Claressa Shields beat Anna Laurell of Sweden 18-14 in the middleweight quarterfinals.
Both are now guaranteed medals as both semifinalist losers will get a bronze medal. Esparza will be in a semifinal against Cancan Ren of China while Shields will face Marina Volnova of Kazakhstan. Bout bout will be on Wednesday.
Cycling
Sarah Hammer had a fantastic first day of the omnium and finds herself in a tie for 1st place with Laura Trott of Great Britain with 12 points each as they head to the 2nd day and the final three events. Hammer came in 5th place in the 250m “Flying Lap” time trial with a time of 14.369. She scored 25 points in the points race to finish 5th as well. Finally in the elimination race she was 2nd only to Laura Trott. Tomorrow she’ll be in the individual pursuit, scratch race, and time trial.
Diving
Chris Colwill and Tony Dumais were in the preliminary round of men’s 3m springboard diving on Monday and both advanced easily. Dumais finished in 3rd with 486.60 points and Chris Colwill finished 7th with 461.35 points. They are in the semifinals on Tuesday now.
Equestrian
On the 3rd day of equestrian jumping the US had both of their individual competitors slip up but still qualify for the individual jumping final. Rich Fellers on Flexible picked up 8 penalties and now is in 11th overall while McLain Ward on Antares had 8 penalties to reach 12 total and is in 26th. Others on the team were Beezie Madden on Via Volo who had 4 more penalties to reach 8 and Reed Kessler on Cylana who had 12 penalties to finish with 20 total. The US thus ended up with 28 total penalties through the 2 days and finished 6th.
Field Hockey
The US won’t be advancing to the women’s field hockey knockout round and they finished the group stage in horrible fashion losing 7-0 to South Africa. The US ended up last in the group despite being the only team to beat 1st place Argentina they will face Belgium in the 11-12 match on Friday.
Gymnastics
In the women’s gymnastics uneven bars final Gabby Douglas had an off day and Gabby Douglas finished 8th with a score of 14.900. In the men’s gymnastics vault final Samuel Mikulak finished 5th with a score of 16.050.
Sailing
In the men’s 470 Stuart McNay/Graham Biehl finished 6th in race #7 and 18th in race #8. They are now in 17th with 97 points, 31 points behind 10th with two races left on Tuesday.
In the 49er Erik Storck/Trevor Moore finished 8th in race #14 and 17th in race #15. They finished in 15th overall with 157 points, 22 behind 10th.
Finally Paige Railey finished 6th in the laser radial medal race and ended up in 8th overall.
Shooting
In the men’s 50m rifle 3 position qualification round Matthew Emmons finished 2nd with 1172 points to make the final while Jason Parker finished 30th with 1159 points. In the final Emmons was in silver position with one shot left when he shot a 7.6 to finish 3rd. It was another disappointment for Emmons but he does at least get a medal in the event finally.
Women’s Soccer
In the women’s soccer semifinals the US engaged in an epic semifinal with Canada. Christine Sinclair got the Canadians off to a 1-0 lead in the 22nd minute. The US would be behind for quite a while but got the 2nd half off to a good start when Megan Rapinoe scored directly from a corner kick in the 54th minute. Canada answered with a Christine Sinclair header in the 67th minute. The US struck right back when Rapinoe scored AGAIN with a great shot rifled from just inside the box. The Canadians scored a 3rd time when Sinclair completed a hat trick in the 73rd minute on another header. In the 79th minute the US got a controversial indirect free kick inside the box and drew a penalty for hand ball after they shot. Abby Wambach converted the penalty and we went to extra time tied at three. In the extra time both teams traded attacks but Alex Morgan provided the winning goal in the 3rd additional minute of the 2nd half of extra time when she headed in a cross to send the US to the gold medal final against Japan on Thursday.
Synchronized Swimming
The US duo of Mary Killman/Mariya Koroleva managed to finish in 10th and make the final, just 2 points ahead of the Brazilian duo.
Volleyball
The men’s volleyball team easily defeated Tunisia 25-15, 25-19, 25-19 to win their group in the group stage. They will now face Italy in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Water Polo
In the men’s water polo group stage the US ended their round with another disappointing performance as they lost to Hungary 11-6. They finished 4th in the group and will face undefeated Croatia in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Wrestling
The US had three wrestlers going on Monday. Edward Charles Betts took on Keitani Graham of Micronesia in the 84kg division qualification round and won 6-0, 1-0 to move on to the round of 16. In the round of 16 he faced Pablo Enrique Shorey Hernandez 1-0, 1-0 to end his Olympics.
Ellis E Coleman took on Ivo Serafimov Angelov of Bulgaria in the 60kg division qualification round and lost 1-0, 7-1 to end his Olympics.
Dremiel Deshon Byers took on Muminjon Abdullaev of Uzbekistan in the 120kg round of 16 and won 1-0, 2-0 to move into the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals he lost to Riza Kayaalp of Turkey to end his Olympics.
