ARCHERY
WOMEN'S ROUND OF 16
World-record holder and gold medal favorite Natalia Valeeva of
Moldova advanced to the quarterfinals by beating Kirstin Lewis
of South Africa 160-143. Also moving on to the quarters is
Barbara Mensing of Germany, who barely won against Nurfitriyana
Lantang of Indonesia, 144-141.
BADMINTON
MEN'S DOUBLES SEMIFINALS
As expected, Ricky Subajga and Rexy Mainaky of Indonesia
advanced to tomorrow's finals, with a 15-3, 15-5 thrashing of
Tan Kim Her and Soo Beng Kiang of Malaysia. Their opponents will
be Yap Kim Hock and Soon Kit Cheah, also of Malaysia, who
advanced by beating Indonesia's Denny Kantono and S. Antonius
15-10, 15-4.
MIXED DOUBLES QUARTERFINALS
Medal favorites Ra Kyung Min and Park Joo Bong of South Korea
swept Wang Xiaoyuan and Tao Xiaoqiang of China 15-7, 15-9.
They'll take on China's Liu Jianjun and Sun Man in today's
semifinals. In the other semi match, Peng Xingyong and Chen
Xingdong, who defeated Denmark's Rikke Olsen and Michael Soggard
10-15, 15-6, 18-15, will play Kim Dong Moon and Gil Young Ah of
South Korea.
BASEBALL
PRELIMINARIES
The Netherlands 8, Italy 7
Cuba 8, Nicaragua 7
Japan 14, South Korea 4
BASKETBALL
WOMEN'S PRELIMINARIES
Ukraine 54, Australia 48
Russia 94, China 78
U.S. 105, South Korea 64
Brazil 75, Italy 73
Japan 95, Canada 85
Cuba 73, Zaire 59
EQUESTRIAN
INDIVIDUAL JUMPING QUALIFYING
Seven riders finished the day with zero penalty points to tie
for first. Gold medal favorite Ludger Beerbaum of Germany, the
only rider ever to win a World Cup (1993) and an individual
Olympic gold medal (1992) is--with his mount, Ratina--among the
leaders. Also finishing in the scrum at the top is Anne
Kursinski of the U.S., riding Eros.
FIELD HOCKEY
MEN'S FIRST ROUND
Australia 2, Great Britain 0
Korea 4, Malaysia 2
The Netherlands 4, South Africa 1
HANDBALL
MEN'S FIRST ROUND
France 25, Egypt 20
Sweden 33, Kuwait 18
Germany 25, Algeria 23
Russia 24, Croatia 23
Spain 27, Brazil 17
Switzerland 29, U.S. 20
SOFTBALL
SEMIFINALS
U.S. 1, China 0 (10 inn.)
Australia-Japan, late
TABLE TENNIS
MEN'S DOUBLES SEMIFINALS
Lu-Wang, China, d. Fetzner-Rosskopf, Germany, 21-19, 21-17, 21-7
Kong-Liu, China, d. Lee-Yoo, South Korea, 21-17, 21-16, 21-19
WOMEN'S QUARTERFINALS
Gold medal favorite Deng Yaping of China swept Nicole Struse of
Germany 21-16, 21-9, 21-13, while Deng's countrywoman Qiao Hong
beat Chire Koyama of Japan 21-18, 21-19, 21-16. Also moving on
was Chen Jing of Chinese Taipei, who easily dispatched Hong
Kong's Tan Lui Chan 21-12, 21-15, 21-19. The semis will be
filled out by Liu Wei of China, who defeated Kim Hyon of North
Korea 21-12, 22-20, 21-14.
TENNIS
QUARTERFINALS
Sixth seed Jana Novotna of the Czech Republic upset top seed
Monica Seles of the U.S. 7-5, 3-6, 8-6 in a 21/2-hour match.
Novotna will go for another upset in tomorrow's semis when she
plays Spain's Arantxa Sanchez Vicario. Sanchez Vicario, the
third seed, beat eighth-seeded Kimiko Date of Japan 4-6, 6-3,
10-8. Mary Joe Fernandez and Lindsay Davenport, both of the
U.S., will meet in the other semifinal. Fernandez beat No. 2
Conchita Martinez of Spain 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, and Davenport defeated
No. 4 Iva Majoli of Croatia 7-5, 6-3.
TRACK AND FIELD
QUALIFYING
Gail Devers of the U.S., the 100-meter gold medalist, advanced
to the semifinals of the 100-meter hurdles by winning her
second-round heat in 12.83 seconds. However, John Godina, the
shot put silver medalist, failed to qualify for the finals of
the discus, finishing 14th with a throw of 202'10". Godina's
teammate Anthony Washington finished in third, the highest U.S.
qualifier, with a throw of 208'10".
VOLLEYBALL
MEN'S PRELIMINARIES
Argentina d. Poland 7-15, 17-15, 15-10, 15-9
Italy d. Yugoslavia 15-12, 15-8, 15-12
Russia d. Tunisia 15-9, 15-10, 15-11
The Netherlands d. South Korea 15-4, 15-11, 15-12
Bulgaria d. U.S. 15-11, 13-15, 11-15, 15-5, 15-12
Brazil-Cuba, late
YACHTING
PRELIMINARIES
Robert Scheidt of Brazil, the gold medal favorite, increased his
lead in the Laser class by finishing first in the 10th of the
competition's 11 races. Kristine Roug of Denmark, the two-time
defending world champion in the women's Europe class, placed
seventh in the 10th race of her competition; however, she still
maintains a comfortable overall lead heading into the final race
tomorrow. Courtney Becker-Dey of the U.S. finished second in
yesterday's Europe-class race but remained in third place overall.
COLOR PHOTO: V.J. LOVERO Marisol Breton of Mexico drew her bow in the women's individual archery preliminaries.
COLOR PHOTO: TANNEN MAURY/AP Italy's Natale Chiaudani urged Rheingold De Luyne over the fence in the individual jumping qualifying. [Natale Chiaudani on horse]
