Olympic report
Track and field
Russia capped a big day with wins by Mariya Savinova in the women’s 800 meters and Anna Chicherova in the women’s high jump – giving the traditional Olympic power six golds on the penultimate day of the games. Caster Semenya of South Africa was right behind Savinova to earn a silver medal in her first Olympic final three years after being forced to undergo gender tests. Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago won the men’s javelin. Russia collected two gold medals in race-walk events, with Elena Lashmanova winning the women’s 20-kilometer and Sergei Kirdyapkin taking the men’s 50K. Lashmanova broke the world record with a time of 1 hour, 25 minutes, 2 seconds.
Boxing
Bantamweight Luke Campbell won Britain’s first Olympic boxing gold medal in his division since 1908, dramatically knocking down rival John Joe Nevin of Ireland midway through the third round of a 14-11 victory. China’s Zou Shiming, light welterweight Roniel Iglesias, middleweight Ryota Murata and Ukrainian heavyweight Oleksandr Usyk also won their divisions.
Sailing
Tamara Echegoyen, Angela Pumariega and Sofia Toro of Spain won gold in women’s match racing, thanks in part to a boat-handling error by Australia that swept its skipper into the water.
Canoe sprint
Britain’s Ed McKeever won the men’s 200-meter kayak sprint in its Olympic debut. Spain’s Saul Craviotto Rivero was second and Canada’s Mark de Jonge beat France’s Maxim Beaumont to bronze by three-hundreths of a second. Ukraine’s Yuri Cheban (men’s singles 200-meter canoe sprint) and New Zealand’s Lisa Carrington (women’s singles 200-meter kayak sprint) also won gold. Yury Postrigay and Alexander Dyachenko of Russia took the men’s 200 kayak sprint.
Mountain biking
Julie Bresset of France built a massive lead, then rolled through the last of six laps all alone to defeat defending gold medalist Sabine Spitz of Germany and the rest of the field. Spitz wound up with the silver medal, and Georgia Gould of the United States claimed bronze.
Freestyle wrestling
Artur Taymazov of Uzbekistan won his third straight Olympic wrestling gold in the men’s 120-kilogram division, beating Georgia’s Davit Modzmanashvili in the final. Azerbaijan won two titles, with Sharif Sharifov grabbing the gold in men’s 84-kg freestyle and Toghrul Asgarov taking the men’s 60-kg freestyle. American Coleman Scott won a bronze medal in the 60-kg competition.
Other action
Team handball: Norway retained its Olympic title by beating Montenegro 26-23. … Field hockey: Germany defeated the Netherlands 2-1 to win its second straight men’s title. … Modern pentathlon: David Svoboda of the Czech Republic won the men’s event. Rhythmic gymnastics: Russian Evgeniya Kanaeva became the first rhythmic gymnast to win two Olympic all-around titles, defending her gold medal from Beijing. Kanaeva finished with 116.90 points, more than two points ahead of teammate Daria Dmitrieva. Liubou Charkashnya of Belarus won the bronze medal.