Olympic report
Gymnastics
The U.S. women had the top score in qualifying, but the big story was world champion Jordyn Wieber. Wieber, a heavy favorite, is out of the all-around competition after finishing behind teammates Aly Raisman and Gabby Douglas. Countries are limited to two gymnasts in the all-around and event finals. Russia was 1.4 points back with a score of 180.429. Beijing Olympics champion China was third (176.637)
Volleyball
So far, so good for the defending champion U.S. men’s team, which opened Olympic play by sweeping Serbia behind Matt Anderson’s 18 points. Captain Clay Stanley added 13 points in the 25-17, 25-22, 25-21 victory at Earls Court.
• Defending beach gold medalists Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser of the United States, and the No. 2 American women’s team, April Ross and Jennifer Kessy, each won in straight sets.
Water polo
Peter Varellas had three goals to lead the United States to an 8-7 victory over Montenegro. Favored Serbia handed Hungary its first loss in 12 years, beating the three-time defending champion 14-10.
Soccer
Powerhouse Spain was eliminated from the men’s tournament after a 1-0 loss to Honduras and hasn’t scored in two matches. Spain was hoping to add Olympic gold to the World Cup and European Championship titles held by the country’s full national team.
Diving
China’s Wu Minxia and partner He Zi won the first diving gold medal of the Olympics. Abby Johnston and Kelci Bryant finished second with 321.90 points, ending America’s diving medal drought that extended to the 2000 Sydney Games. It was the first Olympic synchro medal for the U.S.
Cycling
Marianne Vos of the Netherlands won the gold medal in the women’s road race in a rain-drenched sprint, leaving Britain’s Elizabeth Armitstead with silver and the host country’s first medal of the London Olympics. University of Idaho grad Kristin Armstrong finished 35th, 47 seconds back of Vos. She’ll defend her gold medal in the time trial on Wednesday.
Other highlights
Weightlifting: North Korea’s Om Yun Chol, standing 5 feet and 123 pounds, won a gold medal by confidently lifting an Olympic-record 370 pounds in the clean and jerk. Only a handful of people have lifted more than three times their body weight, and this one came out of nowhere. Zulfiya Chinshanlo of Kazakhstan won the Olympic gold medal in women’s 53-kilogram. … Archery: South Korea won the Olympic gold medal in women’s team archery for the seventh straight time, 210-209 over China. Japan took bronze for its first medal ever in women’s archery. … Fencing: Aron Szilagyi of Hungary won the Olympic gold medal in the men’s individual saber by defeating Diego Occhiuzzi of Italy 15-8 . Nikolay Kovalev of Russia earned bronze with a 15-10 victory over Rares Dumitrescu of Romania. … Field hockey: In the day’s last match, Germany beat the United States 2-1, holding off a strong second-half performance by the Americans. … Judo: An Kae Um won gold for North Korea’s women’s 52-kilogram category, and Lasha Shavdatuashvili of Georgia took the men’s 66-kilogram category.