Archery: In the
women's individual event,
Khadija Abbouda of Morocco, 40, was ranked 64th: she had the lowest score in the ranking round, and the lowest score in the round of 64, where she and 32 other competitors were eliminated.
Equestrian: Japan finished 10th in
team dressage; another team was eliminated. The humans involved were
Yuko Kitai, 35,
Mieko Yagi, 58, and
Hiroshi Hoketsu, 67. Their average score was 60.653 percent, compared to the gold medallists' 72.917 percent; their average age is 53⅓.
Shooting: Two women's events today. In the
women's 50-metre air rifle, three positions, Australian
Susan McCready, 27, finished 43rd with a score of 550; athletes making the final had scores of 585 or better. In
women's skeet shooting, where a score if 69 was needed to advance to the final, Egyptian shooter
Mona Elhawary, 46, had a score of 50, and finished 19th.
Swimming: All is right in the world: heat one produces the slowest times in the swimming events. First, to the men's 200-metre breaststroke, where, in
heat one, 31-year-old
Sergio Andres Ferreyra of Argentina put in a time of 2:20.10 -- nearly 12½ seconds behind the gold medallist's final time. There was one
DNS in the heats.
Kristina Lennox-Silva of Puerto Rico, 23, finished with a time of 2:17.27 in
heat one of the women's 200-metre butterfly; the gold medallist's world-record time in the final was 2:04.18. There were two
DNSes in the heats.
Heat one of the men's 100-metre freestyle saw 16-year-old
Sofyan El Gadi finish with a time of 57.89 seconds, 10.68 seconds behind the gold medallist's time in the final. And, in the women's 4×200-metre freestyle relay, the slowest time in the heats was put in by the
Polish team in
heat one: compare their time of 8:07.40 to yet another world-record gold medal time in the final of 7:44.31. There was one disqualification in heat two.
Standings to date: A light day to report on. Japan moves into third place with its third
DFL; Australia's second moves it into eighth, given its huge team. All countries in the top ten have more than one last-place finish. Meanwhile, three north African countries join the list at once, which is kind of interesting.
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