Athletics: Women's javelin:
Rumyana Karapetrova of Bulgaria, 26, had the shortest best throw in the qualifying round; she finished last in
group B with 40.15 metres. Two competitors in the qualifying round had no mark. The gold medallist's final score was 71.42 metres.
Women's 200 metre:
Samia Yusuf Omar of Somalia, 17, was considerably behind the rest of the field with her time, in
heat five, of 32.16 seconds. The gold medallist's time in the final was 21.74 seconds. There were two
DNSes in the heats.
Men's triple jump: In
group B of the qualifying round, Indian
Renjith Maheswary, 22, had a best jump of 15.77 metres; the gold medallist's best in the final was 17.67 metres. Two athletes had no mark in the qualifying round.
Men's 400 metre: 20-year-old
Liu Xiaosheng of China put in the only plus-50-second time in the heats; his time in
heat two was 53.11 seconds. The gold medallist's final time was 43.75 seconds. There was one
DNS in the heats.
Men's 110-metre hurdles:
Heat three saw Pakistani hurdler
Abdul Rashid, 29, finish with a time of 14.52 seconds; the gold medallist's final time was 12.93 seconds. There were two
DNFs and one
DNS in the heats.
Diving: In the
women's 10-metre platform event,
Annette Gamm of Germany, 31, finished 29th in the preliminary round with a score of 234.3; the lowest score to advance was 291.9.
Equestrian: In
individual jumping,
John Whitaker, 58, riding
Peppersteak Peppermill for Great Britain, was 77th in the qualifying round and did not advance.
Upper-Class Twit of the Year Modern Pentathlon: Most competitors at the back of the field in this event can blame a
DNF in the equestrian leg, giving them zero points. Horses is difficult. Such was the case in the
men's event run today, in which
Jaime Lopez of Spain, 22, was 36th with 4,196 points and 5:59 behind the gold medallist, who had 5,632 points.
Standings to date: China adds its eighth last-place finish and its third today, taking first place from Canada, which falls to second. Germany adds a seventh to move into third, and Britain adds a fifth to move into fifth position, oddly enough. Spain's third
DFL is good for 19th place, Pakistan's second for 29th.
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