Canoe/Kayak (Flatwater Racing): Men's 500-metre K1:
Koutoua Francis Abia, 43, Côte d'Ivoire, 9th in heat three with a time of 2:00.716.
Men's 500-metre C1:
Fortunato Luis Pacavira, 30, Angola, 8th in heat one with a time of 2:13.265.
Women's 500-metre K1:
Khathia Ba, 17, Senegal, 9th in heat one with a time of 2:17.74.
Men's 500-metre K2:
Shen Je, 21, and
Huang Zhipeng, 24, China, eighth in heat one with a time of 1:34.432.
Men's 500-metre C2:
José Everardo Cristobal, 22, and
Dimas Camilo, 18, Mexico, 9th in the semifinal with a time of 1:48.853. This is this team's second
DFL of these Games.
Women's 500-metre K2:
Xu Linbei, 24, and
Wang Feng, 22, China, eighth in heat two with a time of 1:47.645.
Cycling (Mountain Bike): On the
women's side,
Dellys Starr of Australia, 31, was lapped with two laps remaining; on the
men's side,
Antipass Kwari of Zimbabwe, 33, was lapped with six laps remaining. Four women and two men did not finish; a total of eight women and 20 men finished their races by being lapped; they were still ranked.
Football (Soccer): With an 0–3 record and five goals against,
Honduras finished 16th in
men's football.
Handball: With a record of 0–1–4 and one point,
Angola finished 12th in
women's handball.
Synchronized Swimming: Egypt sweeps this sport with a
DFL in the
team event; their nine swimmers finished with 80.833 points, 18.667 behind the gold medallists. And before these Games I bet you didn't even know Egypt
had a synchronized swimming team.
Standings to date: African countries are making a strong showing so far today, thanks to canoe/kayak and team sports: four countries make their first appearance, and Egypt moves into the top 10 with its 4th last-place finish. China adds two
DFLs to take the lead with 10 -- as the host country, this is very nearly expected. Australia adds a seventh to move into third place. Honduras and Mexico add their third each to move into 12th and 15th place, respectively.
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