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SPORTS THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 2016 Whipping winds affect Day 2 of Rio Games By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer RIO DE JANEIRO — The whipping gusts that dis- rupted athletes and spectators alike were just a prelude to the winds of change that roared through Rio de Janeiro on Sun- day night: Serena and Venus Williams lost an Olympic dou- bles match for the irst time. Day 2 of the Rio Games proved quite the breeze for some athletes and much too windy for others. The gusts ripped apart a large decorative panel on the swimming venue and even shut down shopping at the megastore — essentially an enormous tent — inside the Olympic Park. Then, the tempest: the Wil- liams sisters were stunned in the opening round by the Czech Republic’s Lucie Safa- rova and Barbora Strycova 6-3, 6-4 after entering Sun- day’s match with a 15-0 mark in the Olympics. They had won the gold medal in women’s doubles every time they entered the event: in 2000, 2008 and 2012. The American duo was seeded No. 1 in Rio and coming off a 14th Grand Slam champion- ship together at Wimbledon a month ago. China won yet another medal in air rile on a day nasty winds sent the clay tar- gets in the trap event bobbing and bouncing through the air, forced delays on the tennis courts and whipped up treach- erous waves in the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon. Sunday’s rowing regatta was called off after a two- hour delay when the choppy seas didn’t let up. Race ofi- cials said winds gusting up to 34 mph (15 meters per second) As of Aug. 8 at 11:32 a.m. TOP 10 MEDAL WINNERS 1. United States 3 5 4 2. Italy 3 3 2 3. China 3 2 3 4. Australia 3 0 3 5. South Korea 2 2 1 6. Hungary 2 0 0 7. Russia 1 2 3 8. Sweden 1 1 0 8. United Kingdom 1 1 0 9. Japan 1 0 6 AP pushed buoys into the lanes and capsized two boats during morning practice. The Americans had another shattering disappointment in the women’s road race when three cyclists blew past Mara Abbott within sight of the in- ish line. Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen led the charge, giving the Netherlands back- to-back golds in the event. Her teammate Annemiek van Vleuten crashed while leading the race on the same inal decent where Giro d’ Ita- lia winner Vincenzo Nibali and Colombian climber Sergio Henao tumbled while leading the men’s race Saturday. Van Vleuten sustained three small fractures in her spine and was hospitalized in intensive care. There were 14 golds up for grabs, including four swim- ming inals, where Katie Ledecky is the overwhelm- ing favorite in the 400-meter freestyle and Michael Phelps is eager to get started on his ifth Olympics now that his lag-carrying duties are done. Other highlights from Day 2 of the Rio Games: RECORD ROUT: Diana Taurasi and the U.S. women’s basketball team opened their Olympics with a record rout, smashing Senegal 121-56 while setting Olympic marks for most points in a game, margin of victory and assists (36). The Americans, also fea- turing irst-time Olympians Brittney Griner, Ella Delle Donne and Breanna Stew- art, have won 42 consecutive Olympic games. KOSOVO FIRST: Majlinda Kelmendi won Kosovo’s irst Olympic medal, taking gold in the women’s 52-kilogram judo division. The top-ranked Kelmendi struggled for years to represent her country, which declared independence from Serbia in 2008. At the last Olympics she represented Albania because Kosovo was not recognized by the International Olympic Committee until 2014. CHINA GOLD: Chi- na’s bid for a gold in shoot- ing seemed to take a hit when a two-time defending gold medalist failed to qualify. But Zhang Mengxue picked up the slack, earning China’s fourth air pistol gold in the last ive Games. China has dominated the air rile and pistol shooting events at the Olympics, earn- ing nine gold medals since the 2000 Sydney Games. 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