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OLYMPICS Friday, August 19, 2016 East Oregonian Page 3B Eaton, Bolt shine in track and ield Brazilian police Bolt sprints to 200M gold, Eaton retains decathalon title By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Ashton Eaton retained his title as the best all-around athlete in the world by tying the decathlon Olympic record and, within minutes, had stepped back for track and ield’s ultimate superstar to take center stage again. What more could the now two-time Olympic champion Eaton do on Thursday night to get just a sliver of the lime- light that shines so brightly wherever Usain Bolt goes. Not much. Eaton made it back-to- back Olympic and world titles in the decathlon, an event the 28-year-old American has ruled since he rebounded from silver at the worlds in 2011 to claim the next four major gold medals available. From throwing, to jumping, to running, Eaton can do it all. But then Bolt — the Jamaican who just deals in speed — roared around the bend at the Olympic Stadium to win the 200 meters in 19.78 seconds, completing act two of his three-part quest for gold and history in Rio. The 4x100-meter relay inal is all that’s left now between Bolt and an historic triple of three gold medals at three straight Olympics. Concentrating on not messing that up for Bolt, a Jamaica team led by Asafa Powell got into the inal, but only inished second in their AP Photo/Jae C. Hong United States’ Ashton Eaton competes in the 1500-me- ter decathlon during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Thursday. Usain Bolt crosses the line to win the gold medal in the men’s 200-me- ter inal. AP Photo/Mark Baker heat behind Japan. The American men’s 4x100 team qualiied fastest for the relay inal with a season’s-best 37.65. Wednesday delivered an “awesome hour” for the American team on the track. By Thursday night, that had evolved into a pretty great 24 hours. Alongside Eaton’s triumph, Ryan Crouser led an American one-two in the shot put, also setting an Olympic record of 22.52 meters to beat world champion Joe Kovacs. Tomas Walsh of New Zealand won bronze. Dalilah Muhammad kept the U.S. total ticking with gold in the women’s 400-meter hurdles and Ashley Spencer added a bronze, with another Amer- ican 1-2 in that race only just thwarted by Denmark’s Sara Slott Petersen. Earlier, Kerron Clement won his irst individual gold at the Olym- pics in the men’s 400 hurdles. “We are making history out here,” Muhammad said of the U.S. team’s gold rush. With three days of compe- tition to come, the United States was up to 24 medals in track and ield, including eight gold. For a few short moments on Day 7 the track and ield competition, the U.S. women’s 4x100 relay team was a little like Bolt: They were the only ones everyone was looking at. Tianna Bartoletta nestled into the starting blocks in lane 2 for the U.S. team’s re-run — on their own and against the clock only — after they fumbled the baton in their original qualiier, but got another chance following a protest. With just the clock and the crowd for company, they took the baton around in 41.77 seconds to knock slowest-qualiier China out the inal. “We were laughing and joking out there,” English Gardner said. “Our coach said before we went out there, ‘It’s just like practice, just the whole world will be watching. Be patient, stay patient with each other, and just do your job.” Eaton inished with 8,893 points, incredibly matching exactly the Olympic record after 10 energy-sapping events. He inished third in the last event, the 1,500, to win gold from France’s Kevin Mayer on 8,834 points. Canada’s Damian Warner took the bronze. Eaton has conirmed his status at the dominant decathlete of his time. “To win two Olympic golds in a row like Daley Thompson is very special,” he said, referring to the great British decathlete who won in 1980 and ‘84. Eaton had briely darted away from the decathlon in the morning session to congratulate Clement as his teammate knelt exhausted in the midday sun after the hurdles inal. Clement was so conident of a irst Olympic individual gold, he had his mother, Claudette, bring a star-spangled banner so he could drape it over his shoulders. “We had a lag at home and I told her to bring the lag. I knew I was going to win,” Clement said. US women advance to gold medal game By DOUG FEINBERG Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Missing its starting point guard, the U.S. women’s basketball team struggled for a half to ind its offensive rhythm before pulling away from France and moving one win away from capturing a sixth consecutive gold medal. Diana Taurasi scored 18 points and Maya Moore added 15 to help the Amer- icans beat France 86-67 on Thursday night in the semiinals. It was the closest game of the Olympics for the Amer- icans, who will face Spain on Saturday and advanced without injured guard Sue Bird. Spain and the U.S. played in the preliminary round and the U.S. won that one by 40. The Americans also beat Spain in the 2014 world championship by 13. Thursday’s game against France was a rematch of the 2012 London Games gold medal contest. The U.S. won that one by 36 points, but had a much harder time in this one without Bird. The point guard sprained her right knee capsule in the Basketball France USA 67 86 quarterinals and has been listed as day-to-day. She had started every game for the U.S. the past three Olympics and been a calming inluence on offense for the Americans. The U.S. had cruised through its irst six games, winning by nearly 42 points a game and scoring at a record pace. Without Bird, the Americans looked discom- bobulated at times on offense against France. The team that was averaging 105 points and 30 assists was held to just 40 points in the opening 20 minutes and just four assists. The U.S. held a slim 40-36 at the break, the closest any team had been to the Americans at the half since Australia led them in the semiinals of the 2012 Olympics. But the Americans (7-0) started playing a better on both ends of the court in the decisive third quarter. As the starters were about to take AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall United States’ Brittney Griner (15) drives to the bas- ket past France’s Olivia Epoupa, left, and Gaelle Skrela, right, during a semiinal game at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Thursday. the court for the start of the second half, Bird huddled them up could be seen offering words of encourage- ment and instructions. The team seemed to get the message, going on a 14-5 run to start the period, including two 3-pointers by Taurasi that gave the Amer- icans some breathing room. Though the U.S. outscored France 25-8 in the period, it had two 24-second shot clock violations. It was rare in the irst seven games if the shot clock ever got under ive seconds. The Americans led by 21 at the end of the third quarter, but France (4-3) didn’t quit. The French cut the lead to 11 in the fourth, but could get no closer. It was only the second time in Rio that the U.S. didn’t reach 100 points in a game. But it did get the win and now has 48 consecutive Olympic victories. Marianne Johannes scored 13 to lead France, which will play Serbia for the bronze medal on Saturday. say Lochte, US swimmers were not robbed Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian police said Thursday that swimmer Ryan Lochte and three U.S. teammates were not robbed after a night of partying, and the intox- icated athletes instead vandal- ized a gas station bathroom and were questioned Lochte by armed guards before they paid for the damage and left. The robbery that was or wasn’t has become the biggest spectacle outside of the Olympic venues in Rio, casting a shadow over American athletes amid an otherwise remarkable run at the Summer Games. The ordeal was also a blow to Brazilians, who for months endured scrutiny about whether the city could keep athletes and tourists safe given its long history of violence. “No robbery was committed against these athletes. They were not victims of the crimes they claimed,” Civil Police Chief Fernando Veloso said during a news conference. The police account came in direct contrast to claims from Lochte’s attorney earlier in the week. The attorney, Jeff Ostrow, had insisted the swimmer had nothing to gain by making the story up. He, as well as Lochte’s father and agent, did not return phone calls seeking comment. The swimmers could potentially face punishment — probation, suspension, a ine or expulsion — under USA Swimming’s code of conduct. It was not clear if the swimmers would face criminal charges, though police said the athletes could be charged with destruction of property, falsely reporting a crime or both. Two of the swimmers — Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger — checked in to a light out of Brazil late Thursday after a judge lifted the order seizing their passports and keeping them in the country. They had testiied about the incident earlier in the day, and Brazilians chanted “liar” as they left the police building. “They did not lie in their statements. They never lied to journalists. They only stayed quiet. They did not know what was going on,” attorney Sergio Riera said. The last swimmer in Rio, Jimmy Feigen, provided an updated statement to police, U.S. Olympic oficials said, and hoped to get his pass- port back shortly to return home. The saga began when Lochte claimed that he and his teammates were held at gunpoint and robbed several hours after the last Olympic swim- ming races ended. But police then said they didn’t have evidence to substantiate the story. Their passports were ordered seized so the investigation could continue, but Lochte had already left the country. While some details in the oficial account of the story changed on Thursday — police irst said no guns were involved, then said two guards pointed weapons at the swimmers — security video conirmed the athletes vandalized parts of the gas station, leading to an encounter with station employees. The closed-circuit video shows one of the swimmers pulling a sign off of a wall and dropping it onto the ground. A gas station worker arrives, and other workers inspect the damage. Veloso said the swimmers broke a door, a soap dispenser and a mirror. The swimmers even- tually talk with station workers as their cab leaves. As they talk, two of the swimmers briely raise their hands and all four sit down on a curb. After a few minutes, the swimmers stand up and appear to exchange something — perhaps cash, as police said — with one of the men. The footage doesn’t show a weapon, but a police oficial speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing said two guards pointed guns during the encounter. Veloso said the guards did not use excessive force and would have been justiied in drawing their weapons because the athletes “were conducting themselves in a violent way.” A station employee called police, and the guards and employees tried to get the swimmers and the taxi driver to stay until authorities arrived, some even offering to help inter- pret between English and Portuguese, Veloso said. But he said the athletes wanted to leave, so paid 100 Brazilian reals (about US $33) and $20 in U.S. currency and left. Conger and Bentz told authorities that the story of the robbery had been fabricated, said the police oficial who spoke to the AP about the guns. SCOREBOARD Olympics TV SCHEDULE TODAY NBC — Equestrian - Individual Jumping Gold Medal Final (LIVE); Canoe/Kayak - Sprint Semiinals; Synchronized Swimming - Team Gold Medal Final (LIVE); Men’s Volleyball - Semiinal (LIVE); Cycling - BMX Gold Medal Finals (LIVE); Women’s Water Polo - Gold Medal Final (LIVE); Equestrian - Individual Jumping Gold Medal Final; Rhythmic Gymnastics - Individual Quali- fying, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Track & Field - Gold Medal Finals (LIVE): Women’s Pole Vault, Men’s Hammer, Women’s 5000m, Wom- en’s 4x100m Relay, Men’s 4x100m Relay; Men’s Diving - Platform Qualifying, 8-10:30 p.m. Canoe/Kayak - Sprint Semiinals, 11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. NBCSN — Men’s Track & Field - 50k Walk Gold Medal Final (LIVE); Men’s Wrestling - Freestyle Qualifying (LIVE); Taekwondo - Qualifying; Rhythmic Gymnastics - Individ- ual Qualifying; Men’s Basketball - Semiinal (LIVE); Women’s Soccer - Gold Medal Final (LIVE); Men’s Handball - Semiinal (LIVE); Men’s Volleyball - Semiinal (LIVE); Women’s Modern Pentathlon; Boxing - Semiinal; Taekwondo - Gold Medal Finals, 7 a.m.-Midnight. MSNBC — Women’s Badminton - Singles Gold Medal Final; Women’s Soccer - Bronze Medal (LIVE); Women’s Modern Pentath- lon; Men’s Handball - Semiinal (LIVE); Women’s Field Hockey - Gold Medal Final (LIVE), 11 a.m.-6 p.m. USA — Men’s Badminton - Singles Semi- inal; Women’s Water Polo - Bronze Medal (LIVE); Women’s Field Hockey - Bronze Medal (LIVE); Men’s Badminton - Singles Semiinal, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. CNBC — Men’s Wrestling - Freestyle Gold Medal Finals (LIVE); Men’s Basketball - Semiinal (LIVE), 5-8 p.m. GOLF CHANNEL — Golf Central Live From the Olympics, 5-6:30 a.m. & 3-5 p.m.; Women’s Golf - 3rd Round (LIVE), 6:30 a.m.-3 p.m. NBC BASKETBALL CHANNEL — Men’s Basketball - Semiinal 1 (LIVE), Semiinal 1 Encore, Semiinal 2 (LIVE), Semiinal 2 Encore, 2:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m. NBC SOCCER CHANNEL — Women’s Soccer - Bronze Medal (LIVE), Bronze Med- al encore, Gold Medal Final (LIVE), Medal Ceremony (LIVE), Gold Medal Final encore, Medal Ceremony encore, Noon-Midnight. Thursday’s scores and results BASKETBALL Women Semiinals Spain 68, Serbia 54 United States 86, France 67 ——— FIELD HOCKEY Men Bronze Medal Germany 1, Netherlands 1, Germany wins 4-3 shootout Gold Medal Argentina 4, Belgium 2 ——— TEAM HANDBALL Women Semiinals France 24, Netherlands 23 Russia 38, Norway 37 ——— VOLLEYBALL Women Semiinals Serbia 3, United States 2 (20-25, 25-17, 25-21, 16-25, 15-13) China 3, Netherlands 1, (27-25, 23-25, 29-27, 25-23) ——— WATER POLO Men 5-8 Classiication Hungary 13, Brazil 4 Greece 9, Spain 7 Semiinals Croatia 12, Montenegro 8 Serbia 10, Italy 8 ——— TRACK & FIELD Men 200M Final 1. Usain Bolt, Jamaica, 19.78. 2. Andre de Grasse, Canada, 20.02. 3. Christophe Lemaitre, France, 20.12. 6. Lashawn Merritt, United States, 20.19. 400 Hurdles Final 1. Kerron Clement, United States, 47.73. 2. Boniface Mucheru Tumuti, Kenya, 47.78. 3. Yasmani Copello, Turkey, 47.92. Shot Put Final 1. Ryan Crouser, United States, (22.52), 73-10 1-2. 2. Joe Kovacs, United States, (21.78), 71-5 1-2. 3. Tomas Walsh, New Zealand, (21.36), 70-1. Decathlon Final Standings 1. Ashton Eaton, United States, 8893 points 2. Kevin Mayer, France, 8834 3. Damian Warner, Canada, 8666 Women 400 Hurdles Final 1. Dalilah Muhammad, United States, 53.13. 2. Sara Slott Petersen, Denmark, 53.55. 3. Ashley Spencer, United States, 53.72. Javelin Throw Final 1. Sara Kolak, Croatia, (66.18), 217-1 1-2. 2. Sunette Viljoen, South Africa, (64.92), 212-12. 3. Barbora Spotakova, Czech Republic, (64.80), 212-7 1-4. ——— BADMINTON Men Doubles Bronze Medal Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge, Britain, def. Chai Biao and Hong Wei, China, 21-18, 19-21, 21-10. Women Doubles Bronze Medal Jung Kyung Eun and Shin Seung Chan, South Korea, def. Yu Yang and Tang Yuant- ing, China, 21-8, 21-17. Gold Medal Ayaka Takahashi and Misaki Matsutomo, Japan, def. Kamilla Rytter juhl and Christin- na Pedersen, Denmark, 18-18, 21-21, 21-21. ——— BEACH VOLLEYBALL Men Bronze Medal Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeu- wsen, Netherlands, def. Konstantin Semen- ov and Viacheslav Krasilnikov, Russia, 23-21, 22-20. Gold Medal Cerutti Alison and Oscar Schmidt Bruno, Brasil def. Nicolai Paolo and Lupo Daniele, Italy, 21-19, 21-17. ——— BOXING Men’s Bantam (56kg) Semiinals Shakur Stevenson, United States, def. Vladimir Nikitin, Russia, walkover. Robeisy Ramirez, Cuba, def. Murodjon Akhmadaliev, Uzbekistan, 3-0. Men’s Middle (75kg) Semiinals Arlen Lopez, Cuba, def. Kamran Shakhsu- varly, Azerbaijan, 3-0. Bektemir Melikuziev, Uzbekistan, def. Misael Uziel Rodriguez, Mexico, 3-0. Men’s Light Heavy (81kg) Gold Medal Julio Cesar la Cruz, Cuba, def. Adilbek Niyazymbetov, Kazakhstan, 3-0. Women’s Fly (48-51kg) Semiinals Nicola Adams, Britain, def. Cancan Ren, China, 3-0. Sarah Ourahmoune, France, def. Ingrit Lorena Valencia Victoria, Colombia, 2-0. ——— DIVING Women’s 10-Meter Platform Final 1. Qian Ren, China, 439.25. 2. Yajie Si, China, 419.40. 3. Meaghan Benfeito, Canada, 389.20. 10. Jessica Parratto, United States, 334.60. ——— TRIATHLON Men Final 1. Alistair Brownlee, Britain, 1:45:01. 2. Jonathan Brownlee, Britain, 1:45:07. 3. Henri Schoeman, South Africa, 1:45:43. ——— WRESTLING (FREESTYLE) Women 53 kg Bronze Medal Matches Natalya Sinishin, Azerbaijan, def. Betza- beth Angelica Arguello Villegas, Venezuela, 2-1. Soia Magdalena Mattsson, Sweden, def. Xuechun Zhong, China, 6-0. Gold Medal Helen Louise Maroulis, United States, def. Saori Yoshida, Japan, 4-1. Baseball MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Toronto 69 52 Baltimore 67 53 Boston 67 53 New York 61 59 Tampa Bay 50 69 Central Division W L Cleveland 69 50 Detroit 64 57 Kansas City 61 60 Pct .570 .558 .558 .508 .420 GB — 1½ 1½ 7½ 18 Pct GB .580 — .529 6 .504 9 Chicago Minnesota West Division 57 49 63 .475 12½ 72 .405 21 W L Pct GB Texas 72 50 .590 — Seattle 64 56 .533 7 Houston 61 60 .504 10½ Oakland 52 69 .430 19½ Los Angeles 51 70 .421 20½ ——— Thursday’s Games Detroit 4, Boston 3 Baltimore 13, Houston 5 Cleveland 5, Chicago White Sox 4 Kansas City 8, Minnesota 1 L.A. Angels 6, Seattle 4 Friday’s Games Houston (McHugh 7-10) at Baltimore (Miley 7-10), 4:05 p.m. Boston (Porcello 16-3) at Detroit (Fulmer 10-3), 4:10 p.m. Texas (Hamels 12-4) at Tampa Bay (An- driese 6-4), 4:10 p.m. Toronto (Liriano 6-12) at Cleveland (Bauer 9-5), 4:10 p.m. Oakland (Graveman 8-8) at Chicago White Sox (Shields 5-14), 5:10 p.m. Minnesota (Berrios 2-3) at Kansas City (Volquez 9-10), 5:15 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 9-4) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 8-10), 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Suter 0-0) at Seattle (LeBlanc 2-0), 7:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Washington 71 49 .592 — Miami 62 59 .512 9½ New York 60 61 .496 11½ Philadelphia 57 65 .467 15 Atlanta 44 77 .364 27½ Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 77 43 .642 — St. Louis 64 56 .533 13 Pittsburgh 62 56 .525 14 Milwaukee 52 68 .433 25 Cincinnati 51 69 .425 26 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 67 53 .558 — San Francisco 67 54 .554 ½ Colorado 58 63 .479 9½ San Diego 51 70 .421 17 Arizona 50 71 .413 18 ——— Thursday’s Games Chicago Cubs 9, Milwaukee 6 Philadel- phia 5, L.A. Dodgers 4 Cincinnati 5, Miami 4 Washington 8, Atlanta 2 San Diego 9, Arizona 7 San Francisco 10, New York 7 Friday’s Games Miami (Koehler 9-8) at Pittsburgh (Cole 7-8), 4:05 p.m. St. Louis (Wainwright 9-7) at Philadelphia (Morgan 1-7), 4:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Norris 6-9) at Cincinnati (Adleman 1-1), 4:10 p.m. Washington (Roark 13-6) at Atlanta (Tehe- ran 3-9), 4:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 11-7) at Colora- do (Anderson 4-4), 5:40 p.m. Milwaukee (Suter 0-0) at Seattle (LeBlanc 2-0), 7:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Matz 9-8) at San Francisco (Cueto 13-3), 7:15 p.m. Arizona (Greinke 11-4) at San Diego (Cosart 0-1), 7:40 p.m. Wildcard Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE W Baltimore 67 Boston 67 Seattle 64 Detroit 64 L 53 53 56 57 Pct. GB .558 — .558 — .533 3 .529 3.5 NATIONAL LEAGUE W San Fransisco 67 St. Louis 64 Pittsburgh 62 Miami 62 L 54 56 56 59 Pct. GB .554 +2½ .533 — .525 1 .512 2.5 MiLB NORTHWEST LEAGUE North Division W L Everett (Mariners) 15 6 Spokane (Rangers) 9 12 Tri-City (Padres) 8 13 Vancouver (Blue Jays) 8 13 South Division W L Eugene (Cubs) 16 5 Hillsboro (Dbacks) 11 9 Salem-Keizer (Giants) 9 12 Boise (Rockies) 8 13 ——— Thursday’s Games Salem-Keizer 12, Hillsboro 7 Eugene 1, Boise 0 Vancouver 4, Spokane 0 Everett 9, Tri-City 3 Pct. GB .714 — .450 5 .381 7 .381 7 Pct. GB .750 — .550 4 .428 7 .381 8