Here are some highlights from Day 13 in London.
Here are some highlights from Day 13 in London.
WOMEN'S SOCCER
The U.S. women's soccer team won the gold medal, avenging one of its most painful defeats with a 2-1 victory over Japan. Carli Lloyd scored in the eighth and 54th minutes for the Americans, who lost to the Japanese in penalty kicks at last year's World Cup final. The U.S. team has won three consecutive Olympic titles, and Lloyd delivered the winning margin for the second straight Olympics. [VIEW PHOTOS]
» MORE: Gold-medal soccer match the most electric moment of today's Olympic events (The Oregonian)
Jamaica's Usain Bolt, center, Jamaica's Yohan Blake, left, and Jamaica's Warren Weir celebrate their medals in the men's 200-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. Bolt won gold, Blake silver and Weir bronze. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)TRACK AND FIELD
in the 200-meter final, easing up as he crossed the finish line in 19.32
seconds to become the only man with two Olympic titles in the event. It was a
Jamaican sweep as training partner and pal Yohan Blake was second in
19.44, and Warren Weir got the bronze in 19.84, nearly a half-second
behind the champion.
» MORE: Highlights of the 30-minute news conference after Bolt's win (The Plain Dealer)
Ashton Eaton won the decathlon gold medal and Trey Hardee got the silver in a 1-2 finish for the United States. Leonel Suarez of Cuba took the bronze.
» MORE: Ashton Eaton just 'taking care of business' (The Oregonian)
Christian Taylor won the triple jump gold medal, overtaking U.S. teammate Will Claye with his fourth jump in the final. Taylor, the world champion, earned the Olympic title with a best jump of 17.81 meters.
American Manteo Mitchell ran the last 200 meters of the opening lap of the 4x400-meter relay preliminaries with a broken leg. He said he felt a pop in his left leg but still finished the lap in 46.1 seconds and helped the Americans to a tie for first with the Bahamas in 2 minutes, 58.87 seconds.
The United States' Claressa Shields, celebrates after winning her fight against Russia's Nadezda Torlopova, during the women's middleweight 75-kg boxing gold medal match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)this year's Summer Games. The 17-year-old middleweight
from Flint, Mich., capped her rapid
ascent through women's boxing with a win in the first ever Olympic competition. Shields' power and elusiveness were far too much for 33-year-old Russian Nadezda Torlopova, nearly twice Shields' age and half her speed at times. She won fairly easily, 19-12. [VIEW PHOTOS]
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Shields (MLive)
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
The U.S. women's basketball team faced its first challenge of the Olympics, but found a way to beat Australia and advance to the final.
Trailing
early in the second half, coach Geno Auriemma turned to his Olympic
rookies and the group — led by Tina Charles and Lindsay Whalen —
pressured Australia into turnovers and bad shots. That led to a pivotal
scoring run in the third quarter of an 86-73 victory. [VIEW PHOTOS]
WATER POLO
The United States won its
first gold medal in women's water polo, getting five goals from Maggie
Steffens and a sterling performance from goalkeeper Betsey Armstrong to
cruise to an 8-5 win over Spain.