WRESTLING
Harvey’s Dantzler unable to walk his talk
Two days after an extremely colorful interview in which he promised to “throw somebody on his head and pick up my gold medal,” Harvey native T.C. Dantzler lost his opening-round match Wednesday in the 163-pound Greco-Roman wrestling competition.
Dantzler, 37, qualified for the Olympic team after 12 years of trying and was the second-oldest wrestler in U.S. history. He fell 5-1, 2-2, 3-0 to Hungary’s Peter Bacsi.
“Give him credit,” Dantzler said. “He was just better than me. I wasn’t quite right out there for some reason.
“But it’s been a great experience here. Hats off to the USOC for giving us everything we needed to compete.”
— K.C. Johnson
U.S. bags 1st medal since 1992
JUDO: Ronda Rousey made history by winning the first U.S. medal since 1992. Rousey went 5-1 and was awarded the bronze medal in the 70 kg division. Masae Ueno of Japan won the gold.
U.S. blows lead after rally in 9th
BASEBALL: On the opening night, the U.S. suffered a stinging 8-7 defeat to South Korea. Trailing 6-4 going into the ninth, the U.S. grabbed a 7-6 lead but couldn’t hold on. The U.S. plays the Netherlands Thursday.
Lone American stays on target
ARCHERY: Vic Wunderle is the only U.S. archer still alive in the men’s competition. He beat Eduardo Velez of Mexico and Ilario Di Buo of Italy to make it to the round of eight.
Powerful strokes for two boats
ROWING: Two U.S. boats reached the finals. Michelle Guerette advanced in the women’s single sculls, and in the men’s pair finals Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss advanced.
U.S. pedals to 2 medals
CYCLING: American Kristin Armstrong won gold in the road cycling individual time trials with Christine Thorburn finishing fifth. … On the men’s side Levi Leipheimer won bronze.
Back seat to China in quarters
BADMINTON: Howard Bach and Bob Malaythong were beaten in doubles by No. 2 China in the first U.S. quarterfinal appearance.
Americans riding the wind
SAILING: A good day on the water for Americans: In the Laser Radial competition, American Anna Tunnicliffe is first after six races; in the Finn class, Zach Railey is in second after seven races, trailing Ben Ainslie of Britain; in the Yngling competition, the crew of Sally Barkow, Carrie Howe and Deborah Capozzi are third, and in the 49ers division, Tim Wadlow and Chris Rast are fifth.
U.S. spikes Venezuela in 4 sets
VOLLEYBALL: The U.S. women upped their record to 2-1 with a four-set win over Venezuela. They play Friday against host China.
DePaul’s Osterman tosses no-hitter
SOFTBALL: Cat Osterman, a DePaul assistant coach, became only the second U.S. pitcher to throw a complete-game no-hitter in the Olympics. The U.S. is now 2-0.
U.S. team just misses a medal
DIVING: The U.S. just missed hitting the medals platform. Chris Colwill and Jevon Tarantino were fourth in men’s synchronized 3-meter springboard. China won the gold.
Looks like familiar finals ahead
TENNIS: It looks like we’re headed for a Roger Federer-Rafael Nadal men’s final and a Venus-Serena Williams women’s final. Bob and Mike Bryan advanced in doubles.
