From: li@gauss.casr.fau.edu (Charlie Li)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.olympics
Subject: Olympics News from AP 7-27-92
Date: 28 Jul 92 01:39:47 GMT
Organization: Indiana University

Medal Standings Jul 27,  5:20 pm

COUNTRY                GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE    TOTAL

China                    3       6        1       10
United States            3       2        5       10
Unified Team             6       1        0        7
Germany                  1       1        3        5
France                   0       2        3        5
Hungary                  2       1        1        4
Australia                1       1        1        3
Japan                    1       1        1        3
Sweden                   0       2        1        3
South Korea              2       0        0        2
Bulgaria                 1       1        0        2
Italy                    0       1        1        2
Spain                    1       0        0        1
Poland                   0       1        0        1
Cuba                     0       1        0        1
Independent Team         0       0        1        1
(Yugoslavia)
Finland                  0       0        1        1
Netherlands              0       0        1        1
Romania                  0       0        1        1
Mongalia                 0       0        1        1
Surinam                  0       0        1        1


Summer Star  As of Jul 27,  6:50 pm

   BARCELONA, Spain (AP) _ The star of Day 3 of the Summer
Olympics: 

   WHO
 
   Fu Mingxia of Wuhan, China, who won the women's 10-meter
platform diving event. 
   Fu will be 14 on Aug. 16, one week after the Games end.
Only 94 pounds and just under 5 feet tall, she was the
youngest competitor in the diving events. 

   WHAT

   Fu won by 49.8 points, clinching the victory before the
last of her eight dives. She had the highest score in four of
the first seven rounds and the highest individual score on the
most difficult dive of the afternoon, a back 3 1/2 somersault
in the tuck position. 

   WHY
 
   ``It's her precision. If you watch her practice, time and
time again, she doesn't miss very much. And she's
disciplined.'' _ Bronze medalist Mary Ellen Clark of Fort
Lauderdale, Fla.

 
Olympic Capsules  As of Jul 27,  7:34 pm

   BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Capsule looks at Monday's Olympic
results: 
   
 ^BASEBALL
 
   The United States blew a three-run lead, then rallied to
beat Taiwan 10-9 to boost its record to 2-0. Jeffrey Hammonds
of Scotch Plains, N.J., singled home the tying run with two
outs in the fifth, then Phil Nevin of Placentia, Calif., hit a
two-run double to put the Americans on top for good. Nevin
also homered to start a three-run seventh inning and the
United States barely held on to win. 
   Cuba, the gold-medal favorite, pounded Italy 18-1. The
Cubans have outscored their first two Olympic opponents 26-1. 
   
 ^BASKETBALL
 
   The United States beat Croatia 103-70 in a victory marred
by an injury to Magic Johnson. 
   Johnson left the game with a sprained right knee in the
first half, leaving the Americans without a true point guard. 
   But it didn't matter as the United States still won handily
with Scottie Pippen filling the role. Pippen scored all 13 of
his points and had six of his nine assists in the first half. 
   Michael Jordan scored 21 and Charles Barkley 20. 
   
 ^BOXING
 
   Raul Marquez of Houston almost saw his dreams of an Olympic
gold medal end in embarassment as he escaped with an 8-7
first-round victory over David Defiagbon of Nigeria in a
156-pound bout. The decision was met with boos from the crowd.
   
 ^CYCLING
 ^One-Kilometer Time Trial
 
   Gold - Jose Moreno, Spain, 1:03.342; Silver - Shane Kelly,
Australia, 1:04.288; Bronze - Erin Hartwell, Indianapolis,
1:04.753. 
   Spain won its first gold medal of the Games as Moreno, the
defending world champion, set an Olympic record. 
   Hartwell edged pre-race favorite Jens Gluecklich of Germany
by four-hundredths of a second for the bronze. 
   
 ^DIVING
 ^10-Meter Platform
 
   Gold - Fu Mingxia, China, 461.430; Silver - Elena
Mirochina, Unified Team, 411.630; Bronze - Mary Ellen Clark,
Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 401.910. 
   Other Americans - Ellen Owen, Louisville, Ky., seventh,
392.100. 
   The 94-pound, 13-year-old clinched the gold medal even
before her final dive. She had the highest score on four of
the first seven dives and the highest individual score of the
day, an 80.190 on her seventh-round, back 3 1/2 somersault in
the tuck position. 
   Mirochina and Clark both had to scramble to win medals.
Mirochina was fifth with two dives to go. Clark botched her
seventh dive to drop to fifth, then came back with a 64.680
score on her last attempt.
 
   
 ^GYMNASTICS
 
   The Unified Team had the top four scorers after the men's
compulsory round. Vitaly Scherbo, 19, led the way with 59
points. 
   The Unified Team led the team standings with 292.650
points. China was second with 290.025, followed by Japan at
289.375. The United States was fifth with 286.525, out of the
running for a medal. 
   Scott Keswick of Washington was the top American scorer,
12th heading to optionals. Trent Dimas of Albuquerque, N.M.,
and John Roethlisberger of Fort Atkinson, Wis., were next,
tied for 45th. 
   
 ^JUDO
 ^Men's 209-Plus Pounds
 
   Gold - David Khakhaleichvili, Unified Team; Silver - Naoya
Ogawa, Japan; Bronze - David Douillet, France, and Imre Csosz,
Hungary. 
   Americans - Damon Keeve, San Francisco, lost in the first
round, but won twice in repechage before being eliminated. 
   Khakhaleichvili, 22, is a three-time Soviet champion from
Georgia. 
   ``I felt like I was on a run,'' Keeve said. ``I just ran
into someone who was having a hotter day.'' 
   
 ^Women's 159-Plus Pounds
 
   Gold - Zhuang Xiaoyan, China; Silver - Estela Rodriguez
Villanueva, Cuba; Bronze - Natalia Lupino, France, and Yoko
Sakaue, Japan. 
   Americans - Colleen Rosensteel, Colorado Springs, Colo.,
advanced to the second round, then lost in her first repechage
match. 
   Zhuang won the first Olympic medal ever awarded in women's
judo. 
   ``I have a lack of experience,'' Rosensteel said. ``I made
some basic mistakes, but it will come with time.'' 
   
 ^SHOOTING
 ^Men's Air Rifle
 
   Gold - Yuri Fedkine, Unified Team, 695.3; Silver - Franck
Badiou, France, 691.9; Bronze - Johann Riederer, Germany,
691.7. 
   Americans - Robert Foth, Colorado Springs, Colo., seventh,
689.4; David Johnson, Hampton, Va., 11th, 589.
 
   Fedkine led throughout the event. Riederer won the bronze
for the second straight Olympics. Foth, who was fourth in the
1988 Games, was disappointed with his performance in the final
round. 
   Johnson missed the finals by one point. 
   ``I just couldn't get the close ones,'' he said. ``I wanted
to do better and be in the finals. I didn't perform poorly,
but I didn't shoot up the place.'' 
   
 ^Women's Sport Pistol
 
   Gold - Marina Logvinenko, Unified Team, 684; Silver - Li
Duihong, China, 680; Bronze - Dorzhsuren Munkhbayar, Mongolia,
679. 
   Americans - Roxane Thompson, Falmouth, Va., 24th, 572;
Constance Petracek, Nashville, Tenn., 29th, 570. 
   Logvinenko was the favorite in the event. Thompson, a
Marine staff sergeant, said she was a victim of nervousness. 
   ``The score was not near my normal, but this is the
Olympics,'' she said. ``I felt nerves today like I never felt
before.'' 
   Petracek was pleased about keeping her composure, despite
her low finish. 
   ``The most positive thing about the match was I controlled
my anxiety level,'' she said. ``If I can maintain control in
the Olympics, then something is working right for me.'' 
   
 ^SOCCER
 
   The United States rallied from a 1-0 halftime deficit to
beat Kuwait 3-1. Dario Brose of Hughsonville, N.Y.; Manuel
Lagos of St. Paul, Minn., and Steve Snow of Schaumburg, Ill.,
scored for the Americans, who evened their Olympic record at
1-1. 
   The victory kept alive the United States' chances for
advancing to the second round. 

 
Olympics at a Glance  As of Jul 27,  7:14 pm

   BARCELONA, Spain (AP) _ Monday, Day 3, at the Summer
Olympics: 

   ^VOLLEYBALL
 
   Japan awarded victory in Sunday's disputed volleyball match
against United States. Officials agreed with Japan that
American player should have been ejected at decisive moment. 

   ^BASKETBALL
 
   United States beat Croatia 103-70 in game that promised to
be toughest test for the U.S. men. Michael Jordan led
Americans with 21 points. 

   ^SWIMMING
 
   Twenty-seven-year-old Pablo Morales, oldest member of U.S.
swim team, capped comeback from 3 1/2-year layoff by winning
100-meter butterfly. Nicole Haislett won 200 freestyle for
first U.S. women's gold at Barcelona. 
   Other Americans: Eric Namesnik took silver; Anita Nall and
men's 800 freestyle relay won bronzes. Jenny Thompson failed
to qualify for finals of 200 freestyle. 
   Unified Team set world record in freestyle relay, snapped
36-year U.S. success in race. 

   ^DIVING
 
   China's 13-year-old Fu Mingxia won women's 10-meter
platform diving, taking gold with one round remaining. She
became one of youngest to win Olympic gold. 

   ^MEDALS
 
   With eight of Monday's 12 medal events completed, United
States had overall lead with nine (three gold). China second,
seven medals total; Unified Team had most golds, five. 
 
   ^QUOTEBOOK_ 

   ``I feel like someone has come into my home, stolen my
property and violated me.'' U.S. volleyball captain Scott
Fortune, after International Volleyball Federation reversed
Sunday's U.S. victory over Japan. 
   ``I was too anxious. The pressure of the Olympics, the
people chanting `U-S-A, U-S-A.' It all got to me a bit.''
Boxer Raul Marquez, who overcame bout of nerves to reach
second round in 156-pound class. 

   ^TUESDAY
 
   Men's springboard diving prelims. U.S. men's volleyball
team plays Canada. U.S. baseball team plays Italy. 
   Medals awarded in swimming, weightlifting, Greco-Roman
wrestling, artistic gymnastics, judo, shooting. 
   Top Americans in action: Matt Biondi in the 100-meter
freestyle; Janet Evans in the 400-meter freestyle.



Charlie Li
Center for Applied Stochastics Research, Florida Atlantic University