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Argentina Vs. Lithuania, Olympics 2012: Argentinians Shoot The Lights Out In Blowout Victory
The NBA experience and hot shooting of the Argentinian national team was too much to overcome for Lithuania in their late Sunday opener of the 2012 London Olympics, as the Argentines won 102-79. Olympic staple Luis Scola was dominant inside for Argentina, scoring 32 points for the game high.
Carlos Delfino led a barrage of outside shooting from the South Americans, scoring 20 points in 22 minutes. As a team, Argentina shot 11-27 from long range, good for a 41 percent clip, and shot 57 percent from the floor. Manu Ginobili was the catalyst for the offense -- not new Knick point guard Pablo Prigioni, who was largely silent while scoring nine points -- and he finished with 21 points.
Lithuanian starter, and future Toronto Raptor, Jonas Valanciunas was severely limited with foul trouble in the game, playing just 14 minutes and scoring six points. Without their big, athletic inside presence, Lithuania had no answer for the Argentinians, despite captain Linas Kleiza's 20 points, a team high. Former Wizard Darius Songaila chipped in 11 points in 14 minutes to do his part.
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Russia Vs. Great Britain, Olympics 2012: Andrei Kirilenko Scores 35 In 95-75 Russia Win
Andrei Kirilenko spent the 2011-2012 season in Russia playing for CSKA Moscow. His familiarity playing with the European rules must have made him feel extra comfortable going into the Olympics (especially considering he's Russia's LeBron James and all), and he showed it in his team's Olympic opener against the home team. Kirilenko exploded for 35 points on 14-17 shooting and led his team to an easy 95-75 victory over Great Britain.
Fresh off signing a two-year, $20 million contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Kirilenko was everywhere. Luol Deng, Great Britain's best player coming off his best year yet in the NBA -- he even was named an Eastern Conference All Star -- was good as well, scoring 24 points to lead his team. But much like against the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the NBA playoffs, Deng showed he's best as a complementary piece, not the headliner.
It was Great Britain's first appearance in the Olympic basketball tournament since 1964, and it was far from an embarrassment. They're not expected to make it out of the knockout stage, but it would be nice to see them win at least one game in pool play in front of the home crowd. But with Russian players Alexey Shved and Sasha Kaun, who played at Kansas, displaying this level of chemistry, that win simply wasn't going to come against Russia.
Pops Mensah-Bonsu, a one-time Dallas Maverick and star of the George Washington University basketball team, scored 22 points for the Brits.
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Women's 400m Freestyle Final: Camille Muffat Wins Gold
The second day of the 2012 Summer Olympics continued on with more swimming events as the Women's 400m Freestyle Final finished up with Camille Muffat of France winning the gold medal with a time of 4:01.45.
American Allison Schmitt took home the silver medal in the event, finishing up +0.32 behind Muffat and missing out on a gold medal. Schmitt followed up her silver and bronze medals in Beijing in 2008 with another silver medal in London.
Great Britain's Rebecca Adlington took home the bronze medal, finishing +1.56 behind Muffat and well ahead of Finland's Lotte Friis. Adlington picked up Great Britain's second medal of the Olympics thus far.
Gold Medal: Camille Muffat, France
Silver Medal: Allison Schmitt, United States
Bronze Medal: Rebecca Adlington, Great Britain
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Jordyn Wieber Eliminated From Olympics All-Around Competition
Jordyn Wieber, the reigning world all-around champion in women's gymnastics, was eliminated from the event Sunday on just the second day of the 2012 London Olympics. Wieber was considered one of the heavy favorites in the sport's premiere event.
On Sunday, the 17-year-old simply wasn't as sharp as many have come to expect. Only two team members from each country can advance to the finals, and Wieber lost out to teammates Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman. Raisman surprisingly finished first in qualifying, scoring 60.391 points. Douglas was second at 0.126 back. Wieber was 0.359 behind Raisman.
Wieber left the arena in tears, but afterwards, she expressed her support for her teammates.
Thank you all for your love and support. I am so proud of our team today and I can't wait for team finals!!
— Jordyn Wieber (@jordyn_wieber) July 29, 2012
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