Summer Olympics, Day 15: David Boudia Wins Diving Gold For U.S.

2012 Olympics, Women's 800m Results: Mariya Savinova Continues Domination Of Event; Caster Semenya Gets Silver

All eyes were on Caster Semenya on Saturday afternoon. The South African runner has been subjected to gender testing in recent years, which has caused her to withdraw from -0 and then be reinstated into -- international competition. She won silver in the 800 meters in her first major meet following her reinstatement, at the 2011 World Championships, and she was unable to improve on that finish in London.

That's because Russia's Mariya Savinova captured the gold medal, continuing her recent domination of the event. She beat Semenya in the World Championships last year and has won five major meets since finishing fifth, well behind Semenya at the 2009 World Championships.

Savinova was understandably ecstatic after the race. "It's just amazing," she said. "Right now I can't feel anything, but I'm amazed. It's been hard work, but it's the Olympics."

While Semenya was quite content with her performance, she indicated that her coach was less pleased with her second place finish. "I am happy with the result," said Semenya. "I left it a bit late, but I am happy with the silver. But my coach is not really happy."

In a surprising development, Russia's Ekaterina Poistogova finished in third place to capture the bronze medal. She was the slowest qualifier for the final and had to run a personal best time to grab a medal. The defending Olympic champion in the event, Pamela Jemelo, finished in fourth place while American Alysia Johnson Montano finished fifth.

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United States Women's 4x400m Relay Team Wins Gold In Dominating Fashion

The United States women's 4x400m relay team left very little doubt on the way to a gold medal. The U.S. women finished in 3:16:87, more than three seconds ahead of the Russians, who finished in second place with a time of 3:20:23.

With the big lead, there was very little suspense when Sanya Richards-Ross started the final leg of the race.

"By the time I got the stick," Richards-Ross said according to the Associated Press, "it was basically a victory lap."

The win capped off a tremendous 2012 Olympic games for Allyson Felix. In addition to the 4x400m relay gold, Felix also took home gold in the 4x100m relay and the women's 200m sprint.

"London is very special to me," Felix said. "It's unbelievable," she said. "I think about how I ended in Beijing, just feeling discouraged there. Four years later to have all this happen, to really accomplish every goal that I set out, is such a blessing."

While some believe Jamaica would challenge the United States in this event, they finished a distant third at 3:20:95.

"On paper, it seemed like it was going to be a great race," Richards-Ross said. "But by the time I got the stick, we had already dominated the race."

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Usain Bolt Leads Jamaica 4x100m Relay Team To Gold; USA Finishes Second

There was no shortage of speed in the men's 4x100m relay final Saturday, but Usain Bolt's speed was too much for the United States to overcome and Jamaica took home the gold.

The United States and Jamaica were essentially even going into the final handoff, but that is when Bolt took over and simply ran away from Ryan Bailey to help Jamaica set a new world record at 36.84 seconds. There was nothing the United States could do when Bolt kicked it into high-gear and they admitted as much after the race.

"He was basically the difference in the race. It was even all the way around," American Tyson Gay said according to the Associated Press. "When he got the stick, there was nothing we could do about it."

Bailey, who probably had the best view of Bolt's performance, running alongside of him, summed up the performance in even fewer words.

"Wow," Bailey said. "He's a monster."

As for Bolt, he's just happy to end the 2012 Olympics on a high-note.

"It's always a beautiful feeling to end off like this," Bolt said according to Reuters.

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Mo Farah Wins Men's 5000m Gold At 2012 Olympics; Bernard Lagat Finishes Fourth

Having won gold in the men's 10,000m, Great Britain's Mo Farah had already had a successful 2012 Olympics heading into Saturday's men's 5000m final. However, he had a little extra incentive to add a second gold, something he accomplished with a winning time of 13:41:66.

Farah's wife, Tania, is pregnant and expecting soon, giving him even more reason to add a second gold medal to the collection.

"These two medals are for my two girls who aren't born yet," he said, according to the Associated Press. "My twins are coming. They could arrive any day and the doctors told us they could arrive any time in the next 12 days. It's amazing!"

Farah took the lead with 700 meters to go in the tightly-bunched race, then ran to the finish line while the 80,000 people in attendance cheered him on. The crowd served as an extra boost for Farah, who entered the race as the favorite.

"The crowd helped him. He ran 100 percent and they added another 10," said American runner Bernard Lagat, who finished fourth.

Farah became just the seventh man to win gold in both the 5,000m and 10,000m in the same Olympics, an impressive feat, even to him.

"It's unbelievable," Farah said. "Two gold medals, who would have thought that?"

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Olympics 2012, Men's Platform Diving Results: David Boudia Wins Surprise Gold

Qiu Bo of China entered the 10-meter platform competition -- the marquee diving event at the Olympics -- as the overwhelming favorite. He won the men's platform at the 2011 World Championships, easily defeating David Boudia by over 40 points. On Saturday, Boudia got the best of Qiu, putting in the best dive of the competition with his final dive off the platform to capture Olympic gold.

It's the first gold medal in any diving event for the United States since 2000 and the first individual medal for a man since 1992. The last time an American man won on the platform was in 1988, when Greg Louganis captured gold.

"USA diving has four medals at the (London) Olympics, and maybe 1992 was the last time, and this brings a lot of hope for everyone on the team," said Boudia about the entire USA diving team's performance in London. "The world is slowly catching up to China and it's exciting."

Boudia also talked about Louganis and his contribution to the sport in the United States.

"To have Greg Louganis back in USA Diving and just being an athlete mentor means a lot for all of us athletes to know that we have an Olympic legend just giving us his wisdom, sharing his stories and who better person to have than Greg."

On his second to last dive, Boudia performed well, but not nearly as well as either Qiu or the home crowd favorite, Great Britain's Tom Daley. While Daley scored a 97.20 and Bo scored a 94.35 for their second to last dives, Boudia received a 91.80 for this effort.

This put Boudia into a position where he needed to be nearly perfect on his final dive or hope that his two closest competitors both made mistakes. Daley had the lead going into the final dive, while Qiu was tied with Boudia. The American rose to the occasion and executed a spectacular final dive, scoring a 102.6, the highest score that any diver received during the competition.

Qiu was stellar on his final dive as well, but his 100.8 score was not enough to overtake Boudia. Daley's final dive did not match the standard of either Qiu or Boudia, and he slipped to third place to claim a bronze medal.

Boudia always had a chance at gold if his second place finish in the World Championships was any indication On the other hand, Qiu's margin of victory last year, combined with the home crowd advantage that Daley had, made Boudia a distinct favorite to only show coming into the Olympics. He rose to the occasion by beating both of them, and not because either slipped up. Instead, he put up an incredibly high score to beat Qiu when the favorite put up a score that would have won almost any other meet.

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2012 Olympic Medal Count: United States Will Finish On Top

The United States added to their large medal haul on Saturday, going over 100 total medals for the 2012 London Olympics and ensuring that they'll finish on top of the medal count, whether one chooses to determine that count by gold medals or total medals. The United States captured gold medals in women's basketball, men's diving and women's track on Saturday.

China continues to have a strong Olympics and added to their total with a men's boxing gold and numerous other medals on Saturday. Russia was boosted by a huge day in track and field, where they won four gold medals to expand their lead over Great Britain in third place.

Here is how the top five looks in the latest medal count:

1. United States, 102 (44 gold, 29 silver, 29 bronze)
2. China, 87 (38, 27, 22)
3. Russia, 78 (21, 25, 32)
4. Great Britain, 62 (28, 15, 19)
5. Germany, 44 (11, 19, 14)

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American David Boudia Wins Olympic Platform Gold, First For U.S. Since Greg Louganis

With an amazing final dive, Boudia edges out China's Qiu Bo and Britain's Tom Daley.

Great Britain's Luke Campbell, China's Shiming Zou Win Boxing Gold

Five more gold medals were handed out in boxing Saturday and the host country won one of them when Great Britain's Luke Campbell took home gold in the men's 56kg category.

Campbell defeated John Joe Nevin from Ireland, winning 14-11. The 24-year-old Campbell won the first round 5-3 before dropping the second round 4-5. The fighters went into the third round with Campbell holding a slight 9-8 lead, but he secured the gold medal with a 5-3 third round. Campbell's gold was Great Britain's second boxing gold of these Olympics and third medal overall.

China picked up their third boxing medal as well, with Zou Shiming winning gold in the 49kg category. Roneil Iglesias of Cuba won gold in the 64kg weight class with a 22-15 win.

In the closest match of the day, Japan's Ryota Murata knocked off Brazil's Falcao Florentino 14-13 for gold in the 75kg category. Ukraine won the final gold of the day with Oleksandr Usyk winning in the 91kg weight class.

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Women's Handball: Norway Beats Montenegro 26-23, Wins Gold

Norway have captured the gold medal in women's handball for the second consecutive Olympic games, defeating Montenegro 26-23 in the final. The Norwegians barely qualified for the knockout stage of the competition, finishing in fourth place in their group, but they ripped off three consecutive impressive wins to capture gold.

The match got off to a slow start, but the goals started pouring in around seven minutes into the match. It was close throughout, with Norway holding a narrow lead over Montenegro through most of the game. The eventual silver medalists had the game tied with under 10 minutes to go and came back within one goal multiple times after that, but Norway pulled away late, scoring the last two goals of the game.

Linn Jorum Sulland led the way for Norway with 10 goals on 14 shots. Katarina Bulatovic of Montenegro was also very impressive with 10 goals on 13 shots, but had less support from her teammates.

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Team USA's David Boudia Wins Diving Gold, Tom Daley Earns Bronze

For the first time since Greg Louganis, the United States has won a gold medal in men's 10-meter platform diving. David Boudia ended the drought Saturday night at the London Aquatics Center, winning America's first male diving gold in any event since 1992.

Boudia, a silver medalist at the 2011 World Championships, scored 568.65 points on his six dives, edging China's Bo Qiu by 1.7 points. Tom Daley, one of Great Britain's most popular athletes, won the bronze medal. It's the first Olympic medal for Daley, who made his Summer Games debut in Beijing when he was just 15 years old.

Boudia had solid dives throughout the competition, but found himself is second place after the five rounds, trailing Daley. But Daley scored only a 90.75 on his final attempt, leaving the door open for the American. And fortunately for Boudia, he had saved his best for last -- needing a near-perfect execution, he nailed it, scoring a 102.60, his highest total of the competition. Qiu's last attempt was a 100.80, which earned him the silver, but wasn't enough to overtake Boudia.

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Men's Field Hockey: Germany Downs Netherlands 2-1, Wins Gold Medal

Jan Philipp Rabente scored both goals in Germany's 2-1 victory to give his squad their second consecutive gold medal in men's field hockey.

One side was going to make history in the match: either Germany would defend its medal or the Netherlands would become the first country ever to win both men's and women's gold. The match was tied after Mink van der Weerden scored his tournament-leading eighth gold, but Rabente notched another score with less than five minutes left in the match to earn the gold for the Germans.

The game was a rematch of the second game of the tournament for each team. The Netherlands previously handed Germany their only loss of the tournament, beating them 3-1 with a goal from van der Weerden. But Rabente wouldn't allow the result to repeat itself as the German men won their third field hockey gold medal.

Earlier in the day, Australia had downed the host nation 3-1 to take bronze.

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Team USA's Brigetta Barrett Leaps To High Jump Silver

Brigetta Barrett jumped a personal best to earn a surprise medal for the United States in the high jump, leaping 2.03 meters.

Barrett's previous personal best was 2.01 meters, but on the world's biggest stage, the University of Arizona athlete recorded her highest jump ever of 2.03 meters, or 6 feet, 7.92 inches. Russia's Anna Chicherova, who had won bronze in Beijing and gold at the 2011 World Championships, notched a jump of 2.05, which Barrett could not match on three tries, ending the competition.

Barrett's 2.03 tied her with Svetlana Shkolina of Russia, who also set a personal best, but Shkolina needed three tries to clear the height, where Barrett only needed one, earning her the silver.

Here's how the medal podium looked:

Gold: Anna Chicherova, Russia

Silver: Brigetta Barrett, United States

Bronze: Svetlana Shkolina, Russia

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Usain Bolt In Olympic Finals: 6 Starts, 6 Gold Medals, 9 Records

Usain Bolt's claim to being the greatest athlete and/or Olympian in the history of the world is certainly a bold one. Bolt's staggering performance in Olympic finals gives him powerful evidence to back it up.

Here are Bolt's six performances in Olympic finals, in chronological order:

1. Men's 100m, 2008 Olympics: Gold medal, new world and Olympic record at 9.69 seconds.
2. Men's 200m, 2008 Olympics: Gold medal, new world and Olympic record at 19.30 seconds.
3. Men's 4x100m Relay, 2008 Olympics: Gold medal, new world and Olympic record at 37.10 seconds.
4. Men's 100m, 2012 Olympics: Gold medal, new Olympic record at 9.63 seconds.
5. Men's 200m, 2012 Olympics: Gold medal, 19.32 seconds.
6. Men's 4x100m Relay, 2012 Olympics: Gold medal, new world and Olympic record at 36.84 seconds.

Certainly, that's coming through in the clutch, with record performances in five of six finals. And Bolt didn't set a record in the 200m in London ... because his record from Beijing was insane as it was.

Also, that's undoubtedly the fastest six gold medals in Olympic history. Together, Bolt and his Jamaica teams won them in 2:11.88. For perspective, you could listen to Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" for 2:11.88 and not even get to the bridge.

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American Scott Coleman Wins Wrestling Bronze

Scott Coleman lost to the eventual gold medalist, Toghrul Asgarov of Azerbaijan, in the semifinals of the men's 60kg wrestling tournament, but he won his repechage matchup to earn a bronze medal in one of three freestyle weight classes contested Saturday.

The majority of today's medals went to Central Asian nations - two golds went to Azerbaijan after not having won a gold out of any of their first seven medals, the third went to Uzbekistan - but the United States came close, as all three American competitors on the day ended up losing to an eventual gold medalist. Jake Herbert in the 84 kg weight class fell to Azerbaijan's Sharif Sharifov in the quarterfinals amidst some controversial scoring decisions, while Tervel Diagnev made it to the semis of the 120 kg weight class before losing to Uzbekistan's Artur Taymazov. Only Campbell was able to perform well in the repechage, as Diagnev lost in a bronze medal match.

Puerto Rico also performed well, as Jaime Espinal amde it to the gold medal match against Sharifov, earning silver.

Here are the podiums in each class:

60 kg

Gold: Torghrul Asgarov, Azerbaijan

Silver: Besik Kudukhov, Russia

Bronzes: Scott Coleman, United States, Yogeshwar Dutt, India

84 kg

Gold: Sharif Sharifov, Azerbaijan

Silver: Jaime Espinal, Puerto Rico

Bronzes: Dato Marsagishvili, Georgia, Ehsan Naser Lashgari, Iran

120 kg

Gold: Artur Taymazov, Uzbekistan

Silver: Davit Modzmanashvili, Georgia

Bronzes: Komeli Ghasemi, Iran, Bilyal Makhov, Russia

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This Horse Does Not Care For Modern Pentathlon

VIDEO: Usain Bolt Leads Jamaica To 4x100m Relay World Record

The tussle on the track lived up to its hype as Jamaica edged Team USA for the gold medal in the men's 4x100m relay final, setting a new world record in the process.

Trinidad And Tobago's Keshorn Walcott Wins Javelin Gold

Keshorn Walcott had the longest toss in the javelin throw, earning Trinidad and Tobago its first ever medal in the field portion of the Olympics and only its second gold in any event.

Trinidad and Tobago is no stranger to track and field success - the Caribbean nation, like many others, has had sprint success - ever wonder where track commentator Ato Bolden hails from? - but that's always been limited to the "track" part of "track and field", as the country had never taken a medal in any non-running athletics event. It's also the first gold for the T-and-T since Hasely Crawford won the 100m in 1976.

Walcott's toss changes that: his throw went 84.58 meters - a national record - and eclipsed a throw of 84.51 meters by Ukraine's Oleksandr Pyatnytsya.

Here's how the podium looked:

Gold: Keshorn Walcott, Trinidad and Tobago

Silver: Oleksandr Pyatnytsya, Ukraine

Bronze: Antti Ruuskanen, Finland

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Team USA Smokes Competition For Gold In 4x400m Relay

The United States won gold in the women's 4x400m relay race Saturday night at the Summer Olympics, and to say they won in dominating fashion would be an understatement to domination.

Team USA won by nearly a full four seconds, finishing in 3:16.87. By the second lap, there was little doubt which foursome would win gold, and by the beginning of the third lap, that doubt had been removed and the other seven countries were racing for second.

Russia won the silver (3:20.23) and Jamaica finished third to take home the bronze. It's the third consecutive Olympics that the U.S., Russia and Jamaica have gone 1-2-3 in the event. And for Team USA, it's their fifth-straight gold medal.

The win gave Allyson Felix, who ran a blistering 48.85, her third gold medal of the Summer Games (she also won the 200m and added gold in the 4x100m). And for Sanya Richards-Ross, the anchor leg, it's her second gold medal in London (400m).

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Team USA Wins Silver In Women's Volleyball, Falling To Brazil In Final

The United States will take home the women's volleyball silver medal after losing in four sets to Brazil during the gold medal match Saturday at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Russia's Mariya Savinova Dominates Women's 800m, Caster Semenya Wins Silver

A pair of Russians reached the podium in the women's 800m, with Mariya Savinova winning the race easily while South African Caster Semenya showed she was more than an interesting side story at the Olympics by taking silver.

Semenya had endured a humiliating process that saw authorities question her gender after winning gold in the 2009 World Championships. She was eventually allowed to compete, taking silver in the 2011 edition of the World Championships and following up by doing the same in London. However, she was no match for Savinova: the Russian had taken gold in those 2011 World Championships and repeated here, putting more than a second between herself and Semenya, winning in 1:56.19.

American Alysia Montaño took fifth in the race.

Here's the podium and times:

Gold: Mariya Savinova, Russia, 1:56.19

Silver: Caster Semenya, South Africa, 1:57.23

Bronze: Ekaterina Poistogova, Russia, 1:57.53

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Mo Farah Wins Gold In 5000m, Completes Rare Olympic Double

Mo Farah doubles up! The British runner won the men's 5000m Saturday night, becoming just the seventh runner ever to accomplish the Olympic 5000m-10,000m double.

Men's Modern Pentathlon: David Svoboda of Czech Republic Takes Gold On Last Lap

A comeback victory by David Svoboda in the combined run-shoot discipline of the modern pentathlon might be the last we see of men's modern pentathlon in the Olympics.

2012 Olympic Medal Count: United States Extends Comfortable Lead Saturday

With the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in its final stretch, the United States has all but wrapped up its dominance in the overall medal count. Team USA added two more medals so far on Saturday, taking bronze in women's cross-country mountain biking and men's 60 kg freestyle wrestling thanks to Georgia Gould and Tervel Ivaylov Dlagnev, respectively. The U.S. is also guaranteed to added gold and/or silver medals in the women's volleyball and basketball gold medal matches later in the day.

Russia has been one of the day's biggest winners, adding eight more medals to their tally. They added four gold medals, including wins in both the men's AND women's racewalk. They have little chance of catching China, however. The Chinese are comfortably in second place, adding two medals so far on the day.

Here's how the Top 5 stacks up so far:

• USA: 96 (41 G, 26 S, 29 B)
• China: 83 (37 G, 25 S, 21 B)
• Russia: 70 (19 G, 23 S, 28 B)
• Great Britain: 59 (26 G, 15 S, 18 B)
• Germany: 43 (10 G, 19 S, 14 B)

London 2012 Streaming: How To Watch Usain Bolt In Men's 4x100m Online

The men's 4x100 meters relay on Saturday at the 2012 Olympics may be the last chance fans have to see Usain Bolt run in an Olympic event. They won't be able to see it live on television, of course, but NBC does have a live online stream for the event.

The event is available live through NBC Live Extra, and is the last track final of six on the day. Here's the listing of those.

• Women's High Jump: 2:00 p.m. Eastern
• Men's Javelin Throw: 2:20 p.m. Eastern
• Men's 5000m: 2:30 p.m. Eastern
• Women's 800m: 3:00 p.m. Eastern
• Women's 4x400m Relay: 3:25 p.m. Eastern
• Men's 4x100m Relay: 4:00 p.m. Eastern

The U.S. will go head to head with Jamaica's fleet, er, fleet in the 4x100m relay, and Tyson Gay, Justin Gatlin, and Ryan Bailey will go up against Bolt, Yohan Blake, and the Jamaicans. Full lineups for the race have been announced.

But the U.S. looks to be the favorite in the women's 4x400m relay, especially with this team taking the track:

U.S. 4x400 relay team for tonight's final: DeeDee Trotter, Allyson Felix, Francena McCorory & Sanya Richards-Ross. #APOlympics

— Mark Long (@APMarkLong) August 11, 2012

That's the gold medalist in the 200m (Felix), the gold medalist in the 400m (Richards-Ross), the bronze medalist in the 400m (Trotter), and the seventh-place finisher in the 400m (McCrory). Good luck with that, everyone else.

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Women's Basketball Bronze Medal: Lauren Jackson Leads Australia To Medal Over Russia

After ending the three previous Olympics with a loss to the United States, Lauren Jackson earned her fourth consecutive Olympic medal and Australia's fifth with a win in the bronze medal game over Russia, 83-74.

Jackson is already plenty decorated: she's a three-time WNBA MVP, three-time scoring champion, and has earned the WNBA championship twice with the Seattle Storm. But she's been unable to lead Team Australia to victory over the United States. In 2000, 2004, and 2008, these losses came in the gold medal match. This time, the two squads were faced up in the semifinals, meaning the Opals' loss put her in the bronze medal game.

She responded with a dominant 25-point, 11-rebound outing against Becky Hammon's Russian squad. Australia was also helped by 21 points and four assists by the 37-year old Kristi Harrower and 17 points and eight boards by Suzy Batkovic. Hammon paced her Russian team with 19 points, but nobody else had more than 12. Australia pulled away in the second and third quarters, and although a late run by Russia made the final tally less than ten points, the victory and medal were in hand for the Aussies for some time.

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Spain Edges Australia For Sailing Gold

The final of women's match sailing had a dramatic finish, with a sailor overboard and the gold coming down to a single, decisive race, with Spain coming out on top.

A particularly wacky sailing occurrence happened in the third race between Spain and Australia with each side having won one race apiece. The Australian boat was overpowered by a wave and lost its skipper, Olivia Price as the boat rolled onto its side. The other two sailors in the race had to guide the boat back to retrieve Price while the Spanish boat sailed to an easy victory.

Australia took the next match to force a deciding fifth race, but were penalized for failing to give the Spanish boat right of way, allowing Spain once again to win the race - and this time, the gold medal - on a mistake.

Here's how the medal podium looked:

Women's Elliott 6m

Gold: Spain

Silver: Australia

Bronze: Finland

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Women's 20km Racewalk Results: Elena Lashmanova Wins Gold Medal, Sets New World Record

Saturday is a jam-packed day of gold medal events at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The women's 20km racewalk is in the books and featured a thrilling finish as a field of the world's fastest walkers both raced and walked to the finish line.

In the end, Olga Kaniskina of Russia was passed in the home stretch by her fellow countrywoman Elena Lashmanova, who took the gold medal and set a new world record in the event. Lashmanova's time of 1:25:02 smashed the old world record by a full six seconds.

Kaniskina led for a good portion of the race, particularly near the end, but an attack leading up to the finish line by Lashmanova revealed Kaniskina to have nothing left and she was forced to settle for second place. Behind the 1-2 Russian finish, Qieyang Shenjie of China took the bronze medal.

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Russia's Evgeniya Kanaeva Takes Gold In Rhythmic Gymnastics All-Around

In rhythmic gymnastics, the Russian dynasty got a little more legendary on Saturday, when Evgeniya Kanaeva became the first woman to repeat as the all-around gold medalist in rhythmic gymnastics.

Kanaeva scored a 116.900, improving on her qualifying-leading mark of 116.000, to win gold. Her countrywoman, Daria Dmitrieva, took silver, while Belarus' Lyubov Cherkashina took bronze.

Russia has now won the last four all-around golds, and between its four since 2000 and ones by the Soviet Union in 1988 and the Unified Team in 1992, has six of the eight awarded in the sport's Olympic history. It's also the second time Russian rhythmic gymnasts have taken the gold and silver medals in the all-around, as Alina Kabaeva and Irina Tchachina accomplished the feat in Athens in 2004.

The Russian team will go for a fifth straight team gold on Sunday.

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Women's Basketball: Team USA Eyes Fifth-Straight Gold Medal

The U.S. women's basketball team looks to continue its dominance of the Olympics with a fifth straight gold medal on Saturday.

Japan Beats Korea In Straight Sets For Women's Volleyball Bronze

Japan defeated Korea in straight sets to win the women's volleyball bronze medal match Saturday at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Japan was swept by Brazil in the semifinals, but will be able to head home with a piece of hardware as consolation.

Korea did not go down without a fight, however. Japan led 6-1 in the first set, but Korea came back and eventually forced the set to 21-21. Japan pulled away to take the set, 25-22, however. In the second set, Korea went down 8-1, but again came back to tie at 24-24. Japan took back two straight points to win the set 26-24, then won the third set, 25-21, to lock up the bronze medal.

The gold medal match between the United States and Brazil is set to begin at 1:30 p.m. ET.

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Matthew Mitcham Misses Diving Final By 'Skin Of A Bees Penis,' Boudia, Daley Advance

Defending gold medalist Mitcham misses on his final two dives, finishes 13th in the semis

Team USA's Coleman Scott, Tervel Ivaylov Dlagnev Will Compete For Wrestling Bronze

Three different United States wrestlers were in competition on Saturday at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. While one of those competitors failed to reach the semifinals, the other two will have a chance to pick up the bronze.

In the men's 60kg freestyle event, Coleman Scott defeated Georgia's Malkhaz Zarkua to reach the semifinals, but was defeated by Toghrul Asgarov of Azerbaijan, 3-0. Scott will now wrestle the winner of the match between Germany's Tim Schleicher and Japan's Kenichi Yumoto for the bronze medal. That match will take place at 12:45 p.m. ET, according to Chris Dugan of the Observer-Reporter.

In the men's 84kg freestyle event, Jake Herbert was unable to make it past Sharif Sharifov in the quarterfinals, as another wrestler from Azerbaijan defeated a U.S. competitor. Depending on how the rest of the bracket shakes out, Herbert may have a chance to enter the repechage and compete for the bronze.

Finally, in the men's 120kg freestyle, U.S. wrestler Tervel Ilvayov Dlagnev lost his semifinal match to Artur Taymazov of Uzbekistan. He will get a chance to wrestle for the bronze medal as well and will face the winner of the match between Georgia's Nick Matuhin and Komeil Ghasemi of Iran.

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USA's Georgia Gould Wins Bronze In Women's Mountain Biking

Georgia Gould of the United States was in first place after the second and third laps of the mountain biking course at Hadleigh Farm on Saturday, but fell behind in the the fourth lap in women's cross-country. She recovered impressively in her final laps after falling to as far as fifth place, and won the bronze medal at the line.

The winner of the gold medal was 23-year-old Julie Bresset, a young star in cycling but one without any truly major wins in her career to this point. She was in the top three for the entirety of the race and won by a narrow two-second margin. The silver medalist was Sabine Spitz of Germany, a veteran of the Olympic games. Spitz won bronze in 2004 and was the gold medalist in this event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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What To Watch, Day 15: Relays, Rupp And Volleyball Revenge

What To Watch on Day 15 at the 2012 Summer Olympics, the busiest day yet, with Team USA playing for women's basketball gold and two of the most exciting track & field events, the men's 5000m and 4x100m relay races, on tap.

Great Britain Grabs 2 Medals Saturday In Kayak Sprint

Great Britain had another great day at Eton Dorney on Saturday, capturing two medals in kayaking and canoeing. Medals were handed out in four sprint events, with Great Britain's Ed McKeever taking a gold medal in the men's K1 200 meters.

Saul Craviotto Rivero of Spain finished second in that race, while Mark de Jonge of Canada took third. The other British medal came from the pair of Liam Heath and Jon Schofield, who captured the bronze medal in the men's K2 200 meters. Russian duo Yury Postrigay and Alexander Dyachenko won gold, while Raman Piatrushenka and Vadzim Makhneu of Belarus won bronze.

Lisa Carrington of Australia won the women's 200 meter K1, followed by Inna Osypenko-Radomska of Ukraine in second and Natasa Douchev-Janics in third. Yuri Cheban won the gold in men's C1 200 meters, while Jevgenij Shuklin of Lithuania won silver and Ivan Shtyl of Russia took bronze.

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Men's 50km Racewalk: Sergey Kirdyapkin Captures Gold

Russia's Sergey Kirdyapkin, a two-time world champion in the 50-kilometer race walk, has won gold in the event at the London 2012 Olympics. He turned in both a personal best and an Olympic record with a time of 3 hours 35 minutes 59 seconds. This is the 32-year-old's first Olympic medal.

Jared Tallent of Australia finished second in 3:36:53. Tallent earned a bronze at the 2008 Olympics in the 20km race walk and a silver medal in the 50km event. He also finished third at last year's world championships and was one of the favorites in the event. Si Tianfeng, who finished 17th in the event in 2008, captured the bronze medal with a finish at 3:37:16.

Reigning world champion Sergey Bakulin will be heading home disappointed after a sixth-place finish.

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London 2012 Olympics: Schedule, TV Coverage, Streaming For Saturday

The London Olympics are nearing a close but not before a busy day on the track and elsewhere Saturday.

Track & Field: TV Coverage, Event Schedule For Saturday

Track & field continues Saturday with a full schedule including the men's 4x100m relay.