BEIJING -- American swimmer Peter Marshall won his second
gold medal, and the U.S. men's basketball team remained undefeated
at the World University Games on Sunday.
|  | | Haywood C. Owens, left, of the United States controls the ball against Brazil's Wicliam Drudi. The U.S. beat Brazil 99-67. |
Marshall, the 100-meter backstroke champion, finished in a
dead-heat with Poland's Mariusz Siembida in the 50 backstroke.
Marshall and Siembida touched in 25.79 seconds. American Todd
Smolinski finished third in 25.99.
Marshall will go for a third gold medal in the 200 backstroke.
In other swimming action, American Kevin Clements finished
second to Ukrainian Igor Snitko by 0.01 in the men's 400 freestyle.
Snitko touched in 3:51.94.
Igor Martchenko won the 100 butterfly in 52.78, a meet record.
China's Han Xue won the women's 50 freestyle in 25.62.
The U.S. men's basketball team, attempting to win its seventh
straight University Games gold, received 20 points from Lonny
Baxter and Roger Mason in a 99-67 victory over Brazil in a
second-round game.
The Americans shot 37-for-76 from the field, despite just
6-for-23 from 3-point range, and finished with 24 steals.
The U.S. team charged to an 18-2 lead in the first six minutes.
Brazil closed within eight points in the second quarter, but
trailed 49-38 at the break.
The Americans took control of the game with a strong defensive
effort and won easily.
"They were getting a lot of putbacks and easy baskets," Baxter
said of Brazil. "We had to take that away. We could see the steals
coming."
After criticizing his team in its first three victories, U.S.
coach Jerry Dunn saw improvement.
"I was more satisfied with our defensive effort," Dunn said.
"We were able to get up and down the court well. But we need to do
a better job of executing our halfcourt offense."
The U.S. men's volleyball team extended its winning streak to
four matches with a five-set victory over Japan.
In other matches, it was Russia 3, France 1; Latvia 3,
Netherlands 1; Switzerland 3, South Africa 2.
In gymnastics, Son Un Hui of North Korea won the women's vault
with 9.075 points. Russia's Ekaterina Privlova won the uneven bars
with 9.637 points. China's Dong Fangxiao won the floor routine.
In the men's competition, Romania's Ioan Suciu won the pommel
horse with 9.800. Frenchman Benoit Caranobe won the vault with
9.368, and Liang Fuliang of China won the floor routine with 9.525
points. Zhang Shangwu of China won the rings with 9.675 points.
Japan's Tomita Hiroyuki won the parallel bars, while Australia's
Philippe Rizzo beat China's Olympic champion Xing Aowei for gold in
the horizontal bar.
In judo, Danie Carrion of Cuba beat Gao Lijuan of China in the
women's 48-kilogram class.
Japan's Midori Shintani won the women's open division. Masato
Uchishiba won the men's 60-kg class. South Korea's Jang Sung-ho won
the men's open class.
China's Guo Jingjing led Li Rongjuan in a 1-2 finish in the
women's 3-meter springboard.
In fencing, China's Yang Shaoqi clinched the individual epee
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