The Latest: Hambuechen wins high bar gold, Leyva silver
By Associated Press
Aug 16, 2016 2:32 PM CDT
Sweden's Lotta Schelin and Brazil's Rafaelle go for a header during a semi-final match of the women's Olympic football tournament between Brazil and Sweden at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro Tuesday Aug. 16, 2016.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)   (Associated Press)

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):

4:25 p.m.

MEDAL ALERT: Fabian Hambuechen of Germany finally reached the top spot on high bar at the Olympics.

The German gymnast soared to gold in the high bar finals on Tuesday to add to the silver he won in London and the bronze he captured in Beijing in 2008.

Hambuechen posted a score of 15.766, just ahead silver medalist American Danell Leyva. The silver was the second for Leyva in the span of 90 minutes. He won silver on parallel bars earlier Tuesday.

Nile Wilson of Great Britain took third just ahead of American Sam Mikulak

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4:25 p.m.

Rio Games organizers believe the booing of Olympic pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie was understandable but also unacceptable.

Lavillenie, of France, faced a hostile reaction from boisterous home fans as Thiago Braz da Silva delivered Brazil's second gold medal of its home Olympics on Monday night.

Lavillenie complained that "if you get no respect in the Olympics, where can you get respect?" after he won silver.

Rio Games spokesman Mario Adrada said Tuesday that in many ways the booing was "understandable," but "we cannot afford (that) an athlete feels booing interferes with his or her performance."

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3:55 p.m.

Hedvig Lindahl made two saves and Lisa Dahlkvist converted the final penalty as Sweden defeated host Brazil 4-3 in a shootout to reach the final of the Olympic soccer tournament for the first time.

Cristiane and Andressa had their shots saved by Lindahl at the packed Maracana Stadium. Brazil goalkeeper Barbara stopped the shot by Kosovare Asllani.

The teams drew 0-0 after regulation and extra time.

Brazil was trying to win the women's soccer gold for the first time. It twice won the silver, in 2004 in Athens and 2008 in Beijing. Brazil was eliminated by Japan in the quarterfinals of the London Olympics four years ago.

Canada and Germany will play the other semifinal.

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3:50 p.m.

MEDAL ALERT: Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have won the gold medal in the men's 49er class in the Rio Olympics sailing regatta with a race to spare.

The Kiwis came in as the overwhelming favorites after dominating the skiff class the last four years after taking the silver in London.

They've dominated in this regatta, too. They finished third, fifth and fourth in Tuesday's races to take an unassailable 34-point lead over Germany's Erik Heil and Thomas Ploessel. Defending gold medalists Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen of Australia are in third place going into Thursday's medal race.

Burling and Tuke also sail for Emirates Team New Zealand in the America's Cup. Outteridge and Jensen sail with Sweden's Artemis Racing.

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3:50 p.m.

Karch Kiraly's top-ranked U.S. women's team moved one step closer to its goal of capturing the Americans' first volleyball gold, defeating familiar opponent Japan in straight sets Tuesday to reach the semifinals in Rio.

The unbeaten U.S. won 25-16, 25-23, 25-22 and has dropped just five sets all tournament. It has faced Japan more times than any other team since 1983. The Americans have won the last three meetings on the Olympic stage against Japan, opening the 2008 Beijing Games with a four-set victory after sweeping Japan in a match at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996.

The Americans will face Russia or Serbia in Thursday's semifinals.

Two-time reigning Olympic champion and host Brazil will take on a young China team in Tuesday's late match for a date with the upstart Netherlands women, who beat South Korea in four sets. The Dutch are back in their first Olympics in 20 years and went 4-1 in group play behind the Americans.

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3:40 p.m.

Simone Biles put the finishing touches on one of the greatest Olympics by a gymnast ever, capturing her fourth gold of the games with a showstopping performance in the floor exercise.

The 19-year-old American on Tuesday completed an extraordinary stretch that included a team gold for the "Final Five" as well as individual golds in the all-around and vault and bronze on balance beam.

Her five medals tie the most for an American woman in a single Olympics and her four golds tie an Olympic record shared by three others.

Biles embraced longtime coach Aimee Boorman shortly after her routine, which includes a tumbling pass named in her honor and a Brazilian-themed segment intended to play to the crowd in Rio. She beamed when her score of 15.966 was posted.

Teammate Aly Raisman followed with a 15.500 silver-medal performance to give her a third medal during Rio and six overall in her Olympic career.

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This item has been corrected to show that four golds ties an Olympic record shared by four others.

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3:35 p.m.

Caleb Paine has won the bronze medal in the Finn class, the first sailing medal for the United States at the Rio Games.

Paine led at every mark to win Tuesday's race. The gold medal was clinched two days ago by Britain's Giles Scott. Silver went to Vasilij Zbogar of Slovenia.

Paine was sailing in his first Olympics after beating 2008 silver medalist Zach Railey in the selection process.

The United States was whitewashed in sailing at the London Games, failing to win an Olympic medal for the first time since 1936.

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3:10 p.m.

MEDAL ALERT: Simone Biles closes out her Olympics with 4th gold medal of Rio Games in floor exercise.

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3:15 p.m.

MEDAL ALERT: Russia continued its dominance of Olympic synchronized swimming in Tuesday's duet final as Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina each won their fourth career gold medals.

Russia has won every available Olympic gold in synchronized swimming since 2000, and Ishchenko and Romashina are among the most decorated swimmers in the sport's history.

They performed an elegant and up-tempo free routine to win gold with a total score of 194.991 out of a possible 200, after coming in with the lead from the technical routine, and embraced their coaches at poolside.

That made it almost impossible for China's Huang Xuechen and Sun Wenyan to challenge, and they had to settle for their country's first Olympic silver in synchro duet on 192.3688.

Japan edged out Ukraine for bronze on 188.0547.

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This item has been corrected to reflect silver was China's first in synchro duet.

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3 p.m.

The water is back to normal at the Olympic diving pool.

The water turned a murky green a week ago. But on Tuesday it was its usual blue color and resembled the color of the larger synchronized swimming pool next to it.

The diving pool's water changed color a week ago, touching off an embarrassing sequence of events for games' organizers. The green color spread to the pool used for early water polo play before officials drained it and filled it with clean water from a practice pool.

Diving events end Saturday.

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3 p.m.

Brazil and Sweden are in extra time in the semifinals of the women's Olympic soccer tournament.

Brazil controlled possession from the start but couldn't capitalize on its scoring chances at the packed Maracana Stadium. Sweden threatened a few times on counterattacks.

Brazil is trying to win the women's soccer gold for the first time. It twice won the silver, in 2004 in Athens and 2008 in Beijing. Marta and Brazil were eliminated by Japan in the quarterfinals of the London Olympics four years ago.

Sweden is trying to reach the Olympic final for the first time.

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2:40 p.m.

MEDAL ALERT: Oleg Verniaiev of the Ukraine picked up his second medal in men's gymnastics, taking gold in the parallel bars final on Tuesday.

Verniaiev's score of 16.041 was just a touch better than the 15.9 put up by American Danell Leyva. David Belyavskiy of Russia earned the bronze.

Verniaiev finished a close second to Japan's Kohei Uchimura in the all-around final last week.

The silver by Leyva was the first Olympic medal by an American on parallel bars since 1996. A bronze medalist in the all-around four years ago, Leyva was originally an alternate on the 2016 team before stepping in after John Orozco was injured during training in the weeks leading up to the games.

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2:30 p.m.

MEDAL ALERT: Tom Burton of Australia has won the gold medal in the men's Laser class at the Rio Olympics sailing regatta.

It's the first sailing gold in the Rio Games for the Australians, who won three classes in the London Games in 2012.

Burton finished third in Tuesday's medal race to finish two points ahead of Tonci Stipanovic of Croatia, who came in already having been assured of at least the silver. He finished ninth in the medal race. His silver is the first Olympic sailing medal for Croatia.

Sam Meech of New Zealand won the bronze.

Robert Scheidt fell just short in his attempt to become the first sailor and first Brazilian to win six Olympic medals. Although he won the medal race, he finished fourth overall, four points behind Meech.

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2:25 p.m.

Kenyan sprinter Carvin Nkanata took a chance and jumped on a plane in Florida on Monday night, landed in Rio de Janeiro Tuesday morning, ran at the Olympics a couple of hours later.

Heat 8 of the 200 meters at the Olympic Stadium was the second race of the day for the U.S.-born Nkanata. The first was getting from the airport to the stadium, getting his accreditation, getting registered and getting a lane.

No surprise that Nkanata, who says he was only cleared to run for Kenya by the Court of Arbitration for Sport early Tuesday morning, didn't run his best. He finished last in his heat in 21.43 seconds.

He says: "I just got on a plane last night. I just prayed. I just thought I've got to get here."

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2:20 p.m.

Serbia shocked Australia, eliminating the three-time women's basketball silver medalists 73-71 Tuesday and leaving the stunned Aussies standing on the court with their hands on their heads, crying in disbelief.

Ana Dabovic hit a free throw with 10.2 seconds left to give Serbia a two-point lead and the Aussies had one last chance to force overtime or win it. But Australia guard Leilani Mitchell's heave from near the three-point line was short and Marianna Tolo's desperation put-back didn't hit the rim — sending the jubilant Serbs racing to midcourt to celebrate.

Penny Taylor, who is retiring at the end of the WNBA season, stood with her hands on her head when the horn sounded. And emotional Liz Cambage, who has carried the Aussies in Rio and had 29 points and 11 rebounds, broke down in tears. Australia's streak of medaling in every Olympics since 1996 came to an abrupt end.

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2:05 p.m.

China swept all five Olympic badminton golds in London, but its attempt to repeat was over even before Rio's gold medal rounds were even set to begin.

In mixed doubles, Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying of Malaysia knocked out London silver medalists Xu Chen and Ma Jin of China. The Malaysians will play Wednesday for gold against Indonesia's Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir, who beat Chinese Olympic champions Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei.

And in a women's doubles semifinal, Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl of Denmark defeated China's Tang Yuanting and Yu Yang.

But China still has hopes for medals.

China's Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan will play for gold Friday against Malaysia's Tan Wee Kiong and Goh V. Shem.

In men's singles, many are watching world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei, of Malaysia, who has lost the last two Olympic finals to two-time champion Lin Dan, of China. If both continue winning, the rivals will play in the semifinals.

In women's singles, the favorites are Spanish world No. 1 Carolina Marin and Li Xuerui, the Chinese defending Olympic champion.

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1:55 p.m.

World road race champion Peter Sagan says he is pursuing a dream by competing on the mountain bike at the Rio Games.

It's a big change for Sagan, who won three stages in this year's Tour de France and clinched the best sprinter's green jersey for the fifth consecutive year.

Now he's training on the mountain bike. The fan favorite won a small race in Wyoming a couple weeks ago as a tuneup.

Sagan said Tuesday that the competition will be much tougher in Rio, but he wants to give it a try. He's says he's excited to be in Rio after his hopes to compete on the mountain bike in 2012 in London were dashed.

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