Briefs | Swimming: Injured Michael Phelps thanks fans, plans to start training again by Monday

Swimming

Phelps hopes to begin training Monday: Swimmer Michael Phelps is still nursing a sore ankle from the car accident he was in Thursday, but the Olympic gold medalist intends to resume training Monday.

In a message on his official Facebook site, Phelps also expressed concern for the woman involved in the car crash, which occurred when she ran a red light, according to Baltimore police.

"Thanks, everybody who has reached out since the accident," Phelps posed. "I am fine and glad nobody was seriously hurt. I hope the other driver is doing OK. My ankle hurts and I am having it checked out, but nothing that is going to prevent me from getting back to training on Monday. Hope you guys have a good weekend."

Dumais wins men's national diving title: Three-time Olympian Troy Dumais captured his 29th national title, winning the senior men's 3-meter springboard at the U.S. Summer National Diving Championships at the Morcom Aquatic Center in Tallahassee, Fla.

Track and field

Bolt eases into 100 semifinals: Turns out Usain Bolt can be beaten after all — in a ho-hum second-round heat, when he's clowning around with the runner next to him and shutting down that effortless stride nearly 40 meters short of the finish.

Smiling as he sauntered down the track in the 100, the Jamaican sensation casually glanced over at Daniel Bailey as the sprinter from Antigua pulled up alongside him at the world championships Saturday.

Bolt never flinched, didn't speed up, just let Bailey have his moment.

Despite a slow burst from the blocks, Tyson Gay won his quarterfinal in 9.98 seconds, while Bolt finished in a nonchalant 10.03.

American Christian Cantwell won the shot-put title, while Valeriy Borchin of Russia captured the 20-kilometer walk, and Linet Masai of Kenya took the gold in the women's 10,000.

College football

Georgia Tech backup QB breaks collarbone: Georgia Tech backup quarterback Jaybo Shaw will miss at least the start of the season after breaking a collarbone during Saturday's scrimmage.

Coach Paul Johnson said Shaw is expected to miss six to eight weeks. Johnson said it was too early to speculate on the possibility that Shaw could miss the season as a redshirt after playing as a true freshman in 2008.

Tennis

Murray makes Rogers Cup final: Andy Murray has reached the Rogers Cup final and the world's No. 2 ranking with a 6-4, 7-6 (10-8) victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France. Juan Martin Del Potro ousted Andy Roddick 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.

Murray jumped over Rafael Nadal and into his highest career ranking, just behind Roger Federer.

Safina reaches Cincinnati Open championship: Dinara Safina needed only 56 minutes to eliminate Italy's Flavia Pennetta, reaching the championship match of the Cincinnati Open with a 6-2, 6-0 victory in the afternoon heat.

Gymnastics

Sloan wins national title: In Dallas, Bridget Sloan has won the women's national gymnastics championship, overcoming an early deficit to outscore Ivana Hong 117.55-117.25 to capture her first title.

Horse racing

Telling wins Sword Dancer: Longshot Telling stormed to the lead at midstretch and earned a two-length upset victory in the $500,000 Sword Dancer Invitational on the turf course at Saratoga Race Course. Javier Castellano rode the longest shot in a field of 10 at odds of 33-1.

"We knew we were in tough," co-owner Alex Lieblong said. "We didn't think we were over our heads."

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