Olympics
Roundup: Upsets end Games for Roddick and Williams

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Tennis

In back-to-back tennis stunners, second-seeded Andy Roddick was upset by No. 16 Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 6-4, 6-4, and defending gold medalist Venus Williams lost to Mary Pierce of France 6-4, 6-4.

"It's not everyday we get to play in the Olympics," a dejected Roddick said. "You can't say, 'Next year.' It's tough to lose, but that's part of it. It was still a great experience."

For the first time since tennis returned to the Olympics as a medal sport in 1988, no U.S. woman will win a singles medal. In addition to Williams' exit, No. 16 Chanda Rubin lost to No. 2 Amelie Mauresmo of France 6-3, 6-1, and Lisa Raymond was eliminated by Alicia Molik of Australia 6-4, 6-4.

Martina Navratilova and Raymond advanced to the doubles quarterfinals when their opponents, Mauresmo and Pierce, pulled out. Mauresmo had developed a rash from a skin allergy.

Cycling

American Tyler Hamilton won the men's time trial gold medal and teammate Bobby Julich took the bronze, hours after American Dede Barry won a silver in the women's time trial.

Hamilton edged defending time trial gold medalist Viatcheslav Ekimov of Russia by about 19 seconds. It was the first American road gold since the boycotted Los Angeles Games in 1984.

Shooting

American Kim Rhode won the gold medal in double trap shooting, staking a unique claim as the first and last winner of the Olympic event. She won the 1996 gold when double trap was introduced at the Atlanta Olympics. The event is being eliminated after these Games.
 
In women's 25-meter pistol, Maria Grozdeva of Bulgaria won the gold.

Canoe-kayak

Rebecca Giddens of Green Bay, Wis., took the silver in the women's kayaking singles slalom, while Elena Kaliska of Slovakia won the gold. The gold in the men's single canoe went to Frenchman Tony Estanguet.

Beach volleyball

The U.S. team of Elaine Youngs and Holly McPeak were perfect through pool play with a 22-24, 21-17, 15-12 win over Swiss pair Simone Kuhn and Nicole Schnyder.

Americans Dain Blanton and Jeff Nygaard ended a dismal Olympics with a 21-16, 13-21, 15-13 loss to Swiss pair Stefan Kobel and Patrick Heuscher.

Archery

South Korea's Park Sung-hyun defeated countrywoman Lee Sung-jin for the gold medal. Tied at 100 after 11 shots, Park scored a 10 with her final arrow. Lee scored 8.

Boxing

Super heavyweight Jason Estrada and heavyweight Devin Vargas advanced to the quarterfinals, capping an impressive 6-1 run through the preliminaries for a lightly regarded U.S. team.

Light flyweight Rau'Shee Warren was the only American eliminated in the first round. Warren, a 17-year-old from Cincinnati, struggled against Chinese veteran Zou Shiming, losing 22-9.

Women's volleyball

A sluggish start and some Dominican determination led to a big upset of the U.S., 26-24, 22-25, 27-25, 23-25, 19-17.

Dropping to 1-2, the Americans play Russia tomorrow and Cuba on Sunday to close the preliminary round.

Water Polo

Johanne Begin scored three goals, including the last-minute clincher, and Ann Dow had a pair as Canada scored five unanswered goals in the last six minutes to upset the world champion Americans 6-5. The United States led 5-1 in the second minute of the last period after captain Heather Moody scored from 2 meters out.

Weightlifting

Zhang Guozheng won China's third weightlifting gold medal in as many events, leading the men's 69kg field from the start.

Ukraine's Natalia Skakun overcame a big deficit to win the gold medal in 63kg weightlifting.

Fencing

Valentina Vezzali beat teammate Giovanna Trillini 15-11 in the foil for her fourth Olympic fencing gold, equaling the most won by a woman.

Judo

Masae Ueno extended her three-year undefeated streak in major international competition, winning the gold in the 70kg class. On the men's side, Ueno's teammate Hiroshi Izumi wound up with silver when he lost in the 90kg title match to Zurab Zviadauri of Georgia.

Rowing

Americans Aquil Abdullah and Henry Nuzum overtook Norway in a photo finish, winning a spot in the double scull finals.