SUNDAY’S ROUNDUP \ Summer Olympics

Swimming: Dara Torres, competing in her fifth Olympics, was given the anchor leg on the 400-freestyle relay. She dove in second and touched the wall second, fending off Australia but unable to make much of a move on the Netherlands despite posting the second-fastest split time in the race. Katie Hoff finished third in the 400 IM, losing the race — and her world record — to Australia’s Stephanie Rice. In the men’s 400-meter freestyle, reigning world champion Park Tae-hwan of South Korea won the gold, Zhang Lin of China took silver and Larsen Jensen was third; at least Jensen can take solace in setting a U.S. record, breaking the mark he set in qualifying the night before.

Women’s gymnastics: The U.S. squad was limited because Samantha Peszek sprained her left ankle in warm-ups. That left them with only four competitors on floor, vault and balance beam, meaning every score had to count. World champion Shawn Johnson dazzled on the balance beam but the overall effort left something to be desired. Chellsie Memmel fell from the uneven bars and Nastia Liukin fell on the landing in her specialty, the uneven bars.

Men’s basketball: Manu Ginobili, Luis Scola and defending Olympic champion Argentina lost their opener, going down 78-75 to Lithuania when Denver Nuggets forward Linas Kleiza made a 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left. Another NBA player to lose was Andrew Bogut. His 10 points weren’t enough for Australia in a 97-82 loss to Croatia. Dirk Nowitzki was 3-of-3 on 3-pointers and scored 23 points, and Chris Kaman topped him with 24, leading Germany to a 95-66 victory over Angola. Pau Gasol scored 11 points and Rudy Fernandez had 16 as Spain beat Greece 81-66 in a rematch of the 2006 world championship finals. In the tournament’s opener, former Bucknell standout J.R. Holden scored 19 points and Andrei Kirilenko added 15 to lead European champion Russia past Iran 71-49.

Tennis: Ana Ivanovic gave away her No. 1 seed at the Olympics, withdrawing because of inflammation in her right thumb that has bothered her for several weeks. Her decision was announced after play was called for the day with only nine of 45 scheduled matches completed.

Diving: Chinese divers Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia won the women’s 3-meter synchronized springboard title. A Russian duo took silver and a pair of Germans got bronze, just ahead of Americans Kelci Bryant and Ariel Rittenhouse.

Cycling: Britian’s Nicole Cooke won the women’s road cycling race, held in torrential rain on a course that started in Beijing and ended at the Great Wall. Emma Johansson of Sweden got silver and Tatiana Guderzo of Italy the bronze. Americans finished 25th, 33rd and 52nd.

Weightlifting: Thailand’s Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon set an Olympic record, lifting 486.2 pounds. Melanie Roach set an American record with 424.6 pounds, but it was only good for sixth.

Archery: The South Koreans won their sixth straight gold medal, every single one since the event’s inception in 1988. China got the silver and France took bronze.

Shooting: David Kostelecky of the Czech Republic hit all 25 trap shooting targets to take gold. Giovanni Pellielo of Italy won the silver and Alexey Alipov of Russia won a shoot-off for bronze. World record-holder Karsten Bindrich of Germany was seventh. Bret Erickson, the top American, finished 22nd.

Track: Sprinter Tyson Gay followed a workout by proclaiming himself “injury-free.” He hasn’t raced since hurting a hamstring during a 200 heat at Olympic trials in July. His only individual race here is the 100, which begins Aug. 15.

Soccer: The U.S. team gave up a free kick in the third minute of injury time to settle for a 2-2 tie against the Netherlands.

Doping: The IOC has kicked out Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou, saying her role in a drug-testing cover-up four years ago in Athens was “a scandalous saga” that had brought the Olympic movement into disrepute.

Boxing: Americans went 1-1 in the ring, with Demetrius Andrade beating Georgia’s Kakhaber Juania 11-9 and Javier Molina getting clobbered 14-1 by Bulgarias Boris Georgiev.

Associated Press