CND-Global Olympics Special, July 25, 1996 (GL96-100)
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(Global News, No. GL96-100)
Thursday, July 25, 1996
1996 Atlanta Olympics Special
Day 5
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1. Summary of Day 5 ..................................................... 51
2. Medal Standings (July 24) ............................................ 50
3. Highlights of Day 5 and Chinese Medalits ............................ 207
4. Other News and Reports (6 Items) .................................... 144
5. Events and TV Schedule for Day 6 (July 25) ........................... 97
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*** Day 5: Men's Gymnastics Team Shows True Color ***
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1. Summary of Day 5 ..................................................... 51
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Source: clari.sports.olympic,
http://www.atlanta.olympic.org,
http://cnn.com/SPORTS/OLYMPICS
[CND, 07/24/96] When Chinese men's gymnastics team finished second in the
team's competition on Monday, not many people seemed to pay attention to the
silver medal they earned. Instead, the blunders they made stayed in people's
minds. Perhaps sliver was not the right color on their medals.
They wasted no time to prove it. In Wednesday's men's individual all-around
finals, Chinese gymnasts came out aggressively and positioned themselves in
medal contention immediately. Although the young ZHANG Jin1jing1 and SHEN3
Jian4 came up short and finished 4th and 5th, respectively, world champion
LI3 Xiao3shuang1 performed nearly flawlessly in every rotation, putting con-
stant pressure on his rivals from Russia and Belarus. Finally, by perfectly
executing a daring combination on the high bar, his final routine, Li claimed
the victory with a smile on his landing. His individual gold medal might well
belong to the whole team, because it is GOLD that is their true color.
"A gold medal has been my target for 10 years," said 22-year-old Li, who
ranked the victory as his greatest. Li also claimed before the competitions
that he would not go home without a gold. Now with the first Chinese Olympic
all-around gold medal in bag, is he ready to go home? No so quickly. He has
plans for Sunday and Monday, when men's individual contests will be held.
Chinese women swimmers picked up two more medals. LIN2 Li4, the world record
holder in women's 200-meter individual medley, finished third in the event
behind the star of the Games, Irishwoman Michelle Smith, the first triple
gold medalist at Atlanta. Women's 4x100-meter medley relay team won another
bronze, bringing the total of Chinese swimming medals to five (1-2-2).
ZHANG1 Bing1 added another bronze for China in men's double trap shooting,
while Chinese athletes scored three other important victories in team
competitions. Men's basketball team posted an impressive win over Argentina
and is on its way to enter the final eight for the first time in Olympics.
Softball team won easily and is getting closer to claim a medal. Finally,
coached by the former great Olympican LANG2 Ping2, women's volleyball team
attacked early and strong against the host team. Before the home crowd got
into the game, Team China was already up 2:0. The final score: China 3,
the United States 1.
There will be more to watch tomorrow, when 13 gold medals await for their
winners. Russia and the United States were the first two countries to
collect double-digit gold medals, with 11 and 10 respectively, but no one
expected that it would take them this long (5 days). Twenty-two nations
have had a share in the 70 gold medals awarded, while the mystery of the
Games remained: When will Germany win a gold? The powerful sports nation
didn't even cash in a medal of any color in Day 5.
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2. Medal Standings ...................................................... 50
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Source: http://cnn.com
Olympic Medal Standings by Country (July 24)
COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
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Russia 11 7 5 23
United States 10 14 4 28
France 6 3 7 16
CHINA 5 5 6 16
Poland 5 2 2 9
Italy 3 4 4 11
Cuba 3 4 2 9
South Korea 3 3 2 8
Australia 3 2 5 10
Turkey 3 0 1 4
Ireland 3 0 0 3
Japan 2 2 1 5
Belgium 2 1 2 5
New Zealand 2 0 1 3
South Africa 2 0 1 3
Hungary 1 2 5 8
Ukraine 1 0 2 3
Yugoslavia 1 0 1 2
Romania 1 0 1 2
Armenia 1 0 0 1
Kazakhstan 1 0 0 1
Costa Rica 1 0 0 1
Germany 0 6 9 15
Belarus 0 3 2 5
Greece 0 2 0 2
Bulgaria 0 1 4 5
Brazil 0 1 2 3
Canada 0 1 2 3
Sweden 0 1 1 2
Spain 0 1 1 2
North Korea 0 1 1 2
Austria 0 1 0 1
Finland 0 1 0 1
Britain 0 1 0 1
Uzbekistan 0 1 0 1
Netherlands 0 0 4 4
Moldova 0 0 1 1
Georgia 0 0 1 1
Note: 2 bronzes are awarded in each judo event.
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3. Highlights of Day 5 and Chinese Medalits ............................ 207
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(These highlights are compiled from the daytime postings on CND Olympic
Bulletin <http://cnd.org/olympics>, in the order they were posted.)
* Men's Basketball Team Beats Argentina
* Softball Team Crushes Puerto Rico 10-0
* ZHANG Bing Adds a Shooting Bronze
* FIFTH GOLD: LI Xiaoshuang Scores Exciting Come-from-behind Victory!
* Weightlifting: LIN Shoufeng Finishes in 5th Position
* Gymnastics: ZHANG Jinjing, SHEN Jian Finished 4th and 5th
* Women Swimmers Win a Bronze in 4x100m Medley Relay
* Men's Swimming: JIANG Chengji Finished 4th in 100m Butterfly
* Women's Swimming: LIN Li Takes a Bronze in 200 Individual Medley
* Women's Volleyball Team Downs USA, 3-1
* Chinese Medal Winners of Today
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(1) Men's Basketball: China Beats Argentina 87:77
Contributor: CHEN Huxiong, Yejian ZHAO (yz...@hel.me.berkely.com)
Source: http://cnn.com, http://www.atlantagames.com
[CND, 07/24/96] China beat Argentina 87:77 in a crucial game in the men's
basketball competition. With two wins and one loss, China's chance to enter
the top eight of the event is getting better.
HU2 Wei4dong1 and ZHENG4 Wu3 each scored 22 points. Two of important
Argentine players did not play due to injuries. Since Argentina
beat European basketball power Lithuania 65:61 in a previous game, the
situation is still not clear for China.
The next opponent for China will be USA (Friday, 10:00 AM EDT).
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(2) Softball: China Crushes Puerto Rico 10:0
Contributor: CHEN Huxiong, Jim YU, 1:55PM EDT
Source: clari.sports.olympic
[CND, 07/24/96] China used only five innings to reach the 10-run limit
in the game against Puerto Rico. China now has three wins and one loss.
Tomorrow China faces the Netherlands.
In an earlier match, the U.S. team shut out Chinese Taipei 4-0 to remain
the only unbeaten team in the tournament.
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(3) Shooting: ZHANG Bing Adds a Bronze
Contributor: CHEN Huxiong, 15:45PM EDT
Source: clari.sports.olympic
[CND, 07/24/96] ZHANG1 Bing1 of China won a bronze medal in the men's double
trap (shuang1 duo1 xiang4 fei1 die2) competition. Zhang's score was 183
points. The gold medel went to Mark Russell of Australia (189) and the silver
to Pera Albano of Italy (183).
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(4) LI Xiaoshuang Scores Exciting Come-from-behind Victory!
Source: clari.sports.olympic
Contributor: Jim YU, 7:00 PM EDT
[CND, 07/24/96] LI Xiaoshuang won the gold medal!! Going into the
individual all-around finals, Li was standing at sixth overall. Lo and
behold, Li, whose blunder in the team competitons might have cost Team
China a gold, prevailed with a thrilling victory over Russia's Alexei
Nemov and Belarus's Vitaly Scherbo, the defending Olympic champion.
Salute to LI Xiaoshuang! It is unbelievable.
#MEN INDIVIDUAL ALL-AROUND MEDAL RESULTS#
MEDAL ATHLETE COUNTRY POINTS
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Gold Li Xiaoshuang China 58.423
Silver Alexei Nemov Russia 58.374
Bronze Vitaly Scherbo Belarus 58.197
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(5) Weightlifting: LIN Shoufeng Finishes in 5th Position
Contributor: Huihong Luo (huis...@leland.stanford.edu)
Source: http://www.atlantagames.com, 7:40 PM EDT
[CND, 07/24/96] Lin Shoufeng finished in fifth position in Men's 76kg
weightlifting. The following are the results.
snatch clean and jerk combined
1, Pablo Lara, Cuba, 162.5 kg, 205.0 kg, 367.5 kg (Gold)
2, Yoto Yotov, Bulgaria, 160.0, 200.0, 360.0 (Silver)
3, Chol Jon, North Korea, 162.5, 195.0, 357.5 (Bronze)
4, Viktor Mitrou, Greece, 162.5, 195.0, 357.5
5, Lin Shoufeng, China, 157.5, 195.0, 352.5
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(6) Gymnastics: ZHANG Jinjing, SHEN Jian Finished 4th and 5th
Source: http://www.atlantagames.com, 7:50 PM EDT
Contributor: Huihong Luo
[CND, 07/24/96] Final results of gymnastics men's all-around:
1, LI3 Xiao3shuang1, China, 58.423
(9.687, 9.712, 9.775, 9.812, 9.650, 9.787).
2, Alexei Nemov, Russia, 58.374
(9.700, 9.800, 9.612, 9.700, 9.762, 9.800).
3, Vitaly Scherbo, Belarus, 58.197
(9.762, 9.662, 9.587, 9.687, 9.712, 9.787).
4, ZHANG1 Jin1jing1, China, 58.148
(9.637, 9.750, 9.562, 9.650, 9.762, 9.787).
5, SHEN3 Jian4, China, 57.861
(9.537, 9.650, 9.637, 9.662, 9.700, 9.675).
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(7) Women's Swimming: China Wins a Bronze in 4x100m Medley Relay
Source: NBC, http://www.atlantagames.com, clari.sports.olympic
Contributor: CHEN Huxiong
[CND, 07/24/96] Team China (4:07.34, SHAN4 Ying1, CHEN2 Yan4, HAN2 Xue3,
CAI4 Hui4jue2) finished third in the women's 4x100m medley relay. The
United States (4:02.88) and Australia (4:05.08) were the first and the
second, respectively.
LE4 Jing4yi2, the 100m freestyle champion, and LIU2 Li2min3, the 100m
butterfly runner-up, did not participate in the final.
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(8) Men's Swimming: JIANG Chengji Finished 4th in 100m Butterfly
Source: clari.sports.olympic,
http://www.atlanta.olympic.org
Contributor: CHEN Huxiong
[CND, 07/24/96] JIANG3 Cheng2ji4 of China (53.20 seconds) set an Asian
record and finished fourth in the men's 100m butterfly, the best
achievement a Chinese male swimmer in Olympic history.
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(9) Women's Swimming: LIN Li Takes a Bronze in 200 IM
Source: NBC, http://www.atlanta.olympic.org
Contributor: CHEN Huxiong
[CND, 07/24/96] LIN2 Li4 (2:14.74) of China finished third in the women's
200m individual medley. 26-year old LIN is the defending champion and the
world record holder.
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(10) Women's Volleyball: CHINA BEATS USA 3:1
Source: http://www.yahoo.com
Contributor: CHEN Huxiong
[CND, 07/24/96] China beat the Unites States 15:8, 15:2, 12:15, 15:12
in a Group A game. China has won all of its first three games in the group.
China next meets Ukraine on Thursday.
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(11) Chinese Medal Winners on July 24 (in CAPITALS)
Source: Sports Ticker
GYMNASTICS
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MEN INDIVIDUAL ALL-AROUND
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GOLD LI XIAOSHUANG CHINA
Silver Alexei Nemov Russia
Bronze Vitaly Scherbo Belarus
SHOOTING
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MEN DOUBLE TRAP
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Gold Russell Mark Australia
Silver Albano Pera Italy
BRONZE BING ZHANG CHINA
SWIMMING
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WOMEN 200 METER INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
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Gold Michelle Smith Ireland
Silver Marianne Limpert Canada
BRONZE LIN LI CHINA
WOMEN 400 METER MEDLEY RELAY
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Gold United States
Silver Australia
BRONZE CHINA
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4. Other News and Reports (6 Items) .................................... 144
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* Ethnic Chinese Cheer Up Athletes from Native Land
* Clarification on LE Jingyi's Press Conference Encounter
* Pre-Game Jitters of Table Tennis
* CHEN Jing Gets Undivided Attention
* CHEN Xinhua on His Way to Play Table Tennis in Atlanta
* Young Swimmers Gaining Olympic Experiences
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1) Ethnic Chinese Cheer Up Athletes from Native Land
Source: World Journal
Contributor: Frank LING
[CND, 07/24/96] Among those waving the Chinese national flags and chanting
in their native Chinese tongue in the audience are two cheer leader groups,
one team is composed of ethnic Chinese residents of Atlanta and other parts
of the US, overseas Chinese students and scholars, and the Chinese staff of
some international enterprises, and the other is the Janlibao team from
China, World Journal reports.
To assist Chinese athletes in ways they can, some 20 local ethnic Chinese
groups joined force to take care of reception, support, news, transportation,
and cheer-leadership. There are approximately 400 volunteers working daily
in the city.
The support group was extremely busy. The Olympic Village is off limits to
the ordinary people and they passed on the chicken soup they time-boiled to
the students and had them relay it to the sick shooter WANG2 Yi4fu1. They
also managed to have Chinese dumplings and cans send to Chinese women's
volleyball players. World and Olympic table tennis champion DENG Yaping was
not use to the low pillow of the village and they delivered two to her.
Whenever the delegation needed transportation they were on their way.
The cheer leader groups were led by persons who know how. They were equipped
with flags, banners carrying slogans, and drums. Their cheers have given
Chinese athletes spiritual and emotional boost.
Chinese reporters were also treated with discount coupons by local Chinese
restaurants and grocery shops.
Why did they do all that voluntarily? "We are overseas, yet have a Chinese
heart," they said.
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2) Clarification on LE Jingyi's Press Conference Encounter
[Editor's Note: People's Daily reported that after LE Jingyi won the women's
100-meter freestyle swimming, upon arriving at the media room she was kept
outside by the organizing people. They sent the American silver medalist
and the German bronze medalist in first. Le ended up talking to the media
more than one hour after the other two swimmers. CND Sports Reporter Hong An,
who is at Atlanta, sent in the following report.]
[CND, 07/24/96] According to Aquatics center press chief Kellie Buckley,
there was no blocking of press media room to incoming athelets for press
conference. In fact, LE Jingyi, accompanied by a Chinese translator provided
by ACOG, came to media room and left after winning her first gold in 100m
freestyle. She wanted to wait for her coach before doing press conference.
The press conference wanted her to be there very much.
On July 23 night, silver medalist LIU Liming and her coach ZHAO Ge gave a
very good press conference at Aquatics center. They answered quite a number
of questions. This type of interaction between Chinese team and media would
surely do more good for China. In fact, lots of foreign press wanted to
interview Chinese athletes and coaches but rarely got chances. Using media
to voice our side of story is clever and necessary.
Our athletes have gone on top of the world, but our supporting teams are
still far behind. To become a sports super power, we have a lot to catch up.
(CND Sports Reporter: Hong An, Atlanta)
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3) Pre-Game Jitters of Table Tennis
[CND, 07/23/96] Head coach CAI4 Zhen4hua2 said that the Chinese table
tennis team will try to secure two gold medals while aiming at all four
in the Atlanta Olympics, Reuters and UPI report. Players are in good form,
CAI said.
China's KONG3 Ling4hui1, the reigning world champion and World Cup title
holder, will try to win his first Olympic men's single's title to become
the grand slam winner in the world history after Sweden's J-O Waldner.
Teammate WANG2 Tao1 and LIU2 Guo2liang2 are also strong contenders for the
men's single's gold medal.
Sweden's Waldner and Persson, Belgium Saive, French Gatien, South Korea's
Yoo Nam Kyu and Kim Tack Soo are also eyeing on men's single's title.
WANG Tao and LUU3 Lin2, men's double's champion in Barcelona, and KONG
Linghui and LIU Guoliang will also try to win men's double's titles. Their
most prominent opponents are South Korea's Kim Tack Soo/Kang Hee Chan and
Lee Chul Seung/Yoo Nam Kyo, two new pairs with a seasoned player and a less
known player in each pair.
In women's singles, other than the reigning Olympic and world champion,
China's DENG4 Ya4ping2, her teammates QIAO2 Hong2 and LIU2 Wei3 are also
great contenders for the gold. Chinese Taipei's CHEN2 Jing4, Hong Kong's
Chai Po Wa (QI2 Bao3hua2) and Japan's Chire Koyama (XIAO-shan1 Zhi4-li4 are
also hopefuls. Women's doubles competition will likely be dominated by the
Chinese players.
On Monday Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell stopped by the table tennis training
hall and got his chance to play with KONG Linghui a bit. (Frank LING)
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4) CHEN Jing Gets Undivided Attention
[CND, 07/24/96] Chinese Taipei's table tennis player, CHEN2 Jing4, competed
on Tuesday, and the Chinese table tennis women's team paid a virtually
all-out honor to watch the game, World Journal reported Wednesday. Senior
coach ZHANG1 Xie4lin2, the reigning world and Olympic champion DENG4
Ya4ping4, and teammate QIAO2 Hong2 watched and thrashed out every move of
CHEN on the side. (Frank LING)
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5) CHEN Xinhua on His Way to Play Table Tennis in Atlanta
[CND, 07/22/96] CHEN Xinhua, now 36, a "main force" of the Chinese team
back in the 38th World Championships in Gathenberg, Sweden, is on his way
to Atlanta to contend for a medal in men's singles, representing England.
He missed the Barcelona Olympics because of China's objection that he had
not lived in another nation long enough to represent it. Before the Atlanta
Olympics, CHEN went to train in his hometown of Fujian, China, and he had
problems getting a plane ticket to Beijing before flying to Atlanta. His
British manager, the British Olympic Association and its sponsor, the Delta
Airlines, have made an elaborated connection schedule for CHEN to arrive in
Atlanta on time for men's singles in table tennis. The Olympics is CHEN's
first, and will likely be his last as well. He will likely move to live in
Fujian with his wife, British born Jeanette, and their three children in the
long run. (Frank LING)
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6) Young Swimmers Gaining Olympic Experiences
[CND, 07/20/96] Chinese swimmer ZENG1 Qi3liang4 took seventh place in men's
100m breaststroke, the highest place ever won by the Chinese men's team at
Olympics. Chinese swim team at this Olympics is a young team, 19 of the 21
members are first time Olympians, and winning medals and gaining experiences
are both important, commented by head coach ZHANG1 Xiong2. (CND Sports
Reporter: Hong An, Atlanta)
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5. Events and TV Schedule for Day 6 (July 25) ........................... 97
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Note: All times are Eastern Daylight Time
1) Events for Thursday, July 25 (only events participated by Chinese
athletes are listed)
Source: clari.sports.olympic, http://cnn.com
BADMINTON
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Women's doubles 1st round
Men's doubles 1st round 9:00 am - 12:45 pm
Men's singles 2nd round 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
BASKETBALL (Women)
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Canada vs. China at Georgia Dome 10:00 pm
FENCING
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Women's & Men's team foil 1st round,
quarterfinals, 5-12 places & semifinals 7:30 am - 2:30 pm
Women's & Men's team foil bronze & gold 3:25 pm - 7:05 pm
GYMNASTICS
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Women's individual all-around final 4:15 pm - 7:06 pm
JUDO
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Women's & Men's half-lightweight (51kg & 65kg)
preliminaries & repechages 9:30 am - 1:23 pm
final rounds & medal matches 3:00 pm - 4:27 pm
ROWING
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Men's & Women's semifinals 9:00 am - 11:40 pm
SOCCER (Women)
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United States vs. China at Miami, FL 6:30 pm
SHOOTING
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Men's 50m prone rifle preliminaries & final,
Men's 10m run target preliminaries,
Men's 25m rapid fire pistol preliminaries & final 8:30 am - 3:25 pm
SOFTBALL
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China vs. Netherlands 9:00 am
SWIMMING
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Preliminaries 10:05 am
men's 50 freestyle
women's 200 backstroke
men's 200 medley
women's 4 X 200 freestyle relay
men's 1500 freestyle
Finals 7:33 pm
men's 50 freestyle
women's 200 backstroke
men's 200 medley
women's 4 X 200 freestyle relay
women's 800 freestyle
TABLE TENNIS
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Women's & Men's singles preliminaries 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Men's & Women's doubles preliminaries &
Men's singles preliminaries 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
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2) NBC TV Schedule for Thursday, July 25
Source: NBC
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Swimming Qualifying Heats
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Rowing Semifinals
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Cycling Final
7:30 p.m - 12 midnight Gymnastics Women's Individual All-Around
Final
7:30 p.m - 12 midnight Swimming Finals, Including:
Women's 800m Freestyle
Men's 50m Freestyle
Women's 200m Backstroke
Men's 200m Individual medley
Women's 4x200m Free. Relay
7:30 p.m - 12 midnight Equestrian Three-Day Cross Country,
Individual
12:41 a.m. - 2:11 a.m. Volleyball U.S. Men's Match
12:41 a.m. - 2:11 a.m. Boxing
12:41 a.m. - 2:11 a.m. Basketball U.S. Women vs. Zaire
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