Wednesday at the Games

Utah connections

• Three former Salt Lake minor league baseball players took part in Canada's 2-0 win over Greece. Jeff Guiel, playing left field, and right fielder Ryan Radmanovich both went 1-for-4 for the victorious Canadians. Clay Bellinger, a former Stinger, went 0-for-4 for Greece. Canadian pitcher, Eric Cyr, another former Stinger, didn't play.

• Former Highland High star Logan Tom and her USA volleyball teammates lost a tough match to the Dominican Republic, 26-24, 22-25, 27-25, 23-25, 19-17. Tom had 16 kills to go along with a team-best three blocks.

• Two BYU Cougars, Gary Tan of Singapore and Diogo de Oliveir Yabe of Brazil, swam in the men's 200-meter individual medley. Tan placed 7th in his heat in a time of 2:08.44, while Yabe was sixth in his heat (2:03.86). Neither advanced to the semifinals.

• Heather Moody, of Green River, Wyo., scored a goal for the USA's women's water polo team, but the Americans lost to Canada, 6-5.

• Three former Utah Starzz played in women's basketball games Wednesday. Elena Baranova scored six points with three rebounds and four fouls in Russia's 77-67 win over Brazil. Michaela Pavlickova of the Czech Republic had two points and four boards in her country's 98-83 loss to China. Elisa Aguilar scored eight points in her Spanish team's 91-57 victory over New Zealand.

Weather

Mostly sunny skies at the Olympic Stadium with a midday high of 90 degrees. Thursday's forecast called for sunshine and a high of 92.

Local TV & radio

KSL-TV Ch. 5 will provide Olympic coverage during these times today:

12:30 p.m.-4 p.m., 7-11 p.m. , 11:30 p.m.-4 a.m.

For updated Olympic coverage, tune to KSL Newsradio 1160 at 16 minutes past the hour throughout the Games, and to an hour of coverage weeknights at 9.

Quote of the day

"I'm happy right now. Shocked, actually. To be in first place after that kind of mistake, I thought there was no chance to win." — Paul Hamm, winner of the men's gymnastics all-around title.

Looking ahead

Gold medals will be up for grabs in four swimming events to be broadcast Friday at 7 p.m. on Ch. 5.