Friday at the Games

Utah connections

Utahn James Parker finished 21st but did not qualify for the medal round in the hammer throw.

Tiffany Lott-Hogan is 16th with 3,634 points after four events in the heptathlon; fellow ex-BYU athlete Marsha Mark-Baird of Trinidad-Tobago is 28th with 3,379 points

John Nunn finished 26th in 1:27:38 in the 20-kilometer race walk

Salt Lake City's Logan Tom scored 24 points and had 5 blocks in the U.S.'s five-set volleyball loss the the Russians.

Former Utah Starzz player Elena Baranova scored 22 points and pulled down 11 rebounds in Russia's 94-71 win over Japan.

Ex-Starzz player Michaela Pavlickova had 3 points and 2 rebounds in the 97-75 Czech win over Korea.

Sarah Farnworth of the Greece softball team pitched 6 innings, giving up 3 runs on 7 hits as Australia eked out a 3-2 win. Her cousin Stacey was 0-for-3 with a strike out in the loss.

Former Salt Lake Buzz player Ryan Radmanovich walked twice and struck out once, and teammate Jeff Griel went 0-for-3 as Canada's baseball team fell to Japan 9-1.

Ex-Stinger Clay Bellinger was 2-for-5 in Greece's 11-6 loss to Australia.

Heather Moody of Green River, Wyo., played 29 minutes as the U.S. women's water polo team defeated Russia 8-4.

Weather

Still hot. The mercury reached 98 under sunny skies at the Olympic stadium. Today's forecast calls for more of the same, a high of 98 and low of 73 with clear skies.

Local TV

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

10 a.m.-5 p.m., 6-11 p.m., 11:30 p.m.-1 a.m. and 1-5 a.m.

Quote of the day

He's a great champion. Definitely, he is going to be one of the icons of the games. — Jacques Rogge, IOC president, after watching Michael Phelps swim.

Doping update

Two women — a weightlifter from India and a shot putter from Uzbekistan — were expelled from the games after positive drug tests. India's Sanamacha Chanu and Uzbekistan's Olga Shchukina were disqualified by the IOC executive board. Also Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis, a bronze medalist, tested positive for drugs in an initial sample. His coach suggested the result could have resulted naturally.

Looking ahead

Gold medals will be awarded in gymnastics and for these track and field events: men's 100, high jump and triple jump during Sunday's prime time broadcast on KSL-TV (Ch. 5).