Alexandre Despatie led the Olympic 3-meter springboard preliminaries, keeping the powerful Chinese out of their customary top spot. Despatie, the first Canadian to win a world title on the 10-meter platform last year, was first with 517.59 points. Peng Bo of China was second with 495.45. Russia's Alexander Dobroskok was third with 489.75; Japan's Ken Terauchi was fourth with 456.15.

EQUESTRIAN

Debbie McDonald of Hailey, Idaho, moved into contention for an individual dressage medal with an energetic, fault-free round on Brentina that scored 74.840 percent. She moved to fourth overall, with a two-day average of 74.067 percent. The United States hasn't won a medal in individual dressage since 1932.

SAILING

American sailors John Lovell and Charlie Ogletree held onto their lead in the Tornado catamaran class and, Paul Cayard jumped up three spots in the Star class on another bizarre afternoon on the Saronic Gulf. A northerly Meltemi — the wind that whips through the hills around Athens — was predicted to bring at least 13 knots of breeze onto the gulf, but it never developed.

While the Tornados got in their two scheduled races, the Stars got in just one before the breeze died. The boats drifted under the brutally hot sun for about three hours before attempts to start the second race were abandoned.

MEN'S WATER POLO

Hungary finished preliminaries unbeaten and secured an automatic semifinal place in Olympic water polo by edging Russia in a rematch of the Sydney 2000 final. Aleksander Sapic scored three goals to lead Serbia-Montenegro to a 9-4 win over the United States, ending American hopes of making the Olympic quarterfinals.

WRESTLING

Sara McMann couldn't hold an early lead in her 138 1/2 pounds (63kg) gold medal match with world champion Kaori Icho of Japan and lost 3-2, meaning the United States exited the debut of Olympic women's wrestling without any golds. The Americans, who had four world silver medalists last year, came away with only two medals: McMann's silver and Patricia Miranda's bronze at 105 1/2 pounds (48kg).

Irini Merleni of Ukraine beat Chiharu Icho of Japan to win the gold medal in the women's 105 1/2-pound (48 kg) class. Miranda took the bronze by beating France's Angelique Berthenet.

Saori Yoshida of Japan shut out Tonya Verbeek of Canada to win the gold in the 121-pound (55 kg) class. Anna Gomis of France took the bronze.