Lise Legrand of France won the bronze in the 138 1/2-pound (63 kg) class, defeating Stavroula Zygouri of Greece.

Wang Xu of China beat Gouzel Maniourova of Russia to win the gold the 158 1/2-pound (72 kg) class. Kyoko Hamaguchi of Japan took the bronze.

BOXING

American super heavyweight Jason Estrada gave perhaps the most lackluster performance yet by a U.S. boxer Monday night, losing a chance for an Olympic medal by dropping a 21-7 decision to Cuba's Michel Lopez Nunez. Meanwhile, Russian featherweight Alexei Tichtchenko ousted world champion Galib Jafarov of Kazakhstan, winning 36-26 to advance to the semifinals.

MEN'S VOLLEYBALL

Defending gold medalist Serbia-Montenegro grabbed the top seed in its pool with a grueling five-set victory over upstart Greece (21-25, 38-36, 25-13, 23-25, 15-12). Veteran Vladimir Grbic slammed the winning kill off blocker Theodoros Chatziantoniou to give the Serbs their fourth straight win.

The United States beat Brazil, the No. 1 team in the world, 3-1 (25-22, 25-23, 18-25, 25-22) in a match where both teams used their reserves exstensively. Both teams had already clinched spots in the next round. The Americans finished pool play at 3-2, winning a tiebreaker over Russia for third place, and will face host Greece in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.

SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING

Russia and Japan held down their customary 1-2 spots, and the United States was in third after the duet technical routine of synchronized swimming. World champions Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova swam to the theme from "The Matrix" and scored 49.417 points. As expected, the Japanese team of Miya Tachibana and Miho Takeda claimed the second spot with 49.000 points. The United States' duo, Anna Kozlova and Alison Bartosik, was in third with 48.334.

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