Saturday at the Games

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Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco became the first man in 80 years to sweep the middle-distance races at the Olympics, holding up two fingers in triumph after winning the 5,000 meters. He won the 1,500 earlier.

Yelena Slesarenko of Russia set an Olympic record in the high jump, winning the gold medal by clearing 6 feet, 9 inches.

Dawn Staley scored 14 points, Lisa Leslie had 13 and Shannon Johnson added 12, leading the United States to a 74-63 victory for the women's basketball gold medal.

U.S. wrestler Cael Sanderson beat South Korea's Moon Eui-jae 3-1 in the 185-pound freestyle finals, adding Olympic gold to a career that includes four NCAA titles.

DeeDee Trotter, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards and Monique Hennagan gave the United States the gold medal in the women's 1,600-meter relay in a season-best 3:19.01.

Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner and Darold Williamson barely missed an Olympic record to win the men's 1,600-meter relay.

American Steven Lopez beat Bahri Tanrikulu of Turkey to win a gold medal in taekwondo.

Hu Jia overtook teammate Tian Liang on his next-to-last dive to win the 10-meter platform title, giving China a record sixth Olympic diving gold medal.

Kelly Holmes of Britain surged from behind to take the 1,500 meters gold, clinching a rare middle distance Olympic double after winning the 800 earlier in the week.

Standard bearer

Retiring soccer star Mia Hamm was elected by U.S. athletes to carry the flag in today's closing ceremony. Hamm won her second Olympic gold medal this week when the U.S. team beat Brazil. She also was part of the 1996 gold-medal team and the 2000 team that won silver.

Weather

The high temperature at the main Olympic complex reached 86 degrees under sunny skies. The forecast for today was for more sunshine and 84 degrees.

Local TV & radio

KSL-TV will provide Olympic coverage during these times today: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

For updated Olympic coverage, tune to KSL Newsradio 1160 AM at 16 minutes past the hour.

Quote of the day

"We held our poise like the veterans always do. This is just the greatest. I wouldn't trade it for the world." — U.S. basketball gold medalist Diana Taurasi.