Sunday at the Games

Published: Monday, Aug. 11 2008 12:47 a.m. MDT

Former Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, watch as U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps competes in the men's 200-meter freestyle semi-finals at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing on Sunday. They were sitting one row below President Bush and his family.

Gerald Herbert, Associated Press

Tennis

Ana Ivanovic gave away her No. 1 seed at the Olympics, withdrawing because of inflammation in her right thumb that has bothered her for several weeks. Her decision was announced after play was called for the day with only nine of 45 scheduled matches completed.

Boxing

Americans went 1-1 in the ring, with Demetrius Andrade beating Georgia's Kakhaber Juania 11-9 and Javier Molina getting clobbered 14-1 by Bulgaria's Boris Georgiev.

Shooting

David Kostelecky of the Czech Republic hit all 25 trapshooting targets to take gold. Giovanni Pellielo of Italy won the silver, and Alexey Alipov of Russia won a shoot-off for bronze. World record-holder Karsten Bindrich of Germany was seventh. Bret Erickson, the top American, finished 22nd.

UTAH OLYMPIANS

Men's basketball

Andrei Kirilenko scored 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting — including one 3-pointer — and 4-of-5 from the line, with the Utah Jazz forward adding five rebounds, three blocked shots and a steal in Russia's 71-49 rout of Iran in Sunday's preliminary-pool opener for both teams.

• Former Jazz guard Raul Lopez saw four minutes of playing time and missed his only FG attempt in Spain's 81-66 victory over Greece.

• Former U. standout Andrew Bogut made all of his shots — but only took three — and added a rebound and two assists in Australia's 97-82 loss to Croatia.

Deron Williams scored nine points and Carlos Boozer added five points in the United States' 101-70 victory over host China in the late-night Olympic opener for both teams.

Beach volleyball

• Bountiful native Jake Gibb teamed with Sean Rosenthal to win their Olympic opener over The Netherlands' Emiel Boersma and Bran Rommes, 21-16, 21-15. The U.S. duo will return to action Tuesday night at Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground.

Women gymnastics

• University of Utah gymnast Daria Bijak and her German squad failed to finish as one of the top eight teams following four qualifications Sunday and will not advance to the women's team finals.

Men's soccer

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