Monday at the Games

Trap shooting

Corey Cogdell of Alaska won a four-way shoot-off for bronze in women's trap shooting. Finland's Satu Makela-Nummela hit an Olympic-record 21 targets to take the gold. The 21-year-old Cogdell was the youngest shooter in the finals. She finished 50th at last year's world championships. What foes didn't realize is that she's honed her aim by having grown up hunting for dinner as a kid in rugged wilderness.

"There are similarities between shooting in the wild and at competitions," she said. "Dove hunting definitely helps here because the target presentations are similar."

Badminton

Defending Olympic champions Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen of China lost to an unseeded Japanese duo in women's doubles. The winners, Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna, bowed deeply in the center of the court as though they were praying. American Raju Rai was ousted in singles. Defending champion Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia also was ousted.

Beach volleyball

Americans Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs beat Germans Stephanie Pohl and Okka Rau 21-17, 21-16.

Baseball

Two days before the tournament begins, the Americans won a tuneup game against China 7-3. Nate Schierholtz homered and doubled after the team received an on-field and dugout visit from President Bush, who stayed for about two innings. Fans and media weren't allowed in until after Bush left.

Women's hoops

A day after the U.S. men routed China, the women won by an even more lopsided score.

Tina Thompson powered a 23-0 run in the first quarter that sent the Americans well on their way to a 108-63 victory. By the time Kobe Bryant and the rest of the men's team settled into their seats at the end of the first quarter the U.S. was up 33-11.

"We were really locked in and focused," U.S. co-captain Katie Smith said.

In other games, Russia edged South Korea 77-72; Belarus topped Latvia 80-57; and Spain defeated New Zealand 85-62.

Water polo