Day 13 of the Athens Olympics

Thursday, Aug. 26

Stephon Marbury set a U.S. Olympic record with 31 points and the Americans made 12 3-pointers in a 102-94 quarterfinal win over previously unbeaten Spain.Hamish Carter pulled away from teammate Bevan Docherty on the final triathlon lap for a 1-2 finish by New Zealand.

Under suspicion of doping, Olympic hammer throw champion Adrian Annus of Hungary retired rather than deal with what he called a campaign to manipulate test results against him. IOC officials said Annus passed a drug test but doping control officials want additional testing.The Ukrainian four-woman rowing team was stripped of its bronze medal after a member tested positive for a banned drug. It was the fourth medal lost over doping during the Athens Games. Hungarian weightlifter Zoltan Kovacs was also expelled for failing to provide a urine sample.

They protest scores in rhythmic gymnastics, too. Upset with technical marks given to American Mary Sanders in qualifying, the U.S. team filed an inquiry with the International Gymnastics Federation seeking a review of her routines.

Olympic organizers said more than 3.5 million tickets have been sold, surpassing the initial goal. Organizers said they had hoped to sell 3.4 million of the 5.3 million available tickets for the games.