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OLYMPIC NOTES

ATHENS, Greece - South Korea's Park Sung-hyun defeated countrywoman Lee Sung-jin in the final of the archery competition at Panathinaiko stadium. Tied at 100 after 11 shots, Park scored a 10 with her final arrow. Lee scored 8.

Britain's Alison Williamson beat Taiwan's Yuan Shu Chi to win the bronze.

Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou withdrew from the Athens Games on Wednesday, nearly a week after missing a drug test and being hospitalized following a suspicious motorcycle crash."I'm withdrawing from the Olympics," Kenteris said after meeting with the International Olympic Committee's disciplinary commission.He also said he cut ties with his coach, Christos Tsekos - suspended by the Greek Olympic Committee along with the two runners.

Ukrainian Yuriy Bilonog took a flag-draped victory lap while American Adam Nelson stood in the shot put ring for three minutes, pointing at officials and pleading.Nelson led the entire competition, but Bilonog's final throw tied Nelson for the best of the day at 69 feet, 51/4 inches. Nelson had one last chance to win and unleashed a great toss, but was called for his fifth consecutive foul.Since Nelson had no other good throws and Bilonog had several, the Ukrainian won and left Nelson stunned. Denmark's Joachim Olsen won the bronze at 69-11/2.Russian Irina Korzhanenko won the women's event with a toss of 69-11/4. Yumileidi Cumba of Cuba won the silver and Nadine Kleinert of Germany took bronze.

Shon Seung-mo of South Korea rallied from a set down to beat Chen Hong, ending China's hopes of a singles badminton medal.China's women fared a little better. The pair of Zhang Jiewen and Yang Wei defeated Thailand's Thungthongkam Saralee and Sathinee Chankrachangwong. In the other early quarterfinal, Zhao Tingting and Wei Yili of China beat Lee Hyo-jung and Hwang Yu-mi of South Korea.In mixed doubles, Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms of Britain beat Jonas Rasmussen and Rikke Olsen of Denmark.

Peter Orr went 2-for-3 and knocked in a run, and Canada won its fourth straight game at the Olympic baseball tournament, beating Greece.Cuba recovered from its loss to Japan by beating Taiwan.A Japanese league veteran helped Australia down Japan. The loss came barely 12 hours after Japan's victory over Cuba.Jeff Williams had the save for Australia, pitching three innings and striking out three. The pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers has been one of the best closers in Japanese baseball over the past two years.The Netherlands beat Italy to improve to 3-1. The Italians remain winless.

The U.S. team of Elaine Youngs and Holly McPeak were perfect through pool play with a 22-24, 21-17, 15-12 win over Swiss pair Simone Kuhn and Nicole Schnyder.The American men's team of Dain Blanton and Jeff Nygaard suffered a 21-16, 13-21, 15-13 loss to Swiss pair Stefan Kobel and Patrick Heuscher.

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