U.S. WOMEN WIN

RELAYSanya Richards anchored the United States to a gold medal in the women's 1,600-meter relay. Saturday's win ends a streak of relay woes for the Americans in Beijing. When Richards took the baton for the final leg, the U.S. was trailing Russia. But she closed the gap, catching Anastasia Kapachinskaya to secure the gold medal in 3 minutes, 18.55 seconds. Russia took silver in 3:18.82; Jamaica was third in 3:20.40. The other U.S. runners were Mary Wineberg, Allyson Felix and Monique Henderson.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC GETS 1ST BOXING GOLDLight welterweight Felix Diaz won the first gold medal in Olympic boxing for the Dominican Republic with a 12-4 battering of defending champion Manus Boonjumnong of Thailand on Saturday night. In a brawling four rounds, Diaz continuously beat the Thai to the punch, scoring heavily with rights to the head and a series of body blows. Diaz pulled away in the third round and Boonjumnong never rallied. The bronze medals went to Roniel Iglesias of Cuba, and Alexis Vastine of France.

CHINESE SWEEPTABLE TENNISChina clinched all six individual medals in table tennis, after Wang Liqin beat Sweden's Jorgen Persson in the bronze medal match of men's singles to seal a sweep of the event. Persson, a 42-year-old playing in his sixth Olympics, was the only athlete who could have stopped China from utterly dominating table tennis at the Beijing Games. The Chinese men and women already won the team event. The women swept their singles event on Friday. All that remains is the gold medal match later Saturday night, which features two Chinese athletes.

UKRAINIAN EXPELLED FOR DOPINGUkrainian weightlifter Igor Razoronov was kicked out of the Beijing Olympics Saturday, the sixth athlete caught for doping during the games. Razoronov tested positive for the steroid nandrolone after finishing sixth in the 105-kilogram (231.5 pounds) division Monday, the International Olympic Committee said. The 38-year-old Razoronov was disqualified and expelled from the games.

BEKELE COMPLETES DISTANCE DOUBLEKenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia has won the 5,000 meters in an Olympic record to complete a distance double at the Beijing Games. Bekele, who had already successfully defended his 10,000 title, won Saturday's 5,000-meter final in 12 minutes, 57.82 seconds. Kenyans won silver and bronze, with Eliud Kipchoge second in 13:02.80 and Edwin Cheryiyot Soi finishing third in 13:06.22. World champion Bernard Lagat of the United States finished ninth. A three-time world champion at 10,000, Bekele just missed a double at the Athens 2004 Olympics when he got the 10,000 gold and finished second to Moroccan great Hicham El Guerrouj in the 5,000.