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Olympic results August 8, 2012
Posted: 08.08.2012 at 6:49 PM
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(AP) -- Kobe Bryant scored 20 points, LeBron James recorded a triple-double with 11 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists and the U.S. men's team sailed into the semifinals of the Olympic men's basketball tournament with a 119-86 rout of Australia.

Next up for Team USA is Argentina, a team the Americans already have beaten by 29 points in this tournament.
 
 
In the all-American final in beach volleyball, the duo of Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor  won their third consecutive Olympic gold medal, beating April Ross and Jennifer Kessy 21-16, 21-16.

The Athens, Beijing and now London gold medalists have never lost a match at the Olympics.
 
 
Allyson Felix of the U.S. finally won the Olympic gold medal she's been yearning for in the 200 meters.

Felix won the race in 21.88 seconds, topping Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce with American Carmelita Jeter earning bronze.
 
 
Brittney Reese won the long jump, becoming the first U.S. woman to win the Olympic long jump since Jackie Joyner-Kersee in 1988.

The two-time world champion jumped 7.12 meters on her second attempt.
 
 
Usain Bolt won his semifinal heat in 20.18 seconds, moving closer to becoming the first man with two Olympic golds in the 200 meters when that final is run Thursday.

The Jamaican already successfully defended his 100 title from Beijing on Sunday.

(Copyright ©2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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