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(AP) -- Carli Lloyd scored in each half, Hope Solo made a couple of big stops and the U.S. women's soccer team won its third straight Olympic gold medal, beating Japan 2-1 in a rematch of last year's World Cup final and avenging the most painful loss in its history.

The teams played before 80,203 at Wembley Stadium, a record crowd for a women's soccer game at the Olympics.

Usain Bolt blew away the field in the 200-meter final, easing up as he crossed the finish line in 19.32 seconds to become the only man with two Olympic titles in the event.

The flying Jamaican repeated the 100-200 double he produced four years ago at the Beijing Games.

Maggie Steffens scored five times and the U.S. women's water polo team beat Spain 8-5 to take the Olympic gold in that sport for the first time.

The American volleyball squad beat South Korea in straight sets and will go for its first indoor women's gold when it faces Brazil on Saturday in a rematch of the 2008 final.

Tina Charles and Diana Taurasi scored 14 points apiece and the U.S. women's basketball teamcranked up its defense in the second half to beat Australia 86-73.

The win secures a spot in a fifth straight gold medal game for the U.S. women.

They will face France, which beat Russia 81-64, in the gold medal game Saturday.
     
The unbeaten U.S. women's volleyball advanced to the Olympic final with a straight-set victory over South Korea and will play for the title Saturday against defending Olympic champion Brazil.

The American team lost to Brazil 3-1 in the final at the 2008 Beijing Games.

Brazil advanced with a straight-set win over Japan.

After nearly two hours of racing, American Haley Anderson had to settle for the silver medal in a grueling Olympic open water marathon at Hyde Park.

She missed grabbing the gold by just four-tenths of a second.

The IOC is set to formally strip American cyclist Tyler Hamilton of his gold from the 2004 Athens Games and reassign the medals after his admission of doping, according to an Olympic official familiar with the case.

With the eight-year deadline approaching, the official told The Associated Press the IOC executive board will meet Friday to readjust the standings

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