A daily look at athletes from San Diego County competing at this summer’s Olympics:
Wednesday’s results
Basketball: Kelsey Plum (La Jolla Country Day) had six points in 16 minutes for the U.S. women in an 88-74 win against Nigeria in the quarterfinals. They get Australia in the semis Friday.
Skateboarding: Australia’s Keegan Palmer won the gold and fellow North County resident Tom Schaar (San Dieguito Academy) took the silver in men’s park. Tate Carew (Point Loma High School) was fifth and Italy’s Alex Sorgente (Cardiff) was sixth in the final. Gavin Bottger (Oceanside), Portugal’s Thomas Augusto (San Marcos) and Great Britain’s Andy Macdonald (Encinitas) didn’t advance out of the preliminary round.
Track cycling: Jennifer Valente (Cathedral Catholic) and the U.S. women won the team pursuit gold at the velodrome in Saint-Quentin-en-Yveline, defeating New Zealand in the final. It is Valente’s fourth career Olympic medal and second gold.
Volleyball: Garrett Muagututia (Francis Parker) and the U.S. indoor men nearly pulled off the upset, leading 2-1 before losing 3-2 (25-23, 25-27, 14-25, 25-23, 15-13) against No. 1-ranked Poland in the semis. They’ll face Italy for the bronze medal.
Water polo: Alex Bowen (Santana High School) scored the tying goal with 32 seconds left to force a penalty shootout that the U.S. men won against Australia to advance to Friday’s semis against Serbia.
Thursday’s action
Canoe: Tokyo gold medalist Nevin Harrison, who lives in Clairemont and trains on Mission Bay, has the preliminary heats and quarterfinals of the C-1 200 meters flatwater event.
Sport climbing: Brooke Raboutou (USD), third after the boulder semifinals, goes in the lead portion of the semis. The final is Saturday.
Track and field: San Diego resident Chari Hawkins has four events in Day 1 of the heptathlon.
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