Jitender Kumar loses in quarters

India's Jitender Kumar lost to Russian pugilist Georgy Balakshin in the 51kg flyweight category in the Olympics boxing competition on Wednesday.
After falling behind 2-1 in the opening round, Jitender came back well in the second to end even on points (5-5). But the Russian pulled clear in the third, taking a 13-8 lead. Though Jitender made a good comeback in the fourth, but the Russian eventually won 15-11.
The Asian Championship bronze medallist had defeated Uzbek rival Tulashboy Doniyorov by 13-6 in the pre-quarter-finals on Saturday.
Earlier, Jitender, making his Olympic debut, had pummelled his Turkish opponent Ulas Furkan Memis in less than three rounds in the opening round.
August 20, 2008Russia's "two Anastasias" golden again
Russia's reigning Olympic champions, the "two Anastasias", defended their synchronised swimming duet gold medal on Wednesday with an almost perfect routine.
Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova, undefeated at a major championships since finishing second at the 2001 worlds, scored a perfect 10 for technical merit from all five judges and earned another three 10s for artistic impression.
Added to a commanding lead from Monday's technical routine, they easily claimed victory with 99.251 points, bagging a second gold medal for a collection started in Athens.
Spain's Gemma Mengual and Andrea Fuentes won silver, their country's first medal in the sport, with a second-placed free routine that won the only other perfect 10 of the final.
Japan's Saho Harada and Emiko Suzuki came in third, narrowly edging Chinese twin hopefuls Jiang Tingting and Jiang Wenwen who were aiming for the host nation's first medal.