As of 5:40 p.m. (et)

TRACK AND FIELD

American Justin Gatlin has been anointed with the title as the new world's fastest man, as he won the gold medal in the men's 100-meter dash with a time of 9.85 seconds Sunday night at the Olympics. Francis Obikwelu of Portugal was second with a time of 9.86 seconds and defending Olympic champion Maurice Greene of the U.S. was third at 9.87 seconds. American Shawn Crawford was fourth with a time of 9.89 seconds. Gatlin's time was .01 off the Olympic record, set by Canadian Donovan Bailey at the 1996 Atlanta Games.

American Gail Devers aggravated a strained lower calf while racing in an opening-round heat of the women's 100-meter hurdles. At the start of heat five, the 37-year-old Devers, in lane six, came up injured before the first hurdle and did not finish the race. She fell to the ground and had to be assisted off the track into the locker room.

Mizuki Noguchi of Japan won the women's marathon. Catherine Ndereba of Kenya won the silver medal, while American Deena Kastor took the bronze. Kastor, of Mammoth Lakes, CA, is the first U.S. woman to medal in the marathon since Joan Benoit won the gold medal in 1984.

American Matt Hemingway won a silver medal in the men's high jump with a mark of 2.34 meters, that was .02 meters shy of the gold medal performance of Sweden's Stefan Holm.

Christian Olsson of Sweden won the men's triple jump, while Marian Oprea was second and Danila Burkenya of Russia won the bronze.

Adrian Annus of Hungary won the men's hammer throw.

TENNIS

Chile's Nicolas Massu defeated American Mardy Fish in five grueling sets to win the gold medal in men's singles tennis. Massu won 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in a match that took four hours to complete and occurred a night after Massu played with partner Fernando Gonzalez to win the doubles crown in a match that ended after 2:30 a.m. local time.

BASKETBALL

Diana Taurasi led a balanced American attack with 19 points, as the U.S. women's basketball team finished preliminary round play with a dominating 100-62 victory over China. The U.S. (5-0) finished atop Group B and will play Greece in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. Lisa Leslie totaled 17 points on 8- of-11 shooting from the field, while Yolanda Griffith had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Sheryl Swoopes had 13 points for the two-time defending gold medalists, who ran their winning streak to 39 games in Olympic and World Championship contests. The other quarterfinal matchups will have Russia playing the Czech Republic, Spain taking on Brazil, and Australia battling New Zealand.

SOFTBALL

Australia bounced back from a Sunday afternoon loss to the United States by upending Japan in the bronze medal game, advancing to play the Americans in Monday's gold medal match. Kerry Wyborn stroked a three-run double in the fifth inning for the game's only runs, and ace Tanya Harding tossed a three-hit shutout in the 3-0 victory. Two-time bronze medalist Australia is now guaranteed its best showing ever in the Olympics. Japan beat China 1-0 in extra innings earlier on Sunday to reach the third semifinal game. Japan earns the bronze after a silver medal performance at the 2000 Sydney Games.

GYMNASTICS

Five gymnastics individudal events took place Sunday night with the Americans coming out of it with three medals, but no gold. Terin Humphrey earned a silver and Courtney Kupets a bronze on the uneven bars, while Annia Hatch picked up a silver on the women's vault. In the men's events, Canadian Kyle Shewfelt won the floor exercise, Haibin Teng of China won the pommel horse and Dimosthenis Tampakos of Greece captured gold on the rings. For the women, Emilie Lepennec of France won the uneven bars and Monica Rosu of Romania picked up a gold on the vault.

WEIGHTLIFTING

Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis on Sunday was stripped of the bronze medal he won last week and banished from the Athens Games for failing an anti-doping test. Sampanis won bronze last Monday in the men's 62kg weightlifting event. A test given by the International Olympics Committee afterwards revealed the ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone in his urine was more than twice the permissible limit, meaning testosterone from outside the body was being taken, the IOC said.