Canoe-Kayak

Germany's Birgit Fischer won her eighth gold medal, becoming the first woman to win Olympic medals 24 years apart. Fischer, 42, was part of the four-person kayak that rallied to win the 500-meter final, edging Hungary by two-tenths of a second. Ukraine took bronze. Fischer won her first gold at 18 in Moscow, becoming the youngest women to win an Olympic kayaking event. She now has 11 total medals and will be a strong contender for another today, when she races in the pairs kayak final. Spain's David Cal surged ahead of Germany's Andreas Dittmer, the defending gold medalist and three-time defending world champion, to win the 1,000-meter single canoe event. Attila Vajda of Hungary ended up in third. In the single kayak 1,000-meter race, two-time world champion Eirik Veraas Larsen of Norway won the gold, Ben Fouhy of New Zealand took the silver and Adam van Koeverden of Canada held on for bronze. The Swedish kayak pair of Markus Oscarsson and Henrik Nilsson won their 1,000-meter event, improving on their silver in Sydney. Italy was second and Norway third, giving Larsen his second medal of the day. The Germans took their second gold when the canoe pair of Christian Gille and Tomasz Wylenzek won their 1,000-meter final. Russia held off Hungary for second. In the men's K-4 1,000, the Hungarians crossed the line first, ahead of Germany in second and Slovakia in third.

Cycling

Norway's Gunn-Rita Dahle dominated the women's mountain bike field for her 15th consecutive win in an internationally sanctioned race. Since May 2003, Dahle -- whose time was 1 hour, 56 minutes, 51 seconds -- has won 28 of 32 races she has entered. Mary McConneloug of Fairfax, Calif., the lone American in the Olympic women's field, placed ninth. Canada's Marie-Helene Premont won the silver in 1:57:50, and reigning world champion Sabine Spitz of Germany got the bronze in 1:59:21.

Diving

Caesar Garcia and Kyle Prandi failed to advance out of the 10-meter platform preliminaries, meaning that American divers would have their first Olympic shutout in 92 years. Garcia, of Baton Rouge, La., finished 23rd with 388.77 points. Prandi, of Strongsville, Ohio, dropped from second place to 21st after the second round and wound up 29th out of 33 divers with 346.53 points. Mathew Helm of Australia was the top qualifier with 513.06 points. Alexandre Despatie of Canada, silver medalist in 3-meter springboard, was second with 500.55.

Field hockey

Jamie Dwyer scored off a penalty corner in overtime to give Australia its first men's field hockey gold medal and snap the Netherlands' run of Olympic titles, 2-1. The Aussies, who trailed, 1-0, after Ronald Brouwer scored in the 29th minute, tied the score in 37th when Travis Brooks scored from the run of play. Late in the first period of overtime, Australia was awarded a penalty corner. With no time left on the clock, the Aussies put the ball in play, and after a teammate distracted the Dutch with a dummy swing, Dwyer's shot went into the net although Dutch goalkeeper Guus Vogels got a piece of the ball. Earlier, Bjoern Michel scored 10 minutes into overtime to give the Germans the bronze medal, the world champions' first Olympic medal since winning gold in Barcelona in 1992. Germany beat Spain, 4-3.

Modern pentathlon

Three-time world champion Zsuzsanna Voros of Hungary won the gold medal in the women's modern pentathlon. Voros had a 41-second head start on her nearest rival entering the final 3-kilometer run and had time at the end to grab a Hungarian flag from the stands and unfurl it while jogging down the homestretch. Latvia's Jelena Rublevska was able to make up about half the difference but couldn't catch Voros and ended up with the silver medal. Georgina Harland of Britain won the run, passing 11 women to move up from 14th place to take the bronze medal.

Soccer

Alberto Gilardino scored his fourth goal of the tournament in the eighth minute to seal Italy's first soccer medal since it won gold at the 1936 Berlin Games, defeating Iraq, 1-0 in the bronze game. The loss meant the Iraqis go home without a podium finish, after seeking to win the nation's first medal of any kind since 1960. Argentina and Paraguay meet today in the final.

Synchronized swimming

The Russians, overcoming a glitch in their music that forced them to start over, completed a sweep of the synchronized swimming golds with a team performance that received perfect 10s across the board in artistic impression. The Japanese took silver and the Americans were third. Tammy Crow, 27, helped the Americans win the bronze. The Californian pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter in a February 2003 wreck that killed her boyfriend, Cody Tatro, and Brett Slinger, 12. The sentence was delayed so Crow could compete in the Olympics.

Taekwondo

American Nia Abdallah captured the silver medal in taekwondo, advancing all the way to the final before losing, 2-1, to Jang Ji-won of South Korea in the under 57-kilogram class. Iridia Salazar Blanco of Mexico won the bronze. Later, Hadi Saei Bonehkohal of Iran won the gold medal in the men's 68-kilogram division, beating Chih Hsiung Huang of Taiwan 4-3. Song Myeong-seob of South Korea got the bronze. Abdallah, from Houston, was the first American woman to win an Olympic match in taekwondo, added as an official sport in Sydney four years ago.

Water polo

Tamas Kasas scored three goals and Hungary moved within one victory of an eighth Olympic water polo gold medal after beating archrival Russia,7-5, in the semifinals. The top-ranked Hungarians led, 4-2, before Russia rallied to 5-5 at halftime. Captain Tibor Benedek scored the go-ahead goal for a 6-5 lead. Later, Kasas scored a third time to give Hungary a two-goal cushion. Serbia-Montenegro, bronze medalist at the 2000 Sydney Games, led all the way against Greece in a 7-3 win to set up a showdown with Hungary in the championship match.