The Latest: Rivals head to swim final after finger waves

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest from the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro (all times local):

7 a.m.

Finger-waving is usually reserved for mothers, grandmothers and Dikembe Mutombo, but an American swimmer’s finger-waving over a Russian swimmer’s drug cheating is heating up the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.

United States breaststroker Lilly King on Sunday aimed her comments and finger wag at Russia’s Yulia Efimova, the world champion who was approved to compete at the Rio Olympics only Saturday after a previous ban for doping.

When Efimova waved a finger after her semifinal, King leaned back and gave her own version toward Efimova’s face on a TV monitor. King then qualified fastest for the eight-woman final in 1 minute, 5.70 seconds, just ahead of Efimova’s time of 1:05.72.

Lilly told reporters “if that’s what she feels she needs to be able to compete, whatever, that’s her deal … I’m here to compete clean for the U.S.”

She and King square off in the 100-meter breaststroke final Monday night, swimming next to each other.

World swimming body FINA has not explained why it restored Russian swimmers with previous doping ties to the Rio Olympics at the last minute.

___

6 a.m.

National officials for Australia and China are jumping into the fray as a feud between swimmers Mack Horton and Sun Yang continues to boil.

The Chinese Swimming Association on Monday asked Horton to apologize for his “inappropriate words” after he labeled Sun a “drug cheat” — a reference to Sun’s three-month 2014 suspension over banned heart medication.

Australia’s Olympic Committee, hours later, shot back in Horton’s defense, saying he was speaking out in support of clean athletes, and wished him luck.

Horton, 20, made the dig at Sun while the two attended a press conference on Sunday after Horton unseated the Chinese defending champion in the 400-meter freestyle.

The swimming feud has escalated the war-of-words between Australian and Chinese national media, which have been squabbling over geopolitical tensions.

___

5:30 a.m.

Eight sports will be awarding 14 gold medals Monday at the Rio Olympics in events ranging from artistic gymnastics to diving, fencing, judo, rugby sevens, shooting, swimming and weightlifting.

Swimming alone will hand out four gold medals — in the men’s 200 meter freestyle and the 100 meter backstroke, and in the women’s 100 meter breaststroke and 100 meter backstroke. In the men’s 200 meter freestyle finals, watch for Germany’s Paul Biedermann, who holds the world record.

Medals in rugby will be awarded for the first time in 92 years as the top four women’s sevens teams in the world — Australia, Canada, Britain and New Zealand — compete.

___

5 a.m.

Michael Phelps is not content with a record 19th gold medal — he’s aiming for more.

The American superstar swims in the preliminaries of the men’s 200 meter butterfly on Monday. He holds the world and Olympic records in the event.

American Katie Ledecky crushed her own world record in the 400 freestyle Sunday night, touching nearly 5 seconds ahead of her closest pursuer. On Monday, she and world record holder Federica Pellegrini of Italy are among those swimming in the women’s 200 meter freestyle heats.

___

5 a.m.

Russia’s Sofya Velikaya and Ukraine’s Olga Kharlan are among those to watch as the women’s sabre medal matches are held Monday in Rio de Janiero.

History will also be made as U.S. team member Ibtihaj Muhammad becomes the first American to compete in the Olympics wearing a hijab.

5 a.m.

The men’s gymnastics team finals are taking place Monday with teams from China, the United States, Russia, Japan, Britain, Brazil, Ukraine and Germany.

While Japan has been a favorite, the team looked shaky in preliminaries. They won the world championships last year in Glasgow and finished second to China in both the 2014 worlds and the 2012 Olympics in London.

The sometimes raucous atmosphere of the preliminaries in Rio de Janeiro was tempered, however, by a sobering reminder of the sport’s ever-present danger when French gymnast Samir Ait Said broke his left leg while trying to land a vault.

___

AP Summer Games website: http://summergames.ap.org