The Latest: Phelps 5th qualifier for 1st individual event

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

2:25 p.m.

Michael Phelps has begun his first individual event of the Rio Olympics in the 200-meter butterfly.

The 19-time gold medalist wasn’t the fastest, though.

Phelps finished fifth in the heats on Monday, with a time of 1 minute, 55.73 seconds. He easily advanced to the semifinals at night, unlike teammate Tom Shields, who was 20th. Only the top 16 moved on.

Phelps drew the loudest cheers at the pool, with fans standing up to take photos of him when he appeared at the starting blocks.

A pair of Hungarians had the top two times. Tamas Kenderesi was fastest in 1:54.73 and Laszlo Cseh was second in 1:55.14.

Chad le Clos of South Africa was third in 1:55.57.

Brazilian fans were excited to see their two swimmers — Leonardo de Deus and Kaio Marcio — advance to the semifinals.

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2:15 p.m.

Brittney Griner used her size advantage inside scoring eight of the first 10 points for the United States, and the Americans turned in another perfunctory rout in beating Spain 103-63 on Monday.

The Americans, who are 2-0, came up short of another record-setting performance like they had in their group play opener. But they were still impressive.

Spain, the silver medalist at the 2014 World Championships, proved a tougher opponent, and the U.S. didn’t play quite as crisply as it did beating Senegal by 65.

With the 6-foot-8 Griner scoring quickly and easily near the bucket, the Americans finished the first quarter on a 23-6 run.

Diana Taurasi led the United States with 13 points, and Alba Torrens had 20 for Spain.

The biggest win may have come in the second half. Fans finally sustained some “USA” chants without being drowned out by others inside the arena.

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2:05 p.m.

Swimmer Katie Ledecky’s bid to sweep the longer freestyle events at the Rio Games is on track.

A night after winning the 400-meter free in world-record time, Ledecky has posted the top qualifying time in the 200 free preliminaries.

The American teenager won her four-lap heat in 1 minute, 55.01 seconds on Monday.

Emma McKeon of Australia was second quickest in 1:55.80.

Missy Franklin, the female swim star of the 2012 London Games, advanced to the late-night semifinals in 12th place with a time of 1:57.12. It was Franklin’s first race in the pool on the third day of swimming.

Also advancing was Italian star Federica Pellegrini.

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2 p.m.

Olympics organizers are urging competitors to cut the trash talk.

American swimmer Lilly King raised the specter of Russian rival Yuliya Efimova’s doping ban after racing at the Rio Games, saying: “I’m here to compete clean.”

It came after Efimova waved a No. 1 finger after her semifinal in the 100-meter breaststroke.

Efimova is being allowed to compete in Rio after a 16-month suspension was placed on hold while world anti-doping officials conduct further studies on the drug.

International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams says “people should be free to compete in tranquility and not be addressed by others. We would encourage people to respect their fellow competitors.”

A smattering of boos greeted Efimova after she won her preliminary heat.

At an IOC briefing, Adams said: “Brazilian fans seem to be pretty egalitarian. They seem to boo athletes from many countries. It’s quite difficult to work out why they might be booing one athlete and not another.”

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2 p.m.

The Olympic sailing regatta is underway on Guanabara Bay, which made headlines in the months preceding the Olympics because of water fouled by raw sewage and trash.

Men’s and women’s windsurfers are sailing off Flamengo Beach while the men’s Lasers and women’s Laser Radials are off Niteroi, on the other side of the bay from downtown Rio. Sugarloaf Mountain forms an imposing backdrop. Christ the Redeemer is hidden by fog.

Robert Scheidt, 43, is trying to become the first Olympic sailor and first Brazilian to win six Olympic medals. He owns two golds, two silvers and a bronze.

An independent study by The Associated Press has shown high levels of viruses and sometimes bacte:1ria from human sewage in the bay.

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2 p.m.

Italy’s Niccolo Campriani has earned gold in men’s 10-meter air rifle at the Rio Olympics after taking silver in London four years ago.

Campriani, who also won gold in 3-position rifle in London, had 206.1 points to finish 1.5 ahead of silver medalist Serhiy Kulish of Ukraine.

Russia’s Vladimir Maslennikov just missed the final match, ending up 0.2 points behind Kulish. His bronze made Russia the 13th nation to have 400 overall Olympic medals.

Campriani took advantage after two of the world’s top shooters failed to make it out of qualifying.

World No. 1 Cao Yifei of China had a poor final shot of qualifying to miss the final eight by one spot. Romania’s Alin George Moldoveanu was nearly three points behind the lowest qualifying score and finished 19th.

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2 p.m.

Brazil may finally win a judo medal on Monday after two days of disappointing fights by its much-acclaimed martial arts team at the Rio Olympics.

Former judo world champion Rafaela Silva has advanced to the semifinals after winning her three fights in the morning, including a hard-fought victory over the second-seeded South Korean, Jandi Kim.

Silva won her first fight in just 46 seconds after throwing German Miryam Roper twice for an automatic ippon victory. In her quarter-final match, she was pitted against Hungary’s Hedwig Karakas. With just over two minutes left in the bout, Silva managed to throw Karakas and scored enough to win.

If Silva wins her semifinal, she will guarantee Brazil at least a silver medal in the final. If not, she will have the chance to fight for a bronze in the repechage competition later on Monday.

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1:45 p.m.

UPSET ALERT: Talk about a tournament changer. Top seed and world record holding archer Kim Woojin of South Korea has been beaten by a player ranked 29th in the world.

Indonesia archer Riau Ega Agatha beat Kim 6-2 in the round of 16 during the men’s event at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Kim was a heavy favorite, especially after setting a new world record in qualifying last week.

Both Kim and Ega Agatha seemed stunned after the match, with Kim quietly answering questions from reporters and at times gazing off as Ega Agatha was all but at a loss for words.

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12:40 p.m.

Two of Russia’s top track and field athletes have failed in a bid to have their ban from the Olympics put on hold by a Swiss court.

Sergei Shubenkov, the world 110-meter hurdles champion, tells Russian media he and two-time Olympic pole vault gold medalist Yelena Isinbayeva applied to Swiss federal court to freeze the implementation of a ruling last month from the Court of Arbitration for Sport which upheld Russia’s ban from the Olympic track meet.

Shubenkov tells Russia’s state Tass news agency that this refusal “is just the first step” and that it “doesn’t in any way stop us from further actions,” but doesn’t say what he might do next.

Russia was banned from international track and field, including the Olympics, in November over widespread doping.

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12:10 p.m.

The United States claimed its second straight win against a top-three team in women’s field hockey, beating No. 3 Australia 2-1 on Monday.

Michelle Vittese and Caitlin van Sickle scored for the Americans, who defeated No. 2 Argentina 2-1 in their Olympic opener on Saturday.

United States goalie Jackie Briggs had six saves and had four saves on the four penalty corners she faced. The crowd chanted, “Jackie! Jackie!” after the match.

The fifth-ranked Americans, who lead Pool B with six points, moved closer to qualifying for the quarterfinals. The top four teams in each six-team pool advance.

The Americans dealt a major blow to Australia. The Hockeyroos dropped their opener to Britain 2-1 on Saturday and now have no points with three pool play matches remaining.

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12:05 p.m.

Kenya has two wins in the first three days of the Olympic boxing tournament.

Peter Mungai won his light flyweight bout and celebrated by dancing in the ring. African nations are often outclassed in boxing because the traditional infrastructure isn’t there to groom young fighters.

Mungai said he learned to fight with his bare hands before he could find a pair of boxing gloves.

“When I found some gloves, it was amazing,” he said, smiling. “With bare hands, it was like an assault. It was just like a fight, not a sport.”

Rayton Okwiri won a bout for Kenya over the weekend and Benson Gicharu, the third member of the team, fights later Monday.

The 35-year-old Mungai, only 5-foot-5, defeated 21-year-old Chinese fighter LV Bin and beamed as his trainers danced on the ring apron in jubilation.

“I just wanted to be a winner,” Mungai said. “Now, I’m a winner.”

Robert Wangila was the last Kenyan to win Olympic gold in 1988 in Seoul, Korea

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11:30 a.m.

The Institute of National Anti-Doping Organizations is applauding the decision by Paralympics officials to ban the entire Russian delegation.

NADO chair Doug MacQuarrie said Paralympic officials, “rightly put principles before politics in making this most difficult decision.”

Russia is planning on appealing the ban, which was announced Sunday.

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11:25 a.m.

Novak Djokovic’s first-round Olympic exit has left Serbia in tears, not only the No. 1 tennis player.

Serbia’s Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic offered on Monday a few words of consolation: “Thank you Novak!”

Djokovic shook his head and placed his palm over welling eyes on his way to the locker room after his 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) setback Sunday night against Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina.

Vucic says Djokovic’s tears “show how much he loves his country.”

Vucic says, “I thank him for everything he has done for Serbia.”

Djokovic can still win a medal for Serbia at the Olympics in Brazil as he plays doubles with Nenad Zimonjic.

Representing Serbia means a lot to Djokovic, who led his country to a Davis Cup title and carried its flag at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Games. He won bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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11:20 a.m.

Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad made history Monday by becoming the first American to compete in the Olympics wearing a hijab.

Muhammad, sporting a plain black Muslim head scarf under a red, white and blue mask, was a winner in her opening bout in the women’s sabre tournament, beating Olena Kravatska of Ukraine 15-13.

Muhammad, ranked eighth in the world in her weapon, will next face ninth-ranked Cecilia Berder of France.

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11:10 a.m.

The first golf shot in 112 years at the Olympics will be struck by the lone Brazilian player in the men’s field.

Adilson da Silva was selected to tee off first Thursday at the Olympic Golf Course, and the International Golf Federation did not stop there. Also in the opening threesome is Graham DeLaet of Canada and Byeong Hun An of South Korea.

IGF President Peter Dawson said DeLaet was chosen for the first group because Canada is the defending champion. George Lyon won the gold medal in St. Louis is 1904 when golf was last part of the Olympic program.

An has the strongest Olympic ties. His parents won medals in table tennis at the Seoul Games in 1988.

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11 a.m.

This time they stayed in the boat.

Serbian rowers Milos Vasic and Nenad Bedik, who capsized in their first race in Rio, are through to the semifinals in the men’s pair after placing second in the repechage, a last-chance qualifying heat, on Monday.

Vasic and Bedik ended up in the water on Saturday when their boat overturned in choppy waters on the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon.

Conditions were much calmer on Monday and the Serbs crossed the finish line without incident behind Netherlands pair Roel Braas and Mitchel Steenman.

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