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Locals watch: A look at how San Diego athletes fared in Tuesday’s Olympic competition
A daily update of athletes from San Diego County competing at this summer’s Olympics:
Tuesday’s results
Archery: Catalina Gnoriega, based at the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center, won 6-0 against Katharina Bauer of Germany in the individual elimination round, then lost 6-5 to Indonesia’s Diananda Choirunisa.
Beach volleyball: Chase Budinger (La Costa Canyon High) and partner Miles Evans lost 2-0 (21-13, 21-15) to Yorick de Groot and Stefan Boermans of the Netherlands.
Equestrian: Steffen Peters (San Diego resident) and the U.S. team were eliminated from team dressage medal contention in the preliminaries at Chateau de Versailles.
Rugby sevens: The Chula Vista-based women’s team lost 24-12 to eventual gold medalist New Zealand in the semifinals, then beat Australia 14-12 for the bronze medal. Sarah Levy (University City High School) and Kayla Canett (Fallbrook High School) play for Team USA.
Sailing: Hans Henken (Coronado High School) and partner Ian Barrows moved up to fifth place in the 49er competition in Marseille with a third-place finish in the ninth of 12 scheduled races.
Surfing: The second round was postponed for Caitlin Simmers (Oceanside resident) and others because wind and rain degraded surf conditions in Tahiti.
Tennis: Taylor Fritz (Torrey Pines High School) rallied to beat Jack Draper of Great Britain 6-7, 6-3, 6-2 in their second-round singles match.
Volleyball: Garrett Muagututia (Francis Parker) and the U.S. men won 3-2 (25-21, 25-17, 17-25, 20-25, 15-11) against Germany to improve to 2-0 in group play.
Water polo: Alex Bowen (Santana High School) scored three goals as the U.S. men beat Romania 14-8 to even their group play record at 1-1.
Wednesday’s action
Basketball: Isaiah Pineiro (USD) and the Puerto Rico men continue group play against Serbia. Isalys Quinones (Otay Ranch High School) plays for the Puerto Rico women, who face Spain.
Field hockey: Megan Valzonis (Canyon Hills High School) and U.S. women play Australia after posting a tie and loss in their first two games.
Rowing: Azja Czajkowski (Bonita Vista High School) and partner Jess Thoennes are in the women’s pairs semifinals.
Sailing: Henken and Barrows have the final three of 12 races in the 49er class.
Soccer: It will be a San Diego Wave reunion when the United States (Naomi Girma and Jaedyn Shaw) plays Australia (Kaitlyn Torpey and Emily van Egmond) in the group play finale in Marseille at 10 a.m. PDT. Wave goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan and Canada get Colombia in Nice.
Tennis: Fritz has a busy day ahead, with a third-round singles match against Lorenzo Musetti of Italy followed by doubles with partner Tommy Paul against Robin Haase and Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherlands.
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