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Olympic Survey (Aug 19)

19 August 2004

Swimmer Milorad Cavic advanced to semifinals in men's 100 butterfly, men's basketball team was surprisingly defeated by New Zealand, men's water polo and volleyball teams recorded their second wins at the Olympics, men's lightweight four will compete in "B" final, table tennis pair, Slobodan Grujic and Aleksandar Karakasevic, was eliminated in quarterfinal round of the men's doubles.

New Zealand's Sean Marks (left) makes a slam dunk as Serbia and Montenegro's Dejan Tomasevic watches during their men's preliminary Group A Olympic basketball match

Author: Reuters

SWIMMING

Men's 50m Freestyle - Heat 7 3. Milorad Cavic (SCG) 23.05*

*failed to reach semifinals.

Men's 100m Butterfly - Heat 5 1. Milorad Cavic (SCG) 52.44*

*advanced to semifinals

Men's 100m Butterfly Semifinal 1 8. Milorad Cavic (SCG) 53.12*

*failed to reach final

BASKETBALL

Preliminary Round, Group A, Day 3 Serbia-Montenegro - New Zealand 87-90

MATCH REPORT: Sean Marks's dunk in the final seconds capped a remarkable comeback and gave New Zealand a 90-87 victory over world champions Serbia and Montenegro.

Serbia and Montenegro had a 13-point lead early in the final period but New Zealand went on a charge to tie the match at 81-81 with two minutes to play.

The teams traded three pointers and then Milos Vujanic nailed another to put his team up 87-84. Kirk Penny's hoop cut the margin to one with 20 seconds left.

But as Serbia and Montenegro tried to inbound the ball, Vujanic was called for an offensive foul, giving New Zealand the ball and a chance to go ahead.

Mark Dickel then found Marks, a forward with the San Antonio Spurs, who slammed home the winning basket. Vujanic missed a three pointer with six seconds left and then Dickel hit two free throws with three seconds to play to give the "Tall Blacks" their first win of the tournament.

"I think in the last quarter we played great both on offence and defense. Hitting a last-second shot is a great feeling," Marks said.

Serbia-Montenegro's coach Zelimir Obradovic complained bitterly about the officiating, but was just as hard on his team for giving up such a big lead.

"The referees' decision on the foul against Vujanic was unbelievable. It was a direct gift to our opponents to win the game, and I think people that watch the referees should take this into account," he said.

"I don't know if there are new rules stating that a player should be called for offensive foul when he is attacked away from the ball. And there were some strange decisions in the game against Italy as well."

(Reuters)

WATER POLO

Preliminary Round, Group A, Day 3 Serbia-Montenegro - Kazakhstan 9-5 (3-1, 2-1,1-1, 3-2)

ROWING

Men's Lightweight Four Semifinal A/B - Race 1 5. Urosevic/Babovic/Nedeljkovic/Tomic (SCG) 6:00.07*

*will compete in "B" final

TABLE TENNIS

Doubles - Men's Doubles Quarterfinal 4 Ko Lai Chak/Li Ching (HKG) def. Slobodan Grujic/Aleksandar Karakasevic (SCG) 4-1 (11-6, 10-12, 11-6, 13-11, 11-9)

VOLLEYBALL

Preliminary Round, Group A, Day 3 Serbia-Montenegro - Tunisia 3-0 (25-16, 25-18, 25-21)