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BOXING: Three U.S. Olympic boxers won international exhibition matches last Friday night in Bridgeport, Conn., including Gary Russell Jr. of Capitol Heights, who stepped up from bantamweight to featherweight and defeated Brazil's Robson Conceicao, 27-8. Light flyweight Luis Yanez beat Paulo Carvalho, 20-10, and heavyweight Deontay Wilder knocked out China's Nijiati Yushan in the second round. Lightweight Sadam Ali lost to Brazil's Everton Lopes, 17-12.
CYCLING: Kyle Bennett became the first American to qualify for the Games in BMX. A three-time world champion, Bennett clinched his spot last weekend, finishing fourth in a World Cup race in Denmark. That wrapped up a year-long competition for the points title and an automatic berth. The United States has three BMX spots; one will be filled at the U.S. trials on June 14, and the third will be a coaches' selection. . . . After three of nine events, David Wood of La Plata, is in a tie for fourth in the U.S. mountain bike national ultra-endurance competition men's standings.
SWIMMING: Mark Warkentin took a silver medal last week in the 25K event at the open water world championships in Seville, Spain. Warkentin qualified for the Olympics in the 10K earlier in the meet. . . . Natalie du Toit of South Africa won the 100-meter freestyle at the Paralympic World Cup last weekend -- one week after she qualified for the Olympics in the 10K open water event. Du Toit lost her lower left leg in a motorcycle accident in 2001. Du Toit was competing in a sprint race for the first time in a specially adapted version of Speedo's LZR Racer. The swimsuit based on NASA technology is revolutionizing the sport and rewriting the record books.
MARATHON: Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima, the Brazilian attacked by a protester while leading the marathon at 2004 Olympics, is unlikely to compete in Beijing because of an injury. Lima, 38, has the fourth-best time among Brazilian runners, but only the top three will go to Beijing. In Athens, Lima was attacked by a defrocked priest with about two miles to go. He recovered and won the bronze medal.
TRACK AND FIELD: As American Jenn Stuczynski posted a world-leading jump (15 feet 5 inches) in the pole vault at the California Relays in Modesto, Stacy Dragila, 37, continued her comeback attempt two years after right Achilles surgery. Dragila, the Olympic gold medal winner in 2000, jumped 14-5.25, her best in more than a year.
-- Les Carpenter and Amy Shipley
