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Stanford athletes continued producing outstanding results at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday and several of them advanced to the finals of their respective events. A few missed their chance at either progressing through the competition or a medal.
Water polo
Stanford products Maggie Steffens and Makenzie Fischer each scored three goals to lead the U.S. national women’s team past Canada 16-5 in Tuesday’s quarterfinal.
Aria Fischer added a pair of goals for the Americans, who advance into Thursday’s semifinal against either Australia or the Russian Olympic Committee.
The U.S. was 16-of-30 shooting while limiting Canada to a 5-of-34 effort. Stanford alum Gurpreet Sohi took a team-high five shots for the Canadians, who will compete for a possible fifth-place finish.
The Americans scored the game’s first five goals and were never seriously threatened.
Goalkeeper Ashleigh Johnson stopped 14 of 17 shots in three quarters. Amanda Longan took over for the final period.
Track and field
Former two-time NCAA javelin champion and Stanford grad Mackenzie Little finished second in her qualification group of the javelin with a personal best 62.37 meters (roughly 204-7 feet) to qualify for the final of the event Tuesday at Olympic Stadium.
Little, representing Australia, got off her best effort on her first attempt. Poland’s Maria Andrejczyk, who took first in the group with a throw of 65.24, only took one throw.
Little recorded the fourth best throw of the overall competition. Andrejcyk and American Maggie Malone (Group A winner with a 63.07) were the only competitors to meet the automatic qualifying mark (63.00), though the top 12 athletes move on.
Little’s teammate Kelsey-Lee Barber finished second in Group A. She threw a 62.59 on her final try. Barber was ranked near the bottom after two rounds with a mark of 53.82.
Stanford grad Grant Fisher placed eighth in heat two of the 5,000 meters semifinal. He completed the race in 13:31.80 and advances to the final based on his time, which was eighth fastest overall.
The top 10 placers in his heat all advanced into the final.
Beach volleyball
USA’s April Ross and Stanford alum Alix Klineman beat Germany’s Laura Ludwig and Margaerta Kozuch 21-19, 21-19 on Tuesday at Shiokaze Park in the quarterfinals.
Klineman and Ross, ranked fifth in the world, take on Switzerland’s fourth-ranked Anouk Verge-Depre and Joana Heidrich in Thursday’s semifinal. The Swiss duo beat 15th-ranked Ana Patricia Silva Ramos and Rebecca Silva of Brazil in three sets to advance.
Klineman and Ross are the only Americans left in the competition while Brazil lost both its teams on Tuesday.
Both Canadian teams remain alive entering the quarterfinals, including world No. 2 Saran Pavan (Nebraska grad) and Melissa Humana-Paredes (York), who beat Ross and Klineman in the 2019 beach volleyball world championship match.
Ross recorded 22 kills against the Germans while Klineman recorded five kills and three blocks.
Germany held a 12-9 advantage in the first set, the largest lead by either team. The Germans were still ahead at 18-17 before the Americans scored two straight points.
Germany tied it at 19 before the U.S. finished it off.
It was more of the same in the second set as neither team could manage any more than a two-point edge.
The U.S. took the lead for good at 17-16.
Men’s gymnastics
Stanford senior Brody Malone placed fourth on the horizontal bar at Ariake Gym, scoring 14.200, 1/3 of a point from earning an Olympic medal.
Japan’s Daiki Hashimoto earned the gold medal with a score of 15.066.
Equestrian
Stanford alum Nayel Nassar, competing for Egypt, scored an 88.42 with his horse, Igor Van de Wittemoere, during the individual jumping qualifier at Equestrian Park Tuesday, good enough to advance into the finals.
Synchronized swimming
Incoming Stanford freshman Lindi Schroeder and teammate Anita Alvarez scored an 86.1960 with their duet technical performance Tuesday at the Tokyo Aquatics Center.
The pair recorded a combined score (with Monday’s free routine) of 172.7293 to place 13th overall. The top 12 duos advanced to the final while Schroeder and Alvarez are the first alternate.
Baseball
The Dominican Republic scored twice in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat Israel 7-6 in a repechage game Tuesday at Yokohama Baseball Stadium.
Former major leaguer Danny Valencia hit a two-run homer in the top of the eighth to put Israel ahead.
Former Stanford pitching ace Jeremy Bleich did not see action for Israel. He appeared in three games overall.
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