RIO DE JANEIRO -- Day 10 of the Rio Games features medal action in track and field, boxing, cycling, marathon swimming, wrestling and more. Here are some things to watch (all times local):TRACK AND FIELDWorld champion Allyson Felix will be going for her fifth career Olympic gold medal when she runs in the womens 400-meter final. Felix won her heat in the semifinals on Sunday in a season-best 49.67 seconds, the fastest time in the field. She is running only in the 400 after missing a chance to defend her Olympic 200-meter title by failing to make the U.S. team. The final is scheduled for 10:45 p.m.Devon Allen, the Oregon football player who is competing in Rio, will make his Olympic debut when he runs in the opening heats of the 110-meter hurdles. Allen is the first collegian to win the 110-meter hurdles at the Olympic Trials since Marylands Renaldo Nehemiah in 1980. The Ducks football team plans to take a break from practice to watch Allen, a receiver on the team, run in his heat, which is scheduled to start at 9:04 p.m.There are also medals up for grabs in mens pole vault and mens 800 meters.BEACH VOLLEYBALLThe U.S. mens beach volleyball team of Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena play their quarterfinal match on Monday (4 p.m.) against the defending world champions from Brazil, Alison and Bruno. Its the toughest test yet for Dalhausser, the 2008 gold medalist, and his rookie partner.BOXINGA thoroughly entertaining Olympic heavyweight tournament concludes with the gold-medal bout between Russian world champion Evgeny Tishchenko and Kazakhstans fearsome Vassilliy Levit. The winner joins an elite lineage of Olympic champions at the glamour weight, including George Foreman, Ray Mercer and three-time Cuban champs Felix Savon and Teofilo Stevenson. Levit beat Savons nephew, Erislandy, to reach the final. The main event of a 19-fight card is at 7:15 p.m.GYMNASTICSSimone Biles will try to make it 4 for 4 when the Olympic all-around champion makes a bid for another gold medal during the balance beam finals.The 19-year-old already has three golds from the team final, the all-around and the vault, which she won on Sunday. Her three golds are the most by an American female gymnast during one Olympics. Biles is the world champion on beam and posted the highest score during qualifying when she put up a 15.633. Biles biggest challenge will likely come from teammate Laurie Hernandez, who edged Biles during the Olympic Trials last month and scored 15.366 during qualifying.The men will hand out individual medals in vault and still rings.MENS BASKETBALLComing off a thrilling double-overtime win against rival Brazil, Argentina wraps up pool play against Spain. The Argentinians are 3-1 and have their sights set on their third Olympic medal.Spain, the two-time defending silver medalists, led by center Pau Gasol, drubbed Lithuania by 50 in their previous game . The Spaniards will earn a spot in the quarterfinals with a win or if Brazil loses to Nigeria in Mondays first game in Group B. Spain and Argentina tip off at 7 p.m.WRESTLINGCuban heavyweight Mijian Lopez will wrestle for his third Olympic title Monday at the Rio Games. But Lopez will likely have to get through Turkish strongman Riza Kayaalp to win gold. Kayaalp stunned Lopez in the 2015 world championships, and a second win over the Cuban would signify a shift in dominance between these long-time rivals.MARATHON SWIMMINGWith concerns about the quality of the water plaguing the Rio Games, the womens 10-kilometer marathon will be held at 9 a.m. The women will be swimming a course just off of Copacabana Beach, competing in an event that started in Beijing in 2008. It takes most of the swimmers about two hours to complete the 6.2-mile course, and adding to the difficulty this year is the heavily polluted water of the Atlantic Ocean just off of the coast. American Haley Anderson won silver in London, narrowly missing out on the gold.TRACK CYCLINGMark Cavendish , the winner of 30 stages in the Tour de France, tries to capture the Olympic medal that has long eluded him when he returns to the Rio velodrome for the omnium. Reigning gold medalist Lasse Norman Hansen of Denmark leads the six-discipline event at the midway point, but the British star is within striking distance. It starts at 5:23 p.m.WATER POLOAfter starting their tournament play outdoors, the women move inside for quarterfinal action. The Americans play Brazil at 2:10 p.m. They have started defense of their Olympic title by going 3-0 in group play . Australia plays Hungary, Russia plays Spain and Italy faces China in the other games.WEIGHTLIFTINGThe mens 105-kilogram class opened up in June when the world record holder Ilya Ilyin of Kazakhstan was suspended for failing retests of his drug test samples from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. With Ilyin out of the picture, gold medal contenders include fellow Kazakh Alexander Zaichikov, who is the reigning world champion, Uzbekistans Ruslan Nurudinov and Chinas Yang Zhe. The medal round begins at 7 p.m.---AP Summer Games website:
http://summergames.ap.org . - Oakland Raiders running back Rashad Jennings was speaking to a group of local high school students earlier this week when the conversation turned to the importance of being prepared when opportunities in life arise. . Datsyuk will miss Tuesdays game against New Jersey and could be sidelined longer, while Cleary will likely miss at least the next three games. Its been an injury-plagued season for Datsyuk, who has suited up for just 39 games. . Now tied for second in the league in shootout goals, the 24-year-old likes to see what the opposing goaltender has in store before he ultimately lands on a move. . LOUIS -- St. .C. -- Al Jefferson joked that he feels he can score from anywhere on the court. Men to watch at the U.S. Open, which begins Monday:NOVAK DJOKOVICSeeded: 1Age: 29Country: Serbia2016 Match Record: 51-52016 Singles Titles: 7Career Singles Titles: 66Major Titles: 12 -- U.S. Open (11, `15), Australian Open (08, `11, `12, `13, `15, `16), French Open (16), Wimbledon (11, `14, `15)Last 5 U.S. Opens: `15-Won Championship, `14-Lost in Semifinals, `13-Lost in Final, `12-F, `11-WTopspin: Reached the semifinals or better each of the last nine years at Flushing Meadows. Five of the past six, made it to the final, including a second U.S. Open title a year ago. ... Trying to collect three Grand Slam titles in a single season for the third time (2011, 2015). ... Lost in third round at Wimbledon, then first round of Rio Olympics, then pulled out of Cincinnati Masters, citing a sore left wrist.---ANDY MURRAYSeeded: 2Age: 29Country: Britain2016 Match Record: 50-72016 Singles Titles: 4Career Singles Titles: 39Major Titles: 3 -- U.S. Open (12), Wimbledon (13, `16)Last 5 U.S. Opens: `15-4th, `14-QF, `13-QF, `12-W, `11-SFTopspin: Putting together best season of his career, winning Wimbledon and Rio Olympics title (first player with two singles gold medals, let alone two in a row), plus reaching French Open final before losing to Novak Djokovic. ... Will be expected to reverse recent U.S. Open downward trend after collecting first Grand Slam title at Flushing Meadows in 2012. ... His service return and defense are as good as anyones (with the possible exception of Djokovic). ... Reunited before Wimbledon with coach Ivan Lendl.---RAFAEL NADALSeeded: 4Age: 30Country: Spain2016 Match Record: 34-112016 Singles Titles: 2Career Singles Titles: 69Major Titles: 14 -- U.S. Open (10, `13), Australian Open (09), French Open (05, `06, `07, `08, `10, `11, `12, `13, `14), Wimbledon (08, `10)Last 5 U.S. Opens: `15-3rd, `14-Did Not Play, `13-W, `12-DNP, `11-FTopspin: Sidelined for 2+ months after pulling out of French Open before third round with left wrist injury, but looked good upon return at Rio Olympics, reaching the semifinals in singles and earning a gold medal in doubles with Marc Lopez..dddddddddddd ... Seemed to run out of energy at Cincinnati Masters, so biggest question will be what sort of match shape hes in when he gets to New York.---MARIN CILICSeeded: 7Age: 27Country: Croatia2016 Match Record: 32-172016 Singles Titles: 1Career Singles Titles: 15Major Titles: 1 -- U.S. Open (14)Last 5 U.S. Opens: `15-SF, `14-W, `13-DNP, `12-QF, `11-3rdTopspin: Two of his three career Grand Slam semifinal appearances came at Flushing Meadows in 2014 and 2015. ... Coming off a victory over Andy Murray in the final of the Cincinnati Masters hard-court tournament. ... At 6-foot-6 (1.98 meters), equipped with a big serve and flat groundstrokes that translate well on hard courts.---STEVE JOHNSONSeeded: 19Age: 26Country: United States2016 Match Record: 26-212016 Singles Titles: 1Career Singles Titles: 1Major Titles: 0 -- Best: 4th Round, Wimbledon (16)Last 5 U.S. Opens: `15-1st, `14-1st, `13-1st, `12-3rd, `11-1stTopspin: Ranked 21st, hes the top American man, one spot ahead of John Isner. ... Earned a bronze in doubles with Jack Sock at Rio Olympics; reached quarterfinals in singles. ... Only 2-5 career record at U.S. Open, only once advancing past first round. ... Won two NCAA individual titles and four team titles in college at Southern California, winning his final 72 singles matches.---JUAN MARTIN DEL POTROUnseeded; Ranked 142ndAge: 27Country: Argentina2016 Match Record: 18-92016 Singles Titles: 0Career Singles Titles: 18Major Titles: 1 -- U.S. Open (09)Last 5 U.S. Opens: `15-DNP, `14-DNP, `13-2nd, `12-QF, `11-3rdTopspin: Silver medal at Rio Olympics, including victories over Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, marked return to elite level after three operations on left wrist. ... Since winning the 2009 U.S. Open, has missed the tournament three of the past six years because of injuries. ... Backhand still a weak point, but his thunderous flat forehand is as good as it gets.---Follow Howard Fendrich on Twitter at
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