Olympics Highlights: Day 5

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Four people who were the victims of a carjacking near the main site of the Olympics might have becomehostages if not for an alert prison guard.

Prison officials say the guard grappled with two escapedconvicts long enough to allow the four occupants of a minivan toflee, before the convicts drove off.

The van leased to the South Korean Olympic Committee wascarrying a South Korean Olympic official and three volunteerworkers. They were all treated for shock after the incident.

The van has been recovered but the escapees from a minimumsecurity prison adjacent to the Olympic site are still on theloose.

Alexander Bagach of the Ukraine, the 1999 world indoor shot put champion and 1996 Olympic bronzemedalist, has been suspended from competition for testing positivefor steroids for a third time.

Simon Kemboi, a member of the Kenyan 1,600-meter relay team,also was suspended for testing positive for steroids.

Neither will be allowed to compete in the Sydney Games.

The ruling council of the International Amateur AthleticFederation announced the suspensions Tuesday after an eight-hourmeeting.

Archery

South Korea swept the medals as 17-year-old Yun Mi-jin, stilleligible for junior competition, beat teammate Kim Nam-soon in theindividual competition.

Yun broke the Olympic record by five points by scoring 173earlier in the day. She beat Kim Soo-nyung in the semifinal; Kimwas the individual gold medalist in 1988 and silver medalist in1992 before retiring, then making a comeback this year.

Kim beat North Korea’s Choe Ok Sil in the bronze medal match.

The three South Koreans set a team world record earlier in theOlympics.

Badminton

World champion Camilla Martin of Denmark and three Chinese madeit to the quarterfinals all with easy straight-set victories in thequarterfinals.

Martin downed Mia Audina Tjiptawan, 11-2, 11-1. Martin was theonly non-Asian in the final eight.

Baseball

Kurt Ainsworth settled down after a shaky first inning and shutdown a lineup spiced with former major leaguers, leading theunbeaten United States to a 6-2 victory Tuesday over theNetherlands.

Ernie Young, a 31-year-old outfielder, doubled home a pair ofruns and hit a solo homer.

Basketball

Slam dunks by Ray Allen and Antonio McDyess and a rejection byAlonzo Mourning as part of a 14-0 run near the midpoint of thesecond half that spurred the United States to a 93-61 victory overItaly.

The Italians gave the U.S. team something to think about bykeeping the game close for longer than many would have expected. Itwas a two-point game with less than three minutes left in the firsthalf, but it became a blowout not long after.

Vince Carter led the Americans with 13 points, Mourning had 12and Vin Baker 11.

Beach Volleyball

Americans Rob Heidger and Kevin Wong kept their medal hopesalive with a quick 15-2 victory over France’s Jean-Philippe Jodardand Christian Penigaud. The U.S. pair now has a chance to advanceto the final 16 with another victory.