The Seoul Games : Roundup : U.S. Scores a Last-Minute Goal to Upset Yugoslavia in Water Polo, 7-6

A last-minute goal by Newport Beach’s James Bergeson lifted the U.S. water polo team to a 7-6 victory over top-ranked Yugoslavia Tuesday, the opening day of the Olympic tournament.

Yugoslavia won the gold medal at the Los Angeles Games in 1984 and was favored to repeat.

The United States last month won an 8-nation tournament that included Yugoslavia, Hungary, Spain and West Germany. The second-ranked Soviets were the only team in the top 5 not represented.

The U.S. team also won 4 games in a 6-game series against Yugoslavia in July.

Wrestling: Dennis Koslowski of Minneapolis decisioned Jozef Tertei of Yugoslavia, 2-0, to remain in contention for a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling’s 100-kilo (220 pounds) class.

Koslowski earlier lost to Poland’s Ardrzej Wronski, 1-0.

Dennis drew a bye Tuesday after recording 3 wins and 1 loss.

Duane Koslowski, twin brother of Dennis, was decisioned by Laszlo Klauz of Hungary, 0-2, in the 130-kilo (287-pound) class, then was eliminated when he lost to Alexandre Kareline of the Soviet Union by a fall at 2:23.

Duane earlier pinned Khodr Bechara of Lebanon in 1:12 in the 130-kilo division.

Taekwondo: Lynnette Love of Detroit made it a triple gold for U.S. women, and Jimmy Kim of Cerritos won the men’s gold. Both defeated South Koreans to win the heavyweight title.

The losses were a major disappointment to South Korean fans, whose country originated the sport.

The 6-foot 3-inch Love defeated Yoon-Jung Jang for the third U.S. women’s gold medal. Kim won the only gold medal for U.S. men as he defeated Jong-Suk Kim.

U.S. medals in taekwondo, an Olympic demonstration sport, totaled 4 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze in 8 weight divisions.

Men’s Field Hockey: Tariq Sheikh scored 4 goals, all direct field shots, in Pakistan’s 8-0 victory over Kenya.

Australia defeated Argentina, 4-0, to share the lead in Group A with Pakistan, each with a 2-0 record.

In Group B, the Soviet Union beat South Korea, 3-1. Twelve teams compete in 2 groups in the preliminary round. The top 2 teams in each group advance to the semifinals.

In other Group A games, the Netherlands and Spain tied, 1-1. In Group B, Britain defeated Canada, 3-0, while West Germany and India tied, 1-1.

Cycling: Cycling’s 1,000-meter time trial is nicknamed “killermeter,” and Alexandre Kirichenko of the Soviet Union wanted no part of running 2 of them in the second day of cycling competition.

Gambling that his time of 1 minute, 4.49 seconds was good enough to win a medal, Kirichenko decided against attempting to improve on his time in the first trial, which he finished on a flat tire. His coach had advised him to ride again because of the equipment failure.

The gamble paid off as Kirichenko won the gold. Australia’s Martin Vinnicombe finished second in 1:04.78, and Robert Lechner of West Germany took the bronze medal in 1:05.11. Bobby Livingston, of Riverdale, Ga., finished 14th in 1:06.92.

Like Livingston, U.S. individual pursuit hopeful David Brinton fared poorly. The 21-year-old from North Hollywood had the the 14th-best time but survived the first day of qualifying.

Rowing: Three U.S. women’s boats rowed their way into the finals.

The U.S. women’s double scullers, Monica Havelka of Lomita and Cathy Tippett of San Diego pushed past the Swedish boat in the last 500 meters to get to Saturday’s final.

The U.S. women’s coxed 4 pulled away from a Soviet boat at 1,000 meters to secure a place in their final on Saturday.

Kim Santiago of Madison, Wis., is the coxswain. Other members of the coxed four are Elizabeth Bradley of Cambridge, Mass., Jennifer Corbet of Cheyenne, Wyo., and Cynthia Eckert of Brookfield, Wis.

In the women’s coxless pair, Mara Keggi of Middlebury, Conn., and Barbara Kirch of Penllyn, Pa., made it to the final Saturday by rowing past the British.

Women’s Shooting: Jasna Sekaric of Yugoslavia won the gold medal in the women’s air pistol event, coming from behind to take the top position from Nino Salukvadze of the Soviet Union, who won the gold in the sports pistol event on Monday.

The world record-holder, Marins Dobrantcheva of the Soviet Union, won the air pistol bronze.

Men’s Shooting: Czechoslovakia won the men’s air rifle competition, and a Soviet soldier shot the most clay pigeons, enabling Eastern Bloc sharpshooters to maintain their grip on the gold medals.

In the 10-shot final, Goran Maksimovic of Czechoslovakia maintained his lead to win with a total of 695.6 points. Nicolas Berthelot of France had 694.2 points for the silver, and West German Johann Riederer won the bronze with 694 points.

Robert Foth of Colorado Springs, Colo., finished fourth with 692.5 points.

Soviet army officer Dimitri Monakov and Miloslav Bednarik of Czechoslovakia were tied with 222 points after the final round of the clay pigeon shoot.