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For complete coverage of the Sydney Olympics, including audio commentary from Times columnist Bill Plaschke, photo galleries and up-to-the-minute stories and results, go to https://www.latimes.com/olympics.

Among the stories that will be available this morning from Sydney:

* Women’s basketball, United States vs. Russia

* Baseball, United States vs. South Korea

* Women’s soccer, United States vs. Nigeria

* Tennis, men’s and women’s singles

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* Lenny Krayzelburg, U.S.: Set Olympic record of 1 minute 58.40 seconds in preliminaries of the 200-meter backstroke.

* Inge de Bruijn, Netherlands: Was the top qualifier in the 100-meter freestyle at 54.77 seconds.

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* Lindsay Davenport, U.S.: Top-seeded player won opening tennis match against Paolo Suarez of Argentina, 6-2, 6-2.

* Ricardo Williams, U.S.: By stopping Australia’s Henry Collins, 21-5, became ninth American boxer to advance.

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