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Providence's Demetrius Andrade took his first step toward an Olympic welterweight boxing medal, winning a four-round decision from Kakhaber Jvania of Georgia in his opening bout Sunday night in Beijing. Because of the 12-hour time difference, the match was completed Sunday morning local time.

Andrade won the first and third rounds of the four-round fight, with scores of 2-0 in the first round and 6-4 in the third. The second round was a 2-2 tie, and Jvania won the fourth round, 3-1.

Andrade will next face Andrey Balanov of Russia at 9:30 a.m. Thursday morning local time in the round of 16. Balanov won a decision over Mujandjae Kasuto of Namibia in his first bout.

The U.S. soccer team missed a chance at its first Olympic victory when Gerald Sibon scored in the 93rd minute, giving the Netherlands a 2-2 with the American team, which features Cranston's Michael Parkhurst as one of its starters. Sacha Kljestan and Jozy Altidore scored for the U.S.

 Tags  Demetrius Andrade Michael Parkhurst Olympics

5 Comments

dan ribeiro said:

usa soccer team won their first game against japan, you can at least do some fact checking before you publish a story...

Link | August 10, 2008 4:20 PM
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if said:

Wow, 6 hours after your comment and they still haven't bothered to fix it. Shows how much they care about Rhody Olympians and soccer in general.

Link | August 10, 2008 10:35 PM
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only said:

Maybe they need help finding a report of the game?

http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/FB/C73/FBM400B01.shtml#FBM400B01

Link | August 11, 2008 9:28 AM
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CMKozlin said:

Congratulations Andrade!!! Go for the GOLD!!! GOOD LUCK the rest of the way!!! We're rooting for you!!!

Link | August 11, 2008 11:02 AM
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Sports Betting Reviews said:

Thanks for the link only.

Link | August 13, 2008 2:50 PM
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