HIGHLIGHTS-Olympics-Day 13 at the Rio Olympics

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Latest news from the 13th day of competition at the Rio Olympics on Thursday (all times GMT): 2308 CROATIA WIN GOLD IN MEN'S SAILING 470-CLASS The Croatian duo of helmsman Sime Fantela and crewman Igor Marenic won gold in the men's 470-class. New Zealand's Mathew Belcher and Will Ryan clinched silver, while Panagiotis Mantis and Pavlos Kagialis of Greece secured bronze. 2258 SOLO RUN IN WOMEN'S 4X100M RELAY WAS 'DIFFERENT', SAYS FELIX The United States reached the women's 4x100 metres final after grasping their second chance, racing alone around the Rio track in 41.77 seconds to knock China out of the last eight. The reigning champions' appeal against the result of their morning heat, in which Allyson Felix bungled the second baton exchange, was upheld. "It was different. It was really weird but when we walked out and people were cheering for us, it uplifted us and encouraged us and we were really grateful," Felix said after the race. "I am probably the last person who would want to be involved in anything like this (a phantom run)." 2253 MAZZILLI HOPES ARGENTINA'S FIRST OLYMPIC HOCKEY GOLD CAN BOOST THE SPORT "I think maybe it's going to help a lot in men's hockey in Argentina," said Argentina's Agustin Mazzilli. "The girls (women's team), they did everything really, really good the whole time. "So we need now to increase our level in hockey in men's ... I hope everyone is watching this and we can play with more players in Argentina." 2233 CANADA'S WIEBE CLINCHES WOMEN'S 75KG WRESTLING GOLD Erica Wiebe of Canada clinched the women's 75kg wrestling gold after defeating Kazakhstan's Guzel Manyurova 3-0 in the final. Zhang Fengliu of China and Russia's Ekaterina Bukina took the bronze medals. READ MORE Bronze medallist weightlifter stripped of medal for doping U.S. swimmers made a mistake, says Rio 2016 spokesman Brazil police recommend charges against U.S. swimmers Lochte and Feigen - GloboNews Brazil police say US swimmers could "in theory" be charged Hockey-Argentina hold off Belgium to take men's gold Boxing-Adams through to final after 2012 flashback Triathlon-Brownlees' smiles hide the pain Barred from Games, Russia's Isinbayeva to join IOC athletes' body Volleyball-Serbian women knock out U.S. favourites Sailing-Brazil's Grael and Kunze win 49erFX gold Team Britain athlete involved in theft incident in Rio Boxing-Boxing body AIBA reassigns top official after scoring uproar Boxing-Cuba's La Cruz wins light-heavyweight gold Badminton-Fearless Japanese rally for women's doubles gold Brazil police pull U.S. swimmers from flight amid robbery probe Athletics-U.S. grasp second chance in 4x100 relay Athletics-Athletics-Clement wins 400m hurdles, Culson in tears 2201 JAPAN'S KAWAI WINS GOLD IN FREESTYLE WOMEN'S 63KG Risako Kawai of Japan pounded Belarus' Maria Mamashuk 3-0 to take the gold medal in the freestyle wrestling women's 63kg final. Kazakhstan's Yekaterina Larionova and Monika Ewa Michalik of Poland clinched the bronze medals. 2138 15-YEAR-OLD GOLD MEDALLIST UNSURE OF OLYMPICS FUTURE BUT PLANS FURTHER STUDIES "Maybe not because I am quite tall for my age, but I will continue to work hard and press on with my training even if one day (my sports career) comes to an end. I will still continue training," Ren Qian said after winning the gold medal in the women's individual 10 metre platform event. "I want to study law and also forensic medicine. I wasn't a schoolgirl from the start so even if I had to go to school, sometimes it feels quite difficult just to digest the things I've learned." 2135 STEVENSON GIFTED A WALKOVER TO BANTAMWEIGHT FINAL U.S. bantamweight Shakur Stevenson was given a walkover to an boxing final with Cuba's Robeisy Ramirez after Russian opponent Vladimir Nikitin withdrew due to injury. 2130 ARGENTINA HOLD OFF BELGIUM TO TAKE MEN'S HOCKEY GOLD Argentina beat Belgium 4-2 to claim the Olympic title and win their country's first Games medal in men's hockey, edging a close-fought match between two teams few expected to make the final. 2105 SOUTH KOREA'S PARK LEADS BY ONE AT HALFWAY South Korea's Inbee Park shot her second consecutive five-under-par 66 to top the leaderboard ahead of American Stacy Lewis after the second round of the women's golf tournament. Park made five birdies in a bogey-free back nine to take a one-shot lead over Lewis in benign conditions. 2049 ADAMS THROUGH TO WOMEN'S FLYWEIGHT FINAL Britain's defending flyweight champion Nicola Adams reached the final after beating China's Ren Cancan 3-0 in a re-run of their 2012 title bout. Adams will fight France's Sarah Ourahmoune in the gold medal match. Cancan and Ourahmoune's beaten opponent, Ingrit Valencia Victoria of Colombia, take bronze medals. 2030 AMERICAN MAROULIS TAKES WOMEN'S 53KG WRESTLING GOLD Helen Maroulis of the United States beat Japan's Saori Yoshida 3-1 to win the gold medal in the women's 53kg wrestling final. Natalya Sinishin of Azerbaijan and Sweden's Sofia Mattsson took the bronze medals. 2021 CAS CONFIRMS SUSPENSIONS OF TWO OLYMPIANS The Court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed the suspensions of two Rio athletes on doping offences. Chinese swimmer Chen Xinyi was disqualified from the Games for use of the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide, and Brazilian road cyclist Kleber Da Silva Ramos disqualified for the blood-booster EPO. 2014 CHINESE TEENAGERS TAKE GOLD, SILVER ON 10M PLATFORM Chinese teenagers Ren Qian and Si Yajie claimed the gold and silver medals respectively in the women's individual 10 metre platform diving event, with the bronze going to Canada's Meaghan Benfeito. 2010 SPAIN BEAT SERBIA TO REACH WOMEN'S BASKETBALL FINAL Spain eased past Serbia 68-54 to reach the women's basketball gold medal final for the first time, where a possible showdown with the all-conquering United States awaits. Spain will face the winners of France and the unbeaten United States, who are bidding for their sixth straight gold. 1946 HICKEY DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL AND TAKEN TO RIO POLICE STATION FOR DEPOSITION - OCI Arrested IOC official Pat Hickey was released from hospital and taken to a Rio de Janeiro police station for questioning, the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) said. Brazilian police arrested Europe's top Olympic official in a dawn raid on his hotel on Wednesday, in connection with an investigation into the illegal resale of Olympics tickets. 1923 BRAZIL'S GRAEL AND KUNZE WIN 49ERFX GOLD Brazil's duo of skipper Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze won gold in the sailing women's 49erFX class in a dramatic come-from-behind medal race victory over the hard-driving New Zealand duo of Alex Maloney and Molly Meech. 1915 JONNY BROWNLEE CONTENT WITH SILVER BUT CONFIDENT OF BEATING BROTHER ALISTAIR IN TOKYO "I'm used to getting beat by Alistair but I've gone better than last time in London when I got the bronze. I've actually been training a bit better than him and if it had come down to a sprint, I could win," Jonny said after he won silver in the triathlon, behind brother Alistair in a British 1-2. "Maybe in four years, he'll be older, slower and greyer." 1910 GERMANY WIN MEN'S HOCKEY BRONZE Germany won the men's hockey bronze medal after beating Netherlands 4-3 in a shootout. 1900 CUBA'S LA CRUZ WINS LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT GOLD Cuban Julio Cesar La Cruz beat Kazakhstan's Adilbek Niyazymbetov on a unanimous points decision to become his country's first ever light-heavyweight Olympic boxing champion. France's Mathieu Bauderlique and Britain's Joshua Buatsi took bronze medals as losing semi-finalists. 1855 STROMBERGS' DREAM OF THIRD GOLD OVER AFTER CRASH Maris Strombergs' hopes of a third consecutive Olympic BMX title were blown away as the Latvian failed to reach the semi-finals after crashing the first run of his heat. Strombergs and Britain's former world champion Liam Phillips both crashed out with Phillips unable to continue in the cycling competition. 1850 CROATIA BEAT MONTENEGRO IN WATER POLO SEMI Croatia earned a 12-8 victory against Montenegro in the semi-finals of the men's water polo. They will face either Serbia or Italy in the finals. 1840 U.S. KNOCKED OUT BY SERBIA IN WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL Serbia knocked out strong medal contenders U.S. , the world's top-ranked team, 20-25 25-17 25-21 16-25 15-13 to move into the finals of the women's volleyball tournament. 1830 AIBA REASSIGNS TOP OFFICAL AFTER SCORING CONTROVERSY A day after announcing that some judges and referees were dropped from the Rio Games, Olympic boxing body AIBA said it has reassigned its French executive director Karim Bouzidi to a new role. 1730 JAPAN CLINCH GOLD IN WOMEN'S BADMINTON DOUBLES Japan's Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi won their nation's first ever badminton title after defeating Denmark's Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl 18-21 21-9 21-19 to claim gold in the women's doubles. 1700 VIDEO SHOWS U.S. SWIMMERS IN DISPUTE WITH GAS STATION GUARDS Globo Tv, a Brazil Tv, aired a closed-circuit television video from a gasoline station showing four U.S. Olympic swimmers in a dispute with employees, over what a security source said was damage to the premises. 1609 AMERICAN CLEMENT THRILLED AFTER 400M HURDLES VICTORY "It means so much. I was focused and my mind was set. I showed determination and a will to win, and this is something I wanted with all my heart." 1557 U.S. WOMEN HANDED LIFELINE IN RELAY Defending champions U.S. will run a separate heat on Thursday evening to qualify for the women's 4x100m after successfully appealing against their disqualification after a botched handover in the heats. The U.S. team argued that Allyson Felix was impeded just before the second handover. (Reporting by Ian Rodricks, Nivedita Shankar and Simon Jennings in Bengaluru; Editing by Meredith Mazzilli, Ed Osmond, Nina Chestney and Mark Lamport-Stokes)