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AUGUSTA, Ga. Wade Boggs Jersey . -- Jason Day, who tied for second at the Masters and U.S. Open last year, withdrew during the second round Friday with an injured left ankle. The Australian was at 5 over for the tournament when he left Friday, after playing seven holes, and was 1 over for the day. Day and Adam Scott finished two strokes behind Charl Schwartzel at Augusta National last year. It was the best finish by a first-time player at the Masters since Dan Pohl in 1982. Joe Kelly Red Sox Jersey . -- The basic role that Jonathan Martin and Richie Incognito shared as offensive linemen for the Miami Dolphins was protecting quarterback Ryan Tannehill. Fred Lynn Jersey . -- Michael Phelps has competed in the second event of his comeback and failed to advance to the 50-meter freestyle final.Canadian distance swimmer Ryan Cochrane will get his chance to repeat as an Olympic medallist in the 1,500-metre freestyle after he breezed through Fridays qualifying heats. Cochrane, Canadas only swimming medallist four years ago in Beijing with a third-place finish in this event, posted a preliminary time of fourteen minutes, 49.31 seconds to advance as the third seed. The Victoria, B.C. swimmer was relieved after suffering disappointment in the 400m freestyle earlier this week. Cochrane was initially moved into the top-8 final after Olympic favourite Park Tae-Hwan was disqualified. But the Korean swimmer mounted a successful appeal bid, bumping Cochrane into ninth and out of the medal race. "I was pretty disappointed after my 400 swim, and I knew it was just a lost opportunity," Cochrane said after Fridays 1500m swim."I came here to win two medals, I can only win one now." Cochrane did not quite match his preliminary from Beijing, where he set an Olympic record with a time of 14:40.84. The record was broken soon after by Australian Grant Hackett, who swam 14:38.92 in a later heat. Even so, Cochrane said he was pleased with his Friday finish. His time was several seconds faster than he had expected, he said. "Its kind of the same thing in Beijing where I surprised myself, but Im going to take it as a building (block) because it wasnt as hard as it was in Beijing. Im going to take that as a positive." Reigning world record holder and 2011 world champion Sun Yang posted the fastest time of the heats with 14:43.25 while Tunisias Oussama Mellouli was third in 14:46.23. The final is scheduled for Saturday evening. Womens 50m Freestyle Four years after an untimely case of the chicken pox kept Canadian Victoria Poon in quarantine right up until her first individual event of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the sprint swimmer advanced to her first Olympic semi-final in London. Poon finished 30th in Beijing, a result she has already bettered in London with her 25.15-second finish in Fridays preliminary swim. In a race that is over in less than 25 seconds, Poons 0.77 reaction time off the blocks was among the slowest of the swimmers who advanced into Friday evenings semi-final round. She made up for her deficit with a mad dash through the pool and posted the 14th-fastest time of the morning -- just 0.15 seconds off the Canadian record set by Jennifer Beckberger in 2009, before the banning of the high-tech polyurethane swimsuits. The top-16 advance. WWhile world-record holder Britta Steffen, of Germany, also advanced with a time of 24. Jimmie Foxx Red Sox Jersey. 70s, the fastest two swimmers of the morning were both from the Netherlands. Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Marleen Veldhuis both breezed through with times of 24.51s and 24.57s, respectively. The semis are scheduled for Friday evening. Womens 4x100m Medley Relay Canadas womens medley relay team of Julia Wilkinson, Tera Van Beilen, Katerine Savard and Samantha Cheverton were left disappointed following the morning heats. The Canadian squad posted a time of 4:02.71 to place sixth in their heat. Their 12th-place overall finish was well outside of the top-eight qualifying standard. "We wanted to be in that final and obviously, we are not going to be," Wilkinson said. "Its been a pretty hard way to end the meet but I think everybody on this team came out and did whatever they could." Australia finished first with a time of 3:55.42 and will be joined by Japan, Denmark, the United States, the Netherlands, Great Britain, China and Russia in Saturdays final. Mens 4x100m Medley Relay Canadas experienced mens relay team of Charles Francis, 23, Scott Dickens, 27, Joe Bartoch, 29 and Brent Hayden, 28, had a happier ending to their day after finishing eighth overall in their preliminary heats. After placing fourth with a time of 3:34.46 in the first of two heats, the Canadians place in the final was far from secure. Dickens, Bartoch and Hayden have all said they will retire following Londons Games, and they waited on the pool deck to see whether they had just participated in their final Olympic race. "Theres always that hope for one more, but I treated that swim like it was my last," Dickens said between races, his voice thick with emotion. "We had a really good swim so now its basically just a waiting game to see where we end up," added Hayden, two days after he earned his first Olympic medal -- a bronze -- in the mens 100m freestyle. "If were not in the final, I know we all put our heart and soul into this race," he said. As the last swimmers in Heat 2 touched the wall, however, it became clear that the Canadians Olympic run would be extended one race further. They qualified in the eighth and final spot, just 0.06 seconds ahead of the ninth-place team from New Zealand. The mens relay final is also scheduled for Saturday evening; Canada will be joined by the United States, Great Britain, Japan, Australia, the Netherlands, Germany and Hungary in the medal race. cheap nfl jerseys cheap jerseys ' ' ' |
