The Latest: Cheruiyot sets 5,000m Olympic record, wins gold

Kenya's Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot celebrates winning the gold medal and setting a new Olympic record in the women's 5000-meter final during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Kenya's Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot celebrates winning the gold medal and setting a new Olympic record in the women's 5000-meter final during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):

10 p.m.

MEDAL ALERT: Vivian Cheruiyot set an Olympic record to win gold in the 5,000 meters, coming from behind to beat favorite Almaz Ayana of Ethiopia.

Cheruiyot went past Ayana with less than two laps to go and could not be caught as she finished in 14 minutes 26.17 seconds. Hellen Obiri of Kenya took silver 3.60 second behind.

Ayana, the 10,000 Olympic champion, finished in third in 14:33.59.

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9:55 p.m.

UPSET ALERT: Jenn Suhr, the gold medalist at the London Olympics, is out of medal contention in the women's pole vault after failing to clear 4.70 meters. There were still six vaulters in the competition.

The 34-year-old American had been sick and was "coughing up blood," her husband/coach Rick Suhr said before Friday's final.

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9:40 p.m.

American swimmer Gunnar Bentz is back home, and he says he never lied about being robbed while out with teammates on the final night of Olympic swimming.

In a statement released late Friday, he says he never saw anyone break down a bathroom door, and that the swimmers relieved themselves on nearby bushes after a night out.

He says teammate Ryan Lochte tore a sign down from the building, and then the four returned to their taxi.

He says they were ordered out of the cab by security guards and ultimately forced, with guns drawn, to sit on a nearby sidewalk. He says then, Lochte got up and yelled at the guards.

A translator assisted and told them they needed to pay money to leave, Bentz says. He and teammate Jimmy Feigen paid about $50 in total, and he says the guns were lowered and they were allowed to leave.

Bentz also says there were additional video angles that support his account that may not have been released.

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9:40 p.m.

Javon Francis overtook David Verburg just before the finish to give Jamaica first spot in the first of the men's 4x400-meter relay preliminaries at 2 minutes, 58.29 seconds, 0.09 ahead of the American team, which led most of the race.

Britain won the second heat in 2:58.88, holding off the Belgian team, which set a national record 2:59.25 to advance with the fourth-fastest time.

The men's final will be the last track event in the Olympic Stadium on Saturday.

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9:35 p.m.

Allyson Felix may get another chance at an Olympic gold medal, regardless of what happens in the 4x100-meter relay final, after the United States qualified fastest for Saturday's 4x400 relay final.

Phyllis Francis anchored the 4x400 relay in the first of two preliminaries Friday night and finished 20 meters clear of second-place Ukraine in a season-best 3:21.42. Poland and Australia were third and fourth to reach the final.

Jamaica won the second 4x400 qualifying heat in 3:22.38, followed by Britain and Canada.

World champion Felix placed second in the 400, missing a record fifth Olympic gold medal. She did not run in the 4x400 preliminaries - which were scheduled less than two hours before the 4x100 final - but would be an obvious contender for a spot in the U.S. team for the 4x400 final.

After the race, Francis played it coy when asked if Felix would the run the final, saying she'd leave the final lineup a mystery. One problem - Felix already has said she'd run.

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9:10 p.m.

American swimmer James Feigen is on his way home from Brazil.

The U.S. Olympic Committee says Feigen is on a flight that left Rio de Janeiro on Friday night.

Feigen is the last of the four U.S. swimmers involved in a highly-publicized incident at a Rio gas station to leave the country.

Earlier this week, a judge ordered Feigen's passport be seized while police investigated what swimmer Ryan Lochte initially described as an armed robbery.

Police said the robbery story was fabricated and that the swimmers vandalized a gas station bathroom early Sunday after a night of partying.

Before he was allowed to leave, Feigen agreed to pay $10,800 to a Brazilian charity.

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9:05 p.m.

Milos Teodosic scored 22 points as Serbia, which pushed the star-studded U.S. team to the final seconds before losing earlier in the Rio Games, moved into the Olympic gold-medal game against the Americans with a shockingly easy 87-61 semifinal win over Australia on Friday.

Stefan Markovic scored 14 and Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets had 11 rebounds for the Serbs, who will get another crack at the U.S. on Sunday. The two-time defending titlists held off Spain 82-76 to advance.

Serbia's win guaranteed its first Olympic medal in men's basketball since gaining independence in 2006.

The Aussies, too, were hoping to play the U.S. again, but they scored just 5 points in the first quarter and will have to beat Spain for their first Top 3 finish.

With five NBA players, Australia brought its most talented team ever to Brazil. But the Aussies couldn't overcome their horrendous start.

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9:05 p.m.

Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh have won gold medals together for Britain's women's field hockey team.

Helen scored the first goal in the shootout, a penalty stroke that helped Britain beat the Netherlands on Friday night in a match that was tied 3-all at the end of regulation.

Kate said she felt good about her wife's chances on the penalty, saying that "the more the crowd booed, the more Helen was going to score."

She added that "to win an Olympic medal is special. To win an Olympic medal with your wife there next to you, taking a penalty in the pressure moments is so special, and we will cherish this for the rest of our lives."

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8 p.m.

Brazilian prosecutors made a last-ditch effort to increase the amount of money that American swimmer James Feigen pays before he leaves the country.

In a statement late Friday, prosecutors said they would appeal a judge's ruling that Feigen pay about $10,800 to a charity and ask that he pay $47,000 instead.

But Feigen was already at the airport.

The fine dispute is largely a moot question. Feigen will be out of Brazil long before a decision on the appeal is made. If prosecutors win, Feigen would have to pay the fine if he ever wanted to return to Brazil.

Earlier this week, a judge had ordered the passport seized while police investigated what swimmer Ryan Lochte had said was an armed robbery.

Police have said that the robbery story was fabricated. Police have said that Lochte, Feigen and two other swimmers vandalized a gas station bathroom early Sunday after a night of partying and were confronted by armed guards.

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7:40 p.m.

Tom Daley of Britain is the leading qualifier after the men's 10-meter platform diving preliminaries.

He totaled 474.65 points over six rounds Friday night, getting a perfect 10 for his fifth dive, a forward reverse 3 somersault. Daley earned bronze four years ago in London.

Qui Bo of China is second at 464.85. He was the silver medalist in London. Qui's teammate, Chen Aisen, finished third at 448.15.

Defending Olympic champion David Boudia of the United States was fourth at 410.15.

Among the men moving on was American Steele Johnson, who grabbed the 18th and last spot for Saturday's semifinals.

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7:25 p.m.

MEDAL ALERT: Germany has defeated Sweden 2-1 to win the women's soccer gold medal for the first time.

Germany opened the scoring with a goal by Dzsenifer Marozsan in the 48th minute and added to the lead with an own goal by Swedish defender Linda Sembrant in the 62nd.

Sweden pulled one closer with Stina Blackstenius in the 67th but was not able to get the equalizer despite some good late chances at the Maracana Stadium.

A two-time World Cup champion, Germany had previously won three bronze medals. It was playing in the Olympic final for the first time.

Sweden has won its first silver in women's soccer. It had never been on the podium.

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7:20 p.m.

A Brazilian court says that the passport of American swimmer James Feigen has been returned after he made a payment of approximately $10,800 for falsely reporting a crime.

A court statement late Friday said the fine had been paid and the passport returned, meaning that Feigen is free to leave the country.

A judge had ordered the passport be seized earlier this week while police investigated what swimmer Ryan Lochte had said was an armed robbery.

Police have said that the robbery story was fabricated. Police have said that Lochte, Feigen and two other swimmers vandalized a gas station bathroom early Sunday after a night of partying and were confronted by armed guards.

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6:55 p.m.

MEDAL ALERT-UPSET: Britain stunned the top-ranked Netherlands in a shootout to win its first-ever gold medal in women's field hockey.

The Netherlands was trying to become the first nation to win three consecutive gold medals on the women's side Friday night.

The score was tied 3-all at the end of regulation, during which the Netherlands outshot Britain 17-7.

Britain's Helen Richardson-Walsh scored a penalty stroke in the shootout, then Hollie Webb scored the winner. Britain goalie Maddie Hinch did not allow a goal in the shootout.

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6:50 p.m.

MEDAL ALERT: Iran's Hassan Yazdani scored a takedown in the final 10 seconds to win the gold medal in men's 74-kilogram freestyle wrestling.

Yazdani was down 6-2 at one point to Russian Aniuar Geduev, who earlier Friday upset American favorite Jordan Burroughs.

But Yazdani rallied despite continued stops so the Russian could adjust the bandages covering up his bloody head, exposing Geduev on his last move to win 6-6 on criteria.

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6:45 p.m.

Australia's Chloe Esposito has captured gold in women's pentathlon with an Olympic record of 1,372 points.

Esposito started the running/shooting combination final in fourth, but ran past her competitors with a strong push.

France's Elodie Clouvel captured silver with 1,356 points and Poland's Oktawia Nowacka earned bronze after leading through the equestrian event.

Esposito was seventh after swimming, sixth through fencing and moved up to fourth with a solid ride in equestrian. Her father competed in the 1984 Los Angeles Games and her brother, Max, is a member of the Australian men's pentathlon team.

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6:35 p.m.

MEDAL ALERT: Australia's Chloe Esposito has captured gold in women's pentathlon after starting the final segment fourth.

(Corrects item to show Esposito started the final segment fourth.)

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6:25 p.m.

Germany and Sweden were tied 0-0 at halftime of the women's soccer final at the Maracana Stadium.

Both teams had a few good chances to score but couldn't capitalize.

It is the first Olympic final for both teams. It also is the first all-European final since women's soccer became an Olympic sport in 1996.

Germany has won the bronze medal three times, in Sydney, Athens and Beijing. Sweden has never been on the podium.

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6:20 p.m.

South Korea will have another chance for a gold medal in taekwondo - the sport it created - when Oh Hyeri fights in the women's 67-kilogram final Friday night.

Oh, ranked sixth, will face France's number one Haby Niare, who won a bronze at the European championships in May. South Korea's Kim So-Hui won the women's 49-kilogram division in taekwondo Wednesday.

The gold in the men's 80-kilogram division will be contested by Britain's fifth-ranked Lutalo Muhammad and Cote d'Ivoire's Cheick Sallah Cisse, who won the African Championships and is seeded third.

Muhammad previously won a bronze at the London Games and beat taekwondo's most decorated athlete, American Steven Lopez in the quarterfinals.

Leading medal contender Aaron Cook, who was born and raised in the U.K. but fights for Moldova, was eliminated in the first round. Top-seeded Mahdi Khodabakhshi also was knocked out in the quarterfinals.

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5:55 p.m.

The International Olympic Committee has set up a disciplinary commission to investigate the incident involving Ryan Lochte and three of his U.S. swimming teammates at a Rio de Janeiro gas station.

IOC spokesman Mark Adams tells The Associated Press the panel was formed Friday to look into the behavior of Lochte, Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger, and Jimmy Feigen.

Adams had no other immediate details.

IOC disciplinary commissions have the power to issue sanctions.

Lochte, a 12-time Olympic medalist, apologized Friday for his behavior surrounding the early-morning incident. He reiterated his view that a stranger pointed a gun at him and demanded money to let him leave the station.

Lochte had called it a gunpoint robbery; Brazilian police said he and the three other swimmers vandalized a bathroom while intoxicated and were confronted by armed security guards.

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5:50 p.m.

MEDAL ALERT: Georgia wrestler Vladimer Khinchegashvili has won the 57-kilogram gold medal in the men's freestyle tournament.

Khinchegashvili scored the final point to beat Japan's Rei Higuchi 3-3 on criteria on Saturday.

Khinchegashvili, who won silver at the London Games four years ago, is just the third Georgian to win Olympic gold. He also won the world title last year.

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5:35 p.m.

The U.S. men's basketball team has advanced to its third-straight Olympic gold-medal game, beating Spain 82-76 on Friday.

Klay Thompson scored 22 points for the Americans, who will play Australia or Serbia on Sunday for their third-consecutive Olympic title.

The U.S. was just good enough again against Spain, winning a much different game than the all-offense matchups that decided the last two gold-medal games. This one featured several technical fouls and neither team got into an offensive flow. It was the lowest-scoring game for the Americans in the Olympics since the 2004 semifinals, when they managed 81 in a loss to Argentina.

Kevin Durant added 14 points and Kyrie Irving had 13 for the U.S.

Pau Gasol scored 23 points for Spain, which made it tough on the Americans for the third straight Olympics, but again had to settle for coming close against the world's No. 1 team.

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5:25 p.m.

Three Russian athletes, including a silver medalist in a track relay race, have been retroactively disqualified from the 2008 Beijing Olympics after they tested positive in rechecks of their doping samples.

The International Olympic Committee says Anastasia Kapachinskaya has been stripped of the silver in the women's 4x400 relay, along with her Russian teammates. Jamaica stands to move up from third to silver and Belarus from fourth to bronze.

The IOC says Kapachinskaya tested positive for the steroids stanozolol and turinabol. She also was disqualified from her fifth-place finish in the individual 400 meters.

Alexander Pogorelov tested positive for turinabol, and his fourth-place finish in the decathlon was annulled.

Ivan Yushkov, who finished 10th in the shot put, tested positive for stanozolol, turinabol and oxandrolone.

The IOC stores doping samples for 10 years so they can retested when improved methods become available. The three cases announced Friday were among 98 positive tests recorded in reanalysis of samples from Beijing and the 2012 London Games.

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