Swimming death
Race shouldn't have been held, winner contends
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A day after U.S. national team swimmer Fran Crippen died during an open-water race in the United Arab Emirates, the winner of the event said the water and air temperatures were too high to hold a competition.
Thomas Lurz of Germany criticized both swimming's governing body and race organizers Sunday, saying conditions were too hot for racing, that FINA's schedule was too grueling and that organizers should have done more to ensure swimmers' safety in the Open Water 10-kilometer World Cup held at Fujairah, east of Dubai, on Saturday.
Crippen, 26, of suburban Philadelphia, failed to finish and was found in the water two hours later, about 400 meters from the finish, organizers said.
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Race officials said a medical report and autopsy on Crippen had been completed, but declined to release their full details to the media.
Gymnastics
Olympic favorites emerge
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - With less than two years until the 2012 Summer Olympics, all-around champions Aliya Mustafina of Russia and Kohei Uchimura of Japan established themselves as the favorites for the London Games.
Mustafina, 16, won two golds and three silvers in six events at the world championships.
Uchimura, 21, overcame an inflamed shoulder that worsened during the nine-day competition that concluded Sunday to successfully defend his all-around title, and added team and two event medals for four overall.
Miscellaneous
Coach assists wreck victims
PITTSBURGH - Pitt men's basketball coach Jamie Dixon helped rescue two men from a car accident near the city, a university spokesman said Sunday. Athletics spokesman Greg Hotchkiss said Dixon saw a vehicle hit a guardrail and overturn Saturday night, stopped his car, ran to the vehicle and cut his hands helping someone get out.
• In Windermere, Fla., Arizona Wildcat Tarquin MacManus shot a 3-under-par 69 for the individual lead after one round of the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational golf tournament. The Wildcats shot an opening-day 302, 14 over par, and trailed TCU and Stanford by 12 shots.
• In Stockholm, Roger Federer beat Germany's Florian Mayer 6-4, 6-3 to win the Stockholm Open on Sunday and match Pete Sampras' total of 64 career titles, fourth-most in tennis' Open era. Jimmy Connors has the record with 109.
• The International Olympic Committee agreed to study a proposal from Sri Lanka to eliminate fireworks from the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics for environmental reasons.
• In New York, the Knicks waived forward Patrick Ewing Jr., son of the former Knicks great, for the second time in three seasons.
Staff and wire reports
By the numbers
Western Kentucky left the ranks of the winless in Division I football by beating Louisiana-Lafayette 54-21 Saturday. The win was long overdue.
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Consecutive losses before the Hilltoppers broke into the win column. Now only New Mexico and Akron are winless in Division I this year.
SOURCE: The Associated Press
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