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Tracking Minnesotans in the Rio Olympics

August 15, 2016 at 4:25AM

Maya Moore and the U.S. women’s basketball team are headed to the quarterfinals. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Garrett Bender, men's rugby

The U.S. sevens finished 3-2 and earned a ninth-place finish.

Andy Bisek, Greco-Roman wrestling (75 kilograms)

Competes: Bisek was 1-1 on Sunday, beating Yurisandy Hernandez Rios of Cuba 1-0 in his opener, and dropping a 2-0 decision to Croatia's Bozo Starcevic in the quarterfinals. Bisek did not advance to the repechage.

Ben Blankenship, 1,500 meters

Competes: Tuesday (preliminaries), Thursday (semifinals), Saturday (final)

Kelly Catlin, track cycling (women's team pursuit)

The U.S team won a silver medal Saturday, falling to Great Britain, which set a world record (4:10.236) in the final. Earlier, Catlin and the U.S. advanced to the final with a world record of 4:12.282 against Australia.

Kiana Eide, rhythmic gymnastics

Competes: Saturday (qualifications), Sunday (final)

Katie Johnson, women's rugby

The U.S. sevens finished 2-3-1 and earned a fifth-place finish.

Heather Miller-Koch, heptathlon

Finished 18th in the heptathlon with 6,213 points, putting up the top time in the 800 (2:06.82) in Saturday's final event.

Gwen Jorgensen, triathlon

Competes: Saturday

Megan Kalmoe, rowing (women's quad sculls)

The U.S. finished fifth in the gold medal race.

Lynx (Lindsay Whalen, Maya Moore, Seimone Augustus and Sylvia Fowles), women's basketball

Compete: Defeated China, 105-62 Sunday; quarterfinal Tuesday vs. Japan.

Hassan Mead, 5,000 meters

Competes: Wednesday (first round), Saturday (final).

Paula Lynn Obanana, badminton (women's doubles)

Competes: Obanana and partner Eva Lee finished 0-3 in the preliminary round and did not advance to the quarterfinals.

David Plummer, swimming

Earned a gold medal Saturday from the stands when the men's 4x100 relay team finished first. Plummer swam in the relay qualifications on Friday. Plummer won a bronze medal in the 100 backstroke Monday.

Alise Post, cycling (women's BMX)

Competes: Wednesday (seeding), Friday (semifinals and final)