United States, a team 'from another universe,' takes water polo gold

The U.S. saved its best for last in women's water polo, and Italy never stood a chance.

Ashleigh Johnson made nine saves, Kiley Neushul scored three goals on four shots and the United States routed Italy 12-5 on Friday for its second straight Olympic gold medal.

"To play as well as we did today in that moment and that atmosphere in a gold medal game when you've been thinking about this for the last four years is just, it's a dream come true," coach Adam Krikorian said.

The Americans stretched their winning streak to 22 games with their sixth victory in Rio de Janeiro by a combined score of 73-32.

"I think we really did change the game," said Johnson, who was voted the top goaltender of the tournament. "We played completely different than the game's ever been played before. Really fast, intelligent, it's really fun to watch and it's great to play."

Italy coach Fabio Conti seemed to agree.

"USA is, in this moment, a team of another universe," said.

Claressa Shields is one win away from her second boxing gold medal, and the American middleweight is making it look easy.

Shields won a unanimous decision over Kazakhstan's Dariga Shakimova on Friday, dominating the scorecards while punching circles around another overmatched opponent.

Shields hasn't lost a fight since before the London Olympics, where she was the surprise gold medalist. Four years later, the gap between Shields and the other middleweights is still larger than in any division of the Rio field — and even Shields knows it.

She said she showed that she "was the better, stronger and more skilled fighter."

Shields faces the Netherlands' Nouchka Fontijn on Sunday for her second gold in a rematch of May's world championship final, won unanimously by Shields.

Trazhukova said in Russian that when she met Mamiashvili after she lost the match, he was drunk, rude and said obscenities to her. Trazhukova said Mamiashvili also hit her in the face twice. She intends to file charges upon her return to Moscow.

Defending Olympic and world champion Jordan Burroughs lost 3-2 to Russia's Aniuar Geduev in the 74-kg class in the quarterfinals of men's freestyle wrestling.

Burroughs was trying to become the fourth U.S. wrestler with multiple Olympic golds. He can still win a bronze medal through the repechage.

Dzsenifer Marozsan scored early in the second half and Germany went on to a 2-1 victory over Sweden in coach Silvia Neid's final match for the nation's first Olympic gold in women's soccer.

Neid, a two-time FIFA Women's Coach of the Year, is stepping down following the Olympics.

Inbee Park kept her composure in strong wind and made two late birdies to regain the lead, posting a 1-under 70 for a two-shot lead going into the final round of the women's golf at Olympic Golf Course.

Just as difficult as the 30-mph gusts was seeing the name of Lydia Ko right behind her. Ko, a New Zealander who is the No. 1 player in women's golf, made the first hole-in-one of her career and shot 65. She trails Park by two strokes.

American Stacy Lewis went backward. She began the day a shot out of the lead but shot 76.

• Russia won the synchronized swimming gold medal in the team event and has not been beaten in an Olympic synchronized swimming event since 1996.