The Latest: : Mountain bike race starts on soaked course

The men's Olympic mountain bike race has begun on a soggy, muddy course in Deodoro with Czech rider Jaroslav Kulhavy trying to defend his gold medal against a stout field of challengers.

U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun says further action is coming in the matter of 12-time swimming medalist Ryan Lochte and his three teammates whose story of a robbery overshadowed the Rio de Janeiro Games.

Police said Lochte and three of his swimming teammates — all four were gold medalists — vandalized a bathroom after a night of partying and armed guards confronted them and asked them to pay for the damage.

Germany had arrived in Rio as European champion and looked a strong contender to win the tournament until a narrow defeat to 2012 gold medalist France in the semifinals on Friday.

Germany was 8-5 down midway through the first half, but a 10-minute scoring frenzy turned that into a 14-10 lead and Germany never looked back on its way to a first Olympic medal since silver in 2004.

The United States rallied from a two-set deficit against Russia in volleyball on Sunday to win the Olympic bronze medal with a 3-2 victory.

The Americans linked arms in a tight circle and hopped in celebration as the crowd chanted "U-S-A!" The victory came the day after the U.S. women's team also won the Olympic bronze medal.

Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya finally has won the gold medal in the Olympic marathon, finishing with a time of 2 hours, 8 minutes and 44 seconds as he sprinted to the finish line with a smile on his face.

American Kyle Snyder will wrestle for a gold medal later Sunday at 97 kilograms in men's freestyle after rallying to beat Georgia's Elizbar Odikadze 9-4 in the semifinals.

Snyder also represents the U.S.'s final chance at a gold medal in men's freestyle.

Azerbaijan's Toghrul Asgarov will go for his second straight Olympic medal at 65 kilograms against Russian Soslan Ramonov, who scored a staggering 18 points in his