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The third day of Indias training camp in Bangalore ahead of their West Indies sojourn was another intense affair, with an emphasis firmly on skill-sets. Offspinner R Ashwin, returning from personal leave, and opener Shikhar Dhawan were primarily in focus, even as the rest of the squad along with a few members of the India A and Karnataka team were also in attendance at the National Cricket Academy.Ashwin, among the first few to come out for training, had a brief conversation with Anil Kumble, his role model, before rolling his arm over to a catching man to loosen his stiff shoulders. He then sent down a string of deliveries at an empty net. Once all systems were go, he began bowling at the batsmen. His variations particularly stoked the interest of everyone present early on, before the attention shifted to Dhawan.The opening batsman started off with a solid session against Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shardul Thakur, the Mumbai pacer, on the centre pitch. Once he was satisfied with his brief stint in the middle, Dhawan came over for throwdowns from batting coach Sanjay Bangar and Raghavendra, the teams throwdown specialist.Shortly into the session, Bangar placed a fourth stump, a few feet outside off, next to where Dhawan was standing. The positioning was such that the stump was within Dhawans eyeline. It seemed as if there was a conscious plan to work on his feet movement and judgement outside off stump to away-going deliveries hurled at a fair clip.The video analyst set up a camera around where Dhawan was batting to record his trigger movements and his stance. After a few deliveries, Dhawan approached Bangar for an opinion on his wrist position while pressing forward. While returning to his mark, he looked at a group of journalists trying to decipher what he was trying to do. Learning the basics, he laughed.It seemed as though the plan was to eliminate his off-side weakness against the away-going delivery. As a batsman, sometimes, your head position generally gives you a clear indication of where your off stump is, Amol Muzumdar, the former Mumbai batsman and highest-capped Ranji Trophy cricketer, explained to ESPNcricinfo. Generally, with a good stance, me being a right-hander, your right eye generally serves as an indication that thats your off stump.The method could act as two things. One is to know where your off stump is, and two, probably the bat, in your backlift, is going a little bit away. Then you get an immediate feedback that your bat is going away, or know where your off stump is.Dhawans method was particularly intriguing, given his travails outside the off stump in Test matches. His general tendency to attack the ball has caused problems, which were exacerbated when India toured England in 2014. Dhawan was either caught behind or in the slips in three out of six innings, before being dropped for the final two Tests. The problem resurfaced in Australia later that year, where Dhawan also struggled against the white ball, which he generally is more comfortable facing. Aakash Chopra, Dhawans former Delhi team-mate, felt it was a case of a lack of footwork creating doubts in his mind. Its a combination of, I think, two-three things, he explained. Obviously, his feet dont move, and if your feet dont move, you end up playing away from the body anyway. It gets rewarded in the shorter formats, so you dont even think there is any need to change. And even though he likes to drive, when the ball is really full, he is on to his front foot and drives it well. But he gets stuck on the crease to anything that is in the in-between length. And even while his intention is to play from the crease, he doesnt really go onto the back foot, and instead just stays there and flashes outside off.Could it be an issue with his stance, perhaps? Chopra didnt think so. Its not that its crouched or its too wide. Its not too wide, neither too narrow in terms of his feet positioning, so its not that hes falling over, he observed. But he definitely has to get into the habit of leaving balls outside off. T20 cricket and limited-overs cricket tell you to play away from the body; playing away from the body rewards you because if you get too close, you get cramped (for room).Questions of whether Dhawan is temperamentally suited for Test cricket have been asked frequently, given the left-handers innate desire to attack. Muzumdar, however, felt that such batsmen were needed in a Test team. Not everyone is cut out like M Vijay, who takes his time and leaves the ball outside off stump very well, which in the last 24 months he has been doing superbly for India, he said. KL Rahul, again, is solid in defence, so is someone like Pujara. So there is place for an attacking player who would take on the opposition. I think he is cut out for international cricket. Weve seen his success and I think he is temperamentally built for international cricket.Dhawans supreme confidence in his ability has been known right from his domestic days and is one of the distinct aspects of his game. Has that confidence, perhaps, translated to excessive flamboyance in Test cricket?It could happen, there is no denying that, Muzumdar said. Again, its upto the high-performance athlete who would use that confidence to his own benefit. I think it depends, sometimes you may feel its overconfidence, but thats the way he has played cricket ever since he announced himself against Australia at Mohali with that swashbuckling hundred in his debut match. Confidence is a double-edged sword.But when that confidence works in his favour and he is at ease with himself and his surroundings, Dhawans batting makes for one of the most visceral joys in cricket. At the nets, he nailed a lovely straight drive that elicited a hurried leap from Bangar. 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The Latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):2:40 p.m.MEDAL ALERT: Oleg Verniaiev of the Ukraine picked up his second medal in mens gymnastics, taking gold in the parallel bars final on Tuesday.Verniaievs score of 16.041 was just a touch better than the 15.9 put up by American Danell Leyva. David Belyavskiy of Russia earned the bronze.Verniaiev finished a close second to Japans Kohei Uchimura in the all-around final last week.The silver by Leyva was the first Olympic medal by an American on parallel bars since 1996. A bronze medalist in the all-around four years ago, Leyva was originally an alternate on the 2016 team before stepping in after John Orozco was injured during training in the weeks leading up to the games.---2:30 p.m.MEDAL ALERT: Tom Burton of Australia has won the gold medal in the mens Laser class at the Rio Olympics sailing regatta.Its the first sailing gold in the Rio Games for the Australians, who won three classes in the London Games in 2012.Burton finished third in Tuesdays medal race to finish two points ahead of Tonci Stipanovic of Croatia, who came in already having been assured of at least the silver. He finished ninth in the medal race. His silver is the first Olympic sailing medal for Croatia.Sam Meech of New Zealand won the bronze.Robert Scheidt fell just short in his attempt to become the first sailor and first Brazilian to win six Olympic medals. Although he won the medal race, he finished fourth overall, four points behind Meech.---2:25 p.m.Kenyan sprinter Carvin Nkanata took a chance and jumped on a plane in Florida on Monday night, landed in Rio de Janeiro Tuesday morning, ran at the Olympics a couple of hours later.Heat 8 of the 200 meters at the Olympic Stadium was the second race of the day for the U.S.-born Nkanata. The first was getting from the airport to the stadium, getting his accreditation, getting registered and getting a lane.No surprise that Nkanata, who says he was only cleared to run for Kenya by the Court of Arbitration for Sport early Tuesday morning, didnt run his best. He finished last in his heat in 21.43 seconds.He says: I just got on a plane last night. I just prayed. I just thought Ive got to get here.---2:20 p.m.Serbia shocked Australia, eliminating the three-time womens basketball silver medalists 73-71 Tuesday and leaving the stunned Aussies standing on the court with their hands on their heads, crying in disbelief.Ana Dabovic hit a free throw with 10.2 seconds left to give Serbia a two-point lead and the Aussies had one last chance to force overtime or win it. But Australia guard Leilani Mitchells heave from near the three-point line was short and Marianna Tolos desperation put-back didnt hit the rim -- sending the jubilant Serbs racing to midcourt to celebrate.Penny Taylor, who is retiring at the end of the WNBA season, stood with her hands on her head when the horn sounded. And emotional Liz Cambage, who has carried the Aussies in Rio and had 29 points and 11 rebounds, broke down in tears. Australias streak of medaling in every Olympics since 1996 came to an abrupt end.---2:05 p.m.China swept all five Olympic badminton golds in London, but its attempt to repeat was over even before Rios gold medal rounds were even set to begin.In mixed doubles, Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying of Malaysia knocked out London silver medalists Xu Chen and Ma Jin of China. The Malaysians will play Wednesday for gold against Indonesias Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir, who beat Chinese Olympic champions Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei.And in a womens doubles semifinal, Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl of Denmark defeated Chinas Tang Yuanting and Yu Yang.But China still has hopes for medals.Chinas Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan will play for gold Friday against Malaysias Tan Wee Kiong and Goh V. Shem.In mens singles, many are watching world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei, of Malaysia, who has lost the last two Olympic finals to two-time champion Lin Dan, of China. If both continue winning, the rivals will play in the semifinals.In womens singles, the favorites are Spanish world No. 1 Carolina Marin and Li Xuerui, the Chinese defending Olympic champion.---1:55 p.m.World road race champion Peter Sagan says he is pursuing a dream by competing on the mountain bike at the Rio Games.Its a big change for Sagan, who won three stages in this years Tour de France and clinched the best sprinters green jersey for the fifth consecutive year.Now hes training on the mountain bike. The fan favorite won a small race in Wyoming a couple weeks ago as a tuneup.Sagan said Tuesday that the competition will be much tougher in Rio, but he wants to give it a try. Hes says hes excited to be in Rio after his hopes to compete on the mountain bike in 2012 in London were dashed.---1:50 p.m.MEDAL ALERT: Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands has won the gold medal in the womens Laser Radial class in the Rio Olympics sailing regatta.Bouwmeester, who won the silver in London four years ago, was seventh in the medal race Tuesday and finished six points ahead of silver medalist Annalise Murphy of Ireland. Murphy finished fourth in London after dominating early in that regatta.The bronze medal went to Anne-Marie Rindom of Denmark.Defending bronze medalist Evi Van Acker of Belgium finished fourth. Van Acker fell ill earlier in the regatta and struggled. Her coach said she contracted a severe intestinal infection while training on polluted Guanabara Bay last month.The race had been scheduled for Monday but was postponed due to high winds.---1:35 p.m.Argentina has reached its first Olympic final in mens field hockey after thrashing defending two-time champion Germany 5-2.Gonzalo Peillat scored three times from penalty corners in the first half, and Agustin Mazzilli and Lucas Vila added second-half goals for Argentinas biggest win over Germany in a major event.Captain Moritz Furste and Christopher Ruhr scored for Germany.Netherlands and Belgium play the second semifinal late.Germany was riding an incredible streak of luck from scoring in the last 8 seconds of three games, including a 4-4 draw with Argentina in pool play last Thursday. But Argentina wasnt fazed, having lost to the Germans only once in seven previous major matches in two years.Los Leones, the Lions, are guaranteed their first medal in 11 Olympics, out of the shadow of their great womens side, who medaled in the last six games but lost to archrival the Netherlands in the quarterfinals Monday.---1:30 p.m.Cao Yuan of China was top qualifier in the semifinals of the mens 3-meter springboard at the Rio Olympics.Yuan blew away the field, finishing with a score of 489.10 points to advance to the evening final.Rommel Pacheco of Mexico was next at 469.70, just ahead of Russias Evgenii Kuznetsov (468.35) and Mike Hixon of the United States (467.25).The top 12 will compete for the gold at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center.Cao will be trying to give China its fifth diving victory in six events at Rio. Hell have to go it alone after his teammate, He Chao, stunningly failed to advance out of the preliminaries.---1:20 p.m.The busiest day at the Rio Olympics boat basin is underway with the womens Laser Radial medal race on the Sugarloaf Course just off Flamengo Beach.Its the first of four medal races scheduled for Tuesday. The Laser Radial and mens Laser medal races were postponed from Monday, when first there was too little wind, and then too much wind to sail.The Laser Radials went off at 1:05 p.m. The Lasers were to follow at 1:50, followed by the Finn men and 2:35 p.m. and the Nacra 17 mixed catamaran crews at 3:20.Britains Giles Scott has already clinched the gold medal. American Caleb Paine of San Diego has a chance at the bronze.The 470 men and women are scheduled to sail their final three preliminary races. Their medal races are Wednesday.The 49er men and 49erFX women are scheduled to sail their final three races as well. Their medal races are Thursday, wrapping up the regatta.---1 p.m.Usain Bolts bid for a triple-sprint double is on track after winning his preliminary heat in the 200 meters.After winning a gold medal in the 100 for a third consecutive Olympics, Bolt has turned his focus to lowering his world record mark of 19.19 mark in the 200-meters.On Tuesday, he powered out of the blocks and ran hard out of the curve before slowing down to win heat 9 in 20.28 seconds.Semifinals in the 200-meters are set for Wednesday the final for Thursday. Bolt is looking to win this eighth Olympic gold medal.Two other Jamaicans were among the fastest times, with London 2012 silver medalist Yohan Blake running 20.13 and Nickel Ashmeade finishing in 20.15.Justin Gatlin got some cheers from the crowd this time, a contrast to the booing that greeted his introductions for the semifinals and the final of the 100 on Sunday. The American won his heat in 20.42.---12:50 p.m.Sandra Perkovic stared early elimination in the face twice in as many days, and came through with her second Olympic gold to show for it.Perkovic was in real trouble in Tuesdays final after she threw the discus in the protective netting on her first two attempts, and she jumped up and down in the circle in frustration.But she had the discus throw of the Rio Olympics with 69.21 meters on her third attempt. Her plight had been identical in Mondays rainy qualifying, when she threw her only legal mark in her last attempt.Melina Robert-Michon was just as happy Tuesday with her French record of 66.73 meters for the silver.World champion Denia Caballero of Cuba took bronze with 65.dddddddddddd34.---12:45 p.m.Cuba has chance to win a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling for the third day in a row Tuesday after Yasmany Daniel Lugo Cabrera qualified for the finals at 98 kilograms.But Lugo Cabrera will face a tough challenge in Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia. Just 24, Alexsanyan is a two-time defending world champion.Serbias Davor Stefanek also will wrestle for a Greco-Roman gold medal after upsetting top-seeded German Frank Staebler in the quarterfinals.Stefaneks opponent at 66 kilograms will be Armenias Migran Arutyunyan, a relative newcomer who has never finished higher than fifth in the world.---12:40 p.m.The International Cycling Union says the mountain bike course at the Rio Olympics was not damaged by a wildfire.The UCI says it checked the course Tuesday, and that it has not suffered any damage which will affect the competition or the integrity of the venue.National Olympic Committees also were being allowed to do their own inspections later Tuesday.A wildfire Monday about 10 miles from the Olympic field hockey venue littered ash on the playing surface there. The mountain bike center is about 2 miles from that venue.Practice on the mountain bike course is scheduled to begin Wednesday. The womens race will be held Saturday, with the mens race on Sunday.---12:40 p.m.Ousted without a medal, Michael Conlan at least stakes a claim as the undisputed champion of post-fight tirades.The Irish boxer flipped out when he lost a unanimous decision in a bantamweight bout that cost him a shot at fighting for a medal. The 24-year-old Conlan stripped off his vest, stormed around the ring made an obscene gesture toward the judges. He gave two thumbs down in the ring and gestured toward booing fans.Conlan, a bronze medalist in the 2012 London Games, took his time leaving the ring and didnt put his vest on when he talked to reporters.He even grabbed a microphone at one point in the mixed zone to loudly state his case he was robbed of his Olympic dream.Russias Vladimir Nikitin won the decision in a close bout.Conlan used profanity in a tirade directed at the International Boxing Association (AIBA) and said he would never fight in an amateur bout again.---12:30 p.m.MEDAL ALERT: Sandra Perkovic of Croatia won her second Olympic discus title.After throwing her first two attempts into the protective netting, Perkovic threw 69.21 meters. Melina Robert-Michon won silver with a French record of 66.73.World champion Denia Caballero of Cuba took bronze with 65.34.---12:20 p.m.American Will Claye got the silver and then proposed to American hurdler Queen Harrison.The American runner-up in triple jump celebrated his medal by jumping into the stands at the Olympic stadium, getting down on one knee and proposing to Harrison.She said yes.Engagements are all the rage these Olympics.Only two days earlier, Chinas He Zi had the silver medal slipped around her neck when her boyfriend pulled out a ring and asked her to marry him.Last week, after a rugby match, the girlfriend of Brazilian player Isadora Cerullo went down to the field and asked Cerullo to marry her.---12:20 p.m.The anti-doping laboratory in Beijing is re-opened for testing after a ban of nearly four months.The World Anti-Doping Agency says it lifted a suspension and reaccredited the lab to test urine and blood samples.The suspension meant much testing of Chinese athletes ahead of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics was taken out of Chinas hands.WADA did not specify exactly which working standards the Beijing lab had failed to merit a ban, though said five remedial steps were now achieved.Labs also temporarily suspended year or still closed down include the Rio lab, and others in Russia, Spain, South Africa, Portugal and Kazakhstan.---12:15 p.m.The United States womens field hockey team placed fifth at the Olympics, the programs best finish in 20 years.The Americans lost their quarterfinal match to Germany on Monday. Their final ranking is based on their second-place finish in pool play.The Americans also placed fifth at the 1996 Games in Atlanta. Their only better finish was third at the 1984 Games. This years squad set program records for most wins in pool play with four, and most goals in an Olympic match, with six against Japan.The Americans defeated No. 2 Argentina and No. 3 Australia in their first two matches, then knocked off Japan and India to take the lead in Pool B. The United States led its final pool match against Britain heading into the fourth period before losing 2-1.---11:55 a.m.Britain could claim three more gold medals and five more total after its riders all advanced through preliminary rounds during the morning track cycling session at the Rio Games.Becky James and Katy Marchant swept through the womens sprint quarterfinals, and Jason Kenny and Callum Skinner are alive in the keirin. Laura Trott leads the multidiscipline omnium.Track cycling concludes with the finals in all three events Tuesday night.IOC president Thomas Bach took in the session with UCI president Brian Cookson, the head of cyclings world governing body. Bach also turned out to watch the end of the Olympic road race.---11:50 a.mFloyd Mayweather Jr. is still the biggest star at the Olympic boxing tournament.The U.S. bronze medalist at the 1996 Atlanta Games was back to watch another day of fights. He smiled when he was shown and introduced on the big screen to a roaring ovation. Dozens of fans hurried his way for pictures. He never took the earbuds attached to his mobile phone out of his ears when he posed for a few fans.They were quickly shooed away and blocked off by members of Mayweathers friends known as TMT: The Money Team.Mayweather invited Popo Freitas, a former Brazilian boxing world champion, down to his seat for a quick chat.He seemed to enjoy the fights from the front row of the bleacher seats. There are no ringside seats at the venue.The 39-year-old Mayweather retired last year after a 49-0 career. The International Boxing Association (AIBA) changed its rules this year to allow professionals to fight at the Olympics, but Mayweather had no interest.Mayweather has dropped in once or twice since he arrived for the Rio Games.---11:50 a.m.Netherlands has finished off a sweep of the Olympic open water swimming races with a thrilling victory in the mens 10-kilometer race.Ferry Weertman captured the gold medal at Copacabana after Greeces Spiros Gianniotis crossed under the finish line first but reached up after the Dutchman to touch the timing pad.That gave the victory to Weertman in a time of 1 hour, 52 minute, 59.8 seconds, one day after Sharon van Rouwendaal took the womens race for the Netherlands.Gianniotis missed a chance to give Greece its first swimming gold since the inaugural Olympics in 1896.The bronze went to Frances Marc-Antoine Olivier, who out-touched Chinas Lijun Zu. American Jordan Wilimovsky was fifth.Australias Jarrod Poort broke away from the pack early in the race, building a lead of more than a minute at the midway point. He couldnt hold on, getting passed on the last of four laps and finishing 20th.---11.45The morning after the stunning win of Thiago Braz da Silva in the mens pole vault, home favorite Fabiana Murer failed to qualify for the womens final.With three fouls on her opening of 4.55 meters, Murer ended up with no measure. Her personal best is 4.87, and the height in sunny, windless conditions should not have posed too many problems.---11:30 a.m.MEDAL ALERT: Ferry Weertman has given the Netherlands a sweep of the Olympic open water swimming events, winning the mens 10-kilometer race at the Rio Olympics. Spiros Gianniotis of Greece takes the silver and Frances Marc-Antoine Olivier claims the bronze.---11:25 a.m.Taoufik Makhloufi had little time to enjoy his 800 meter silver medal at the Olympics. Tuesday morning, barely 12 hours later, it was back to work, qualifying for the 1,500 semifinals. The Algerian made sure he won his heat in 3 minutes 46.82 seconds, almost 20 seconds slower than his personal best. And almost 8 seconds behind the qualifying time of Kenyan favorite Asbel Kiprop.Still, silver around his neck boosted his confidence for a second medal. This gives me great hope for the 1,500. Its like a bonus, he said. It is the first time to do 800 and 1500 in a big championship.---11:25 a.m.Christian Taylor and Will Claye have done it again, sweeping gold and silver in the triple jump for the United States at back-to-back Olympics.Taylor successfully defended the Olympic title he won in London in 2012, setting down the benchmark on Tuesday with a season-leading mark of 17.86 on his first attempt. He posted the three best jumps of the competition.Claye finished with silver again with a personal record of 17.76. He also won a bronze in the long jump at London, when he was the first man since 1936 to win medals in both the horizontal jumps.World indoor champion Dong Bin of China won bronze in a personal record 17.58.---11:05 a.m.MEDAL ALERT: Christian Taylor has successfully defended his Olympic triple jump title, leading Will Claye in a repeat U.S. sweep of gold and silver medals.Taylor, who won gold in London in 2012 at 17.81, set the benchmark on Tuesday with a season-leading mark of 17.86 on his first attempt.Claye was second again and Dong Bin of China won bronze.---AP Summer Games website: http://summergames.ap.org ' ' '