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Indias barren run on the track continued with Lalita Babar clocking 9:22.74 to finish 10th in the 3000m womens steeplechase final at Rio de Janeiro on Monday. The 27 year-old, who scripted history by becoming only the second Indian athlete since PT Usha to qualify for the final of a track event at the Olympics, couldnt quite breach her heat timing of 9:19.76. Bahrains Ruth Jebet won gold with an incredible timing of 8:59.77, falling just short of the 8:58.81 world record.Speaking after the race, Lalita said that she was satisfied with her effort. She said, It was a bit hot but not something that is unusual for us. I tried my best. I am satisfied by finishing in the top 10. I had struck my knee on a hurdle yesterday but that didnt affect me.Later in the day, Seema Antil missed out on her shot at the final round of the womens discus throw event. She finished 9th in her group and 20th overall after three attempts.In her first attempt in the qualification round, she peaked in the 8th position in her group with a throw of 57.58m. Her second attempt was taken as a foul, while her final attempt was a throw of 56.78m. The top 12 athletes advanced to the final round, with the direct qualification mark being 62.This was the third Olympics for Antil, who had finished 14th in the 2004 edition in Athens and 13th in the 2012 edition in London. She had qualified for Rio after winning gold at the Pat Young Throwers Classic in California with a personal best throw of 62.62m.Earlier, Renjith Maheshwary and Srabani Nanda had failed to qualify for the final in the triple jump and womens 200m events respectively at Rio de Janeiro.In his first attempt, Renjith could only manage a leap of 15.80m, well below his personal best of 17.30m and the automatic qualification mark of 16.95m before registering 16.13m in his second jump. However, that was pretty much all from him, finishing with 15.99m in his final attempt to knock himself out contention for qualification.Making his third Olympic appearance, Renjith notched up a new national record of 17.30m at the Bangalore Grand Prix in July this year, At the London Games four years ago, Renjith exited the competition after three foul attempts. He finished 30th out of 39 competitors.?Srabani finished sixth in the heat with a timing of 23.58s, failing to qualify for the semifinals. The Odisha girl, with a personal best of 23.07, finished 55th among 72 sprinters. The first and second place finishers in the nine heats along with six others with the fastest timings made the semifinal round. Calgary Flames Shirts . They reached the 100-point plateau for the fourth time in five games, bested the visiting Trail Blazers by 34 in the paint and scored 19 of the final 25 points in regulation. 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Once the Tar Heels turned into a bully, they were able to run away from the Silverswords.Isaiah Hicks scored 22 points, Kennedy Meeks had 20 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 4 North Carolina overpowered host Chaminade 104-61 Monday night in the Maui Invitational.Were just too big for them, Tar Heels coach Roy Williams said.North Carolina (5-0) needed a little time to gain some separation from the Division II Silverswords, doing so midway through the first half by pounding the ball inside.The Tar Heels outscored Chaminade 46-8 in the paint and had 26 second-chance points on 17 offensive rebounds to earn a spot in the semifinals against Oklahoma State on Tuesday.Tony Bradley added 14 points and North Carolina shot 57 percent from the floor. Meeks and Hicks, both seniors, scored 20 points in the same game for the first time.We knew they were going to compete, said Meeks, who hit all seven of his shots from the floor. I know through watching them through the years and seen them knock off teams in this tournament. We definitely took advantage of the things we should have, getting the ball inside and hitting shots.Chaminade (2-1) shot well early to hang with the Tar Heels, but had little chance once they picked up the defensive pressure and got the ball inside on offense. The Silverswords went 10 of 28 from 3-point range but were outrebounded 52-23.Rohndell Goodwin led Chaminade with 18 points, and Kiran Shastri added 13.It was pretty obvious to everybody that size and strength was the difference in this game, Chaminade coach Eric Bovaird said. They had (17) offensive rebounds and we had 23 total. It doesnt take a rocket scienttist to figure that out.ddddddddddddChaminade has a team filled with upperclassmen and has had a penchant for pulling off upsets. The Silverswords helped start the Maui Invitational with their shocker over top-ranked Virginia in 1982 and have knocked off big-name programs at this tournament through the years, most recently Texas in 2012.North Carolina was not a favorable matchup for them.The Tar Heels are long, athletic and considered national-title contenders even with forwards Luke Maye and Theo Pinson out with injuries.The Silverswords only shot at another upset would be to shoot the lights out. They did early, making 12 of their first 21 field goal attempts to stay within 28-24 midway through the first half.But then North Carolinas size inside began to wear Chaminade down.Behind the 6-foot-10 Meeks and the 6-9 Hicks, the Tar Heels started to stretch the lead. Meeks had 14 points by halftime, Hicks 13 and they combined to hit 11 of 13 shots to help North Carolina build a 50-34 advantage.The Tar Heels opened the second half with an 11-4 run and never looked back.We felt like we could play them with our guards, but what can you do with three 6-11 guys? Goodwin said. Its only so much we can do.BIG PICTUREAfter a slow start, the Tar Heels did what they were supposed to against an overmatched opponent. Theyll need a better start against Oklahoma States pressure defense in the semifinals.Chaminade again showed it can hang with the big boys, at least for stretches.UP NEXTNorth Carolina faces Oklahoma State in the semifinals on Tuesday.Chaminade meets UConn in the second round. ' ' '