Russia wins more gold medals

Russia emphatically captured the rhythmic gymnastics gold at the London Olympics on Tuesday, finishing well clear of Belarus, who claimed silver, RIA Novosti informs.

The Russians won with a total score of 57.000 awarded 28.300 for their spectacular final performance with ribbons and hoops.

"We are simply very happy. We are over the moon," Russia team member Uliana Donskova said.

Russian team defeated Brazil and won gold medal in men's volleyball today, RIA Novosti reports.

Brazil took the first two sets by convincing margins, 25-19 and 25-20 and had match point in the third at 24-23 up before the Russians fought back to take the set 29-27.

After this turning point, Russia began to take control, closing out the match by winning the fourth set 25-22 and the decider 15-9.

Dmitry Musersky top-scored with 31 points for Russia, while Wallace de Souza was the best of the Brazilians with 27 points.

Egor Mekhontsev won the light heavyweight gold medal on the second tiebreaker Sunday, squeaking past Kazakhstan's Adilbek Niyazymbetov in the Olympic boxing tournament.

The fighters finished at 15 points each, and the countback tiebreaker - which evaluates larger parts of the judges' total scores - also was level. The five judges then voted for their choice, and Mekhontsev won Russia's only boxing gold in London.

Mekhontsev was the world champion heavyweight in 2009, but moved down one weight class for London.