MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 2019 The Boston Globe Sports C7
RyanLochtewon the 200-meter individual medley at the US
national swimming championships, fresh off a 14-month ban.
The 12-time Olympic medalist touchedin 1 minute, 57.76 sec-
ondsSunday in Stanford,Calif. — 1.07aheadof runner-up
ShaineCasas— to earn his first national title since 2014. It was
the lone victory and only finalof the five-day meet for Lochte,
who turned 35 a day earlier. He finished37th in the 200 free-
style preliminaries, fourth in the C final of the 100 butterfly, and
scratchedthe B final of the 100 backstroke. Lochte was compet-
ing for the first time since the recent end of a suspension for re-
ceiving an infusion of vitamin B-12 above the allowable limit.BASEBALLAngelsplayers are hurtingallover
Angels pitcherLukeBardleft their gameat Cleveland with a
bruised right triceps after being struck above his right elbow by
aCarlosSantanaline drive in the fifth inning. Earlier, Angels
pitcherFélix Peñawas placed on the 10-day injured list with a
torn ACL in his right knee.Peña was injured covering first base
in the secondinning Saturday. ShortstopAndreltonSimmons
(sprained left ankle) and righthanderGriffin Canning(elbow in-
flammation)were also placedon the 10-day IL... Mets star
RobinsonCanólimped off the field after straininghis left ham-
string whilerounding first basein the team’s 13-2 victory in
Pittsburgh. Cano is to have an MRI on Monday... Cubs catcher
WillsonContreraswas put on the injured list witha strained
right hamstring... In a surprisemove,the Philliesdemoted
thirdbasemanMaikel Francoto Triple A Lehigh Valley. Franco,
once projected as a cornerstone player, was hitting .231 with 15
homers and 47 RBIs... After making two appearances for the
Twins following his trade from San Francisco, relieverSamDys-
onhas gone on the injured list with right biceps tendinitis.TENNISPegula, daughter of Bills’owners, wins
Jessica Pegula, daughter of the owners of the NFL’s Buffalo
Bills and the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres,Te rrenceandKim Pegula,
won her first WTA title with a 6-2, 6-2 victory overCamila Gior-
giat the Citi Open in Washington. In the men’s final,NickKyr-
giosovercame a bothersome back and used two of his 18 aces to
close outDaniil Medvedev, 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-4)... .Zheng Saisai
used steady, looping groundstrokes and patience to capture her
first singles title, beatingArynaSabalenka, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3), at the
Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic in San Jose, Calif.MISCELLANYUSWNTopens itsvictorytour
The US women’s national soccer team openedits post-World
Cup victory tour with a 3-0 victory over Ireland on Saturday
nightin Pasadena,Calif., in frontof an enthusiastic crowdof
37,040.. .Courtney Williamsscored a season-high 28 points
and the WNBA-leading Connecticut Sun won their seventh con-
secutive game with a 94-79 victory over the New York Liberty in
White Plains, N.Y.AlyssaThomasadded 16 points for the Sun
(16-6).. .LewisHamiltonovertookMax Verstappennear the
end of the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest to earnhis 81st
FormulaOne victory.SportsLogLochte, 35, a champElliott wins again
at Watkins Glen
ByJohnKekis
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.—
Make it two in a rowfor
Chase Elliott at Watkins Glen
International.
A yearafter racing to his
first NASCARCup victory at
The Glen,Elliott wona sec-
ond timein the No. 9 for Hen-
drickMotorsports, besting
Martin Truex Jr. just as he did
a year ago.
The Glenhadn’t had a re-
peat winnerin nearly a de-
cade,sinceMarcos Ambrose
in 2011and 2012.
‘‘I think it’s huge,’’ Elliott
said. ‘‘We've had fast cars at
times, but one thingor anoth-
er ended up for a bad week-
end.The way we did it was
the biggest thing. That’s the
kindof effort you have to put
on often to compete with the
guys in the field.’’
It was a two-car race for
morethanhalf the 220.5-mile
distanceand the entirefinal
40 lapsaroundthe high-
speed2.45-milenatural ter-
rain layout.
Truex began to exert some
pressure after sitting behind
Elliott for morethan 10 laps
in the final segment.
Elliott held his ground un-
til Truex’s No 19 Joe Gibbs
Racing Toyota closedwithsix
laps to go, waiting to capital-
ize on a mistake that never
came.
With two laps left, Truex
still couldn’t get closeenough
to make a move as Elliott
droveflawlessly, winningby
0.454 seconds.
‘‘I triedto do all I could,’’
Truex said. “Chase did an ex-
cellent job just not making
mistakes. He hit his marks.
His car was really fast in the
key areasthat you needto be.
I just couldn’t get a run on
him.
‘‘Really, it was all aboutre-
starts and track position.‘If I
couldhave just got by him on
that last one we couldhave
setsail.’’
Elliott, the pole-sitter, led
80 of 90 laps and snapped a
long slump.
Denny Hamlinwas third,
ErikJones fourth for Gibbs,
and Ryan Blaney fifth in his
No. 22 Penske Racing Ford af-
ter starting fromthe rear of
the field.
Seven-time champion Jim-
my Johnson finished 19th as
he struggles to make the play-
offs.
Truex was chasinga sweep
of the two traditionalroad
races on the schedule.He won
at Sonoma in June for the sec-
ond straight time and has five
straight top-two finisheson
road courses.
Elliott wonthe first two
stages, dominating the first,
and Truex moved into conten-
tion abouta third of the way
throughthe race. Truex began
to challenge Elliott for the
lead entering the first turn on
Lap 55, moving briefly inside
on the 90-degree,downhill
right-hander, but backed off
to wait for anothershot.
They were aloneat the
front of the field,12 seconds
ahead,whenElliott divedto
pit roadon Lap 60 for his fi-
nal stop. Truex followedsuit
the next time around and was
back behind Elliott, a bit far-
ther backthis time.
Truex stayed back but like
last yearbeganto closethe
gap with20 laps left.
Elliott, whoovercame
some mistakes in the closing
lapsa year ago that nearly
openedthe doorfor Truex,
maintained a steadyleadof
just a few car lengths for al-
most the entire stage.
The race was stopped
when Johnson, desperate for
a good finish to keep his play-
off hopesalive, spun out com-
ing out of the carouselturn, a
sweepingrighthander.
Seconds later BubbaWal-
lacespunKyle Busch,who
was running10th on Lap 62.Shibuno, 20, wins inBritish Open debutASSOCIATEDPRESS
Hinako Shibunoof Japan
finished with a birdie to cap-
ture the Women’s BritishOpen
by oneshot
over Lizette
Salas as she
wrappedup a
stunning majorchampionship
debut.
The 20-year-oldShibuno, a
rookie on the Japan LPGA
Tour whowasmaking her
LPGA debut, birdied five of the
finalnineholesin a 4-under-
par 68, finishing at 18-under
270.
Largely unknownbefore
the championship,Shibuno —
nicknamed ‘‘Smiling Cinderel-
la’’ — started Sunday witha
two-stroke lead but lost it with
a doublebogey on the par-4
No. 3. She bounced backwith
birdies on Nos. 5 and 7 before
a bogey on No. 8.
Salas, who started the final
round tied for fourth, quickly
played herself into contention
withthree birdiesin the first
fourholes,then added five
more in a 7-under 65.
Jin YoungKo, whowas
seekingher thirdmajortitle of
the year after winning the Evi-an Championship last week,
was two shots back in third af-
ter a bogey-free 66.
PGA— J.T. Poston wonthe
WyndhamChampionship for
his first PGA title, shooting an
8-under62 for a one-stroke
victory in Greensboro, N.C.
Poston tied Henrik Sten-
son’s two-year-old tournament
recordat 22-under258. He be-
came the first player since Lee
Trevino in 1974 to win a 72-
hole stroke-play event on tour
without any bogeys or worse.
The native North Carolin-
ian began his round three
strokes back, took the lead for
good with a birdie on the par-5
15th hole,then finishedwith
threestraightparsto earn
$1,116,000 and 500 FedEx
Cup points at the regular-sea-
son finale.
Webb Simpson was at 21
underafter a 65. ByeongHun
An, who held or shared the
lead after each of the first three
rounds, three-putted the 18th
for a bogey and a 67 to finish
two shots back.
Tryingto force a playoff
with a birdie, he nearly holeda
60-footerbut had it run well
past.RICHARDHEATHCOTE/GETTYIMAGES
Hinako Shibuno, nicknamed“Smiling Cinderella,’’ hada
fairy-talefinishto capture theWomen’s BritishOpen.GOLF
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