PARIS – The California Golden Bears added to their haul of Olympic medals Saturday as seven athletes reached the podium between swimming and rowing, headlined by Ryan Murphy who helped the United States set a world record in the mixed 4x100m medley relay.

In the mixed 4x100m medley Relay, Murphy and Abbey Weitzeil led the United States to the fastest time of the opening heats Friday to enter Saturday's final as the top seed. In the final, Murphy had an opening-leg split of 52.08 to set the pace and help the Americans set the world record in a time of 3:37.43.

In men's rowing, former Bears Olav Molenaar (The Netherlands) and Christian Tabash (United States) reached the men's eight A final. Molenaar and the Flying Dutchmen put up a battle for first place the whole way and ended up getting edged out for the silver in 5:23.92. Tabash and the Americans made a press to come up on the Dutch in the closing 500 meters and ended up finishing with the bronze medal in 5:25.28.

In women's rowing, the eight A final featured Rowan McKellar (Great Britain) and teammates Caileigh Filmer and Sydney Payne with Canada. The British and Canadians duked it out in second place down the entire racecourse and were nearly even in the final 500 meters. Filmer and Payne helped Canada edge out Great Britain to capture the silver (the second Olympic medal for both) while McKellar took home the bronze.

Rowing
Appearing in her third Olympics, Kara Kohler (United States) had a shot for another medal in the women's single sculls A final. Kohler qualified for the final after finishing fourth overall in the semifinal round Thursday. She finished fifth in the final in a time of 7:25.07.

The men's eight A final featured Frederik Breuer (Germany) and Angus Dawson (Australia), who both qualified for the final with top-four finishes in the repechage Thursday. Breuer and Germany finished in fourth place with a time of 5:29.80 and Dawson and Australia came in sixth with a time of 5:31.79.
 
Men's Swimming
Hunter Armstrong and Jack Alexy (United States) won their opening heat in the 4x100m medley relay in a time of 3:31.62 – good for the third fastest time of the day. Armstrong finished his opening-leg split in 53.26 while Alexy brought the Americans home in 47.48. The duo will look to add to the U.S. medal count when they compete in the finals on Sunday at 10:10 a.m. PT.

Hugo Gonzalez and Spain were disqualified and will not advance to the final.
 
Women's Swimming
Incoming freshman Mary-Ambre Moluh helped France to a third-place finish with a time of 3:57.40 in the opening heat of the 4x100m medley relay. Moluh finished with an anchor-leg split of 53.65. France advanced to the finals, which will take place Sunday at 10:32 a.m.
Stephanie Au and Hong Kong finished in seventh place in its opening heat of the 4x100m medley relay in a time of 4:03.56 and did not advance to Sunday's final. Au had an opening-leg split of 1:01.49.

Men's Golf
Byeong Hun An (South Korea) finished Round 3 at Le Golf National with a 5-under 66 for his best round of the Olympics to move up 13 spots into a tie for 17th place. An scored birdies on holes 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11 to bring his three-day total to 206.

Collin Morikawa (United States) ended up with a 1-under 70 and fell four spots to a tie for 23rd after his third round. Morikawa birdied holes 4, 5, 11 and 14 to bring his three-day total to 208.

An and Morikawa will play the last round of the Olympics at midnight PT on Sunday.
 
Men's Water Polo
Nikoloas Papanikolaou and Greece fell to Croatia 14-13 in Group A play for its first loss of the opening round. Papanikolaou played four minutes in the match, which was tied 12-12 with 4:08 remaining in the fourth period before Croatia netted two of the final three goals to squeeze out the win. Greece is now 3-1 and plays in its final match in Group A play against Italy on Monday at 6:10 a.m. PT.

The United States, which features alums Gavin Arroyo (assistant coach), Luca Cupido, Johnny Hooper and Adrian Weinberg, won its Group A match against Montenegro, 12-7, to bring even its record to 2-2 in Group A play. Cupido and Hooper played 24 and 16 minutes respectively but were unable to score a goal on six combined shots. Weinberg finished with 13 saves on 20 shots in his 32 minutes played. The U.S. concludes Group A play against Croatia on Monday at 9:30 a.m. PT.
 
Field Hockey
Megan Valzonis and the United States earned their first victory in Pool B play with a 1-0 win over South Africa to close the opening round. Unfortunately, the Americans finished with a 1-3-1 record in the pool play and did not advance to the quarterfinals.