Australia's women's basketball team continued its sizzling form at the Olympics on Wednesday evening with a comprehensive 90-62 victory over Korea in their Group A match in Beijing. The Opals are now joint top of the group with Russia after winning all three of their games.
The next game for Australia will be on Friday against Latvia.
Meanwhile "Girl power" again succeeded where Yao Ming's brute force has so far failed for China's men, the Olympic hosts beating New Zealand 80-63.
China took control early after a bizarre start when they raced to the wrong end of the court after losing the tip-off and gifted New Zealand a free lay-up, which they missed.
Former triathlete Chen Nan top-scored for the Chinese, the big centre scoring 26 points, while captain Miao Lijie added 15 in the team's second victory in Group B.
An expected win over Mali in their next game would secure China's place in the quarter-finals.
European champions Russia were the first team to book a quarter-final spot with a 71-65 Group A victory over Belarus while Latvia squeezed past Brazil 79-78 for their first win.
Spain beat the Czech Republic 74-55 in Group B for their second win.
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