program, the French skaters were again in a class of their own in the free dance, and finished 18.92 points ahead of Americans Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue.Canadas Piper Gilles and Paul Poi

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Australia is back on track in Olympic field hockey.Coming off consecutive Olympic losses for the first time since 1988, the Australians scored two late goals and hung on to beat Britain 2-1 Wednesday.Moments after Ashley Jacksons penalty corner score for Britain with three minutes to go, Australia defender Matthew Swann swatted away a ground shot in the goalmouth.Australia moved to third in Pool A, behind unbeaten leaders Belgium and Spain, who meet on Thursday.New Zealand leapfrogged Britain into the fourth and last quarterfinal spot after routing Brazil 9-0. New Zealand leads Britain on goal difference, and their final, tough, pool matches on Friday will decide their fate: The Black Sticks play Belgium, and the British face Spain.In womens play, the Netherlands defeated China 1-0, breaking through in the 59th minute through Kitty van Male.China didnt make a single shot on goal in the match, and kept the Dutch quiet until the third quarter, when the latter adapted its attack to the Chinese wall. A goal looked inevitable until time was almost up, when China goalkeeper Dongxiao Li missed a save and Van Male bounced the ball in.It was a tough match for us, Netherlands captain Maartje Paumen said. We controlled the game. We are always confident. We looked at each other in the eyes and said `The goal is coming, we will score.The Netherlands stayed on top of Pool A, two points ahead of unbeaten Germany.The Germans peppered South Korea, which didnt fold until the last quarter. The South Koreans were down to nine players for seven minutes after Kim Jongeun and Seo Jungeun received yellow cards, but Germany didnt score until Kim returned, thanks to Hannah Krugers drag-flick. Three minutes later, Lisa Alterburg scored against a full complement for 2-0.New Zealand stayed in touch with the leaders by defeating Spain 2-1. Spain started well but New Zealands defense gradually improved, while the offense still struggled to finish chances. Kelsey Smith scored in the second and last quarters, while Spain replied in the last minute through Carlota Pertchame.The United States rolled over Japan 6-1 and stayed on top of Pool B with Britain, which knocked over Argentina 3-2.The Americans scored after only 22 seconds in a penalty corner hit by Melissa Gonzalez. Katie Bam completed a hat trick in the fourth quarter. The U.S. was last in London four years ago, but beginning to believe it could win a first medal since 1984.We are meshing. Its just our time, Bam said.The British led 2-0 at halftime with a pair of goals from Helen Richardson-Walsh, and Sophie Bray added a third. Then Florencia Habif scored twice almost within a minute to cut the margin to one, but even though the British were briefly down to nine players on yellow cards, the Argentines couldnt capitalize.Australia rose from last to third in the pool after its first win in three matches, overwhelming India 6-1. Jodie Kenny scored the Hockeyroos last two goals to reach 101 in her career.Back in the mens tournament, the British were unlucky with two penalty corners -- one shot ricocheting off their own mans stick, and a second deflecting away off an Australians foot.The first goal, 11 minutes from the end, shifted momentum. Simon Orchard fed into the circle, and Aran Zalewski, back from a one-game suspension, passed back inside to Daniel Beale to score. 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PARIS -- World champion Javier Fernandez landed three quads to post his second win of the season at the Trophee de France and qualify for the Grand Prix Final on Saturday.Fresh from his win at the Rostelecom Cup last week in Russia, Fernandez led the field after Fridays short program and dominated the free at the Palais Omnisports.Skating to Elvis Presley music, the Spaniard opened with a quadruple toe loop, landed a quadruple salchow-double toe loop and followed with a quadruple salchow in the second half of his program.World and Olympic medalist Denis Ten of Kazakhstan was a distant second, 16.12 points back. Fourth after the short program, Adam Rippon was second in the free and edged out fellow American Nathan Chen for the bronze medal.Evgenia Medvedeva also qualified for the Final by topping the womens field with 221.54 points ahead of fellow Russian Maria Sotskova and Wakaba Higuchi of Japan.Earlier, world champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron won the ice dance in their first figure skating ggrand prix of the season.ddddddddddddAfter opening a big lead in the short program, the French skaters were again in a class of their own in the free dance, and finished 18.92 points ahead of Americans Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue.Canadas Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier finished third.We performed very well, especially given it was only the start of our season, Papadakis said.The French pair returned to their home event after they were forced to withdraw from last years edition following Papadakis head injury.In the pairs, Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot of Germany won with 210.59, and qualified for the Grand Prix Final from Dec. 7-11 in Marseille, France, in their first year on the circuit as a team.The Trophee de France was the fourth event of the series. The Cup of China and the NHK Trophy this month will be the last chances for ice skaters to book their place at the Final. ' ' '