The Latest: At 5th games, Lopez wins first fight

(Photo: The Associated Press)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):

9:55 a.m.

American Steven Lopez is through to the quarterfinals of the taekwondo competition at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after winning his first-round fight against Albert Gaun of Russia.

The match started tentatively, but Lopez landed a spinning roundhouse kick during the second round that gave him a definitive lead. Lopez eventually won the fight by a score of 7 to 4.

Lopez said he was very happy to make it through the first fight of the day, which he said is usually the toughest one of the day because of nerves. Lopez is the first taekwondo athlete to compete in…