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NEW YORK -- WNBA President Lisa Borders says she hopes that rescinding the fines the league imposed over black warm-up shirts worn in solidarity for shooting victims will lead to a fresh start on social activism for the players and their union.I would tell you in reflection, recognizing that we were at an impasse, we needed to move forward in the future, she said Monday in a phone interview with The Associated Press. In order to do that, stop what youre doing currently, take a breath and re-engage. Rescinding the fines allowed us to do that, along with the Olympic break.It had been a tense week for the WNBA and its players after the league decided to impose $500 fines on three teams for wearing the black warm-up shirts in response to recent shootings by and against police officers, saying the shirts were a uniform violation.The fines seemed to galvanize the players, who used postgame interview sessions and social media to voice their displeasure. There also was public criticism of the fines, including from NBA star Carmelo Anthony. The league announced Saturday that the fines had been withdrawn.When we came to this decision most recently we realized it was a very complex issue, Borders said. There was no right way to deal with it. We had a traditional response to a nontraditional situation. Our players wanted to lift their voices on the court as well as off the court.The players were happy that the league had changed course and rescinded the fines.Because of this and how we were able to communicate as players, thats really important, said Tamika Catchings, who is president of the players association. Thats a great thing. Weve gotten players more engaged with the union and on social issues. Now I feel because of this, it brought our players home and more together and more focused on our voice and what we collectively stand for.Although the league is on a break until the end of August, Borders said conversations have renewed between the WNBA and its players. They will talk a lot during the monthlong Olympic break.If we all work together, well make some incremental progress, she said. No one has dealt with this before in this format or this forum. Well get some things right and some things wrong.Borders said rescinding the fines had already been in the works and was decided on Friday, hours before the Rev. Al Sharpton and his organization, the National Action Network, said they would pay the fines.Rev. Sharpton is an amazing man and had an amazing history in civil rights. He was working when my grandfather was working in civil rights, said Borders, who said the Ku Klux Klan burned a cross into her grandfathers lawn nearly 60 years ago. 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Bahrains Ruth Jebet won gold with an incredible timing of 8:59.77, falling just short of the 8:58.81 world record.Speaking after the race, Lalita said that she was satisfied with her effort. She said, It was a bit hot but not something that is unusual for us. I tried my best. I am satisfied by finishing in the top 10. I had struck my knee on a hurdle yesterday but that didnt affect me.Later in the day, Seema Antil missed out on her shot at the final round of the womens discus throw event. She finished 9th in her group and 20th overall after three attempts.In her first attempt in the qualification round, she peaked in the 8th position in her group with a throw of 57.58m. Her second attempt was taken as a foul, while her final attempt was a throw of 56.78m. The top 12 athletes advanced to the final round, with the direct qualification mark being 62.This was the third Olympics for Antil, who had finished 14th in the 2004 edition in Athens and 13th in the 2012 edition in Loondon.dddddddddddd She had qualified for Rio after winning gold at the Pat Young Throwers Classic in California with a personal best throw of 62.62m.Earlier, Renjith Maheshwary and Srabani Nanda had failed to qualify for the final in the triple jump and womens 200m events respectively at Rio de Janeiro.In his first attempt, Renjith could only manage a leap of 15.80m, well below his personal best of 17.30m and the automatic qualification mark of 16.95m before registering 16.13m in his second jump. However, that was pretty much all from him, finishing with 15.99m in his final attempt to knock himself out contention for qualification.Making his third Olympic appearance, Renjith notched up a new national record of 17.30m at the Bangalore Grand Prix in July this year, At the London Games four years ago, Renjith exited the competition after three foul attempts. He finished 30th out of 39 competitors.?Srabani finished sixth in the heat with a timing of 23.58s, failing to qualify for the semifinals. The Odisha girl, with a personal best of 23.07, finished 55th among 72 sprinters. The first and second place finishers in the nine heats along with six others with the fastest timings made the semifinal round. ' ' '