In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Wednesday.

• Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh-Jennings won their third-straight gold medal in beach volleyball, beating fellow Americans April Ross and Jen Kessy in two sets. "And with that, it's time to hang up the ole bikini," said May-Treanor, who plans to retire from the sport. "Figuratively," she clarified, when a crowd of men quickly rushed over. "Jesus, it's an expression."

There are just five days of competition left in the Olympics, and China stays tantalizingly out of reach in the medal count:

China: 34 gold medals, 73 overall
U.S.: 30 gold medals, 70 overall

Reader Daniel G. has invented Saber-Medal-Trics, which takes Sports Illustrated's overall medal predictions and reviews results to date in order to project a final count. After Tuesday's events, Daniel reports that the U.S. is on pace to equal their projected SI gold-medal count, and beat the projected overall medal number by five., while China is on pace to win one more gold and six fewer medals total. With that knowledge, here are the projected final tallies:

China: 43 Golds, 91 Overall
U.S.: 42 Golds, 106 Overall

So, so close. Speaking of China, it's worth congratulating Chen Yibing, a.k.a. "the king of rings," on his composure after getting absolutely jobbed in the event final. Chen won gold in Beijing, and it appeared he had done the same in London when the last competitor, Brazil's Arthur Zanetti, finished his routine. But the judges gave Zanetti a 15.9, and Chen (15.8) was relegated to silver. I challenge anyone with even rudimentary gymnastics knowledge to watch both routines (Chen at 6:15 mark, Zanetti at 25:30) and argue that Zanetti deserved gold. My friend Spike put it best: "One was art, and the other one was very good. And the very good one had a step on the landing." But Chen, though he professed to feeling bitter, stayed completely calm, congratulated his opponent, and didn't let his disbelief show. Total class act from a guy who had every right to be furious.

Here’s a look at the numbers behind some of the biggest sports stories this past month. Send us suggestions for next month’s edition by tweeting at @michaelkruse with the hashtag #GrantlandStats.

Number of Seattle Mariners who combined to pitch a no-hitter June 8 against the Los Angeles Dodgers: 6.

Number of no-hitters pitched this year so far at Seattle’s Safeco Field: 2.

Number of times a New York Met had pitched a no-hitter in the team’s half-century history before Johan Santana did it in early June: 0.