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OLYMPIAN - Tuesday August 12,2008
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The Chinese juggernaut took more gold medals in diving and weightlifting yesterday but came up short on the shooting range.
Basketball
Tina Thompson scored 27 points and Sylvia Fowles added 18 points and eight rebounds to power three-time defending champion United States past China 108-63 yesterday in Olympic women's basketball.
Weightlifting
Serious injury forced Zhang Xiangxiang to skip the Athens Games so the last time he competed in the Olympics was eight years ago, when he took a dissapointing bronze in the 56kg men's weightlifting.
Diving
China's young stars Lin Yue and Huo Liang continued China's domination of diving by winning the gold medals in the men's 10m platform synchronized event yesterday. They took gold with 468.18 points, 17.76 points ahead of Patrick Hausding and Sascha Klein of Germany who secured 450.42 points.
Swimming
Michael Phelps' dream of a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics is alive. But just barely.
Judo
His country has never won a judo medal.
Archery
South Korea took the gold medal in the Olympic men's team archery competition yesterday, matching the feat of its women a day earlier.
Fencing
Italian fencer Maria Valentina Vezzali slaked her thirst for victory by defeating South Korea's Nam Hyun-hee in a final bout yesterday to become the first fencer in Olympic history to win three individual foil golds in three consecutive Games.
Badminton
Defending men's singles champion Taufik Hidayat was sensationally dumped out of the event, after losing to Malaysian veteran Wong Choong Hann 19-21, 16-21 in his first match yesterday.
Other Sports
Britain scored its first Olympic men's field hockey victory over Pakistan in 56 years when it won its opening match 4-2 here yesterday.
Tennis
Set on reclaiming his No 1 tennis crown after he officially loses it to Spanish rival Rafael Nadal later this month, Roger Federer yesterday eased past Russian big-server Dmitry Tursunov 6-4, 6-2 for a step closer to Olympic gold in Beijing.
Shooting
More than one billion people will be focused on a very special sportsman today. And he is not Chinese.
Artistic Gymnastics
All eyes are on them to see if they can win the team title today at the National Indoor Stadium, but the Chinese male gymnasts are oblivious to all and just focused on putting up a good show.
Equestrian
A husband-and-wife team from Australia is closely tailing the German leader ahead of today's show jumping finale, after galloping to the front of the equestrian eventing competition on a sodden cross-country course in Hong Kong yesterday.
Beach Volleyball
The US women's beach volleyball team beat the Dutch on Saturday. The sport was introduced to the Olympic Games in 1996 and has enjoyed widespread popularity ever since.
Fun and Games
"Second Brother on the Right" was the best-looking member of the Olympic Sacred Flame Protection Unit that guarded the torch during its long relay, according to Sohu.com.
People
Swimmer Eric Shanteau has a completely different slant on his own Olympic ambitions as he takes to the blocks in Beijing today - just two months after discovering he had cancer.
Blogs
It wasn't the score that lit up the night at the Olympic basketball arena at Wukesong, but the energy and intimate basketball knowledge of a crowd that was hoping for the home team to pull off a miracle, but knew at heart that they were watching a stunning work in progress as the United States flexes its international basketball superpower muscles.
Watch Out For
Chinese rowing teams are emerging as strong contenders and could win a first gold in the sport for the country, with three more crews finishing first in their heats on Sunday and boosting the total to five top spots in the first two days of the Olympic competition.
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