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OLYMPIAN - Saturday August 23,2008
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With only two days of Olympic action left, Usain Bolt helped smash another world record, the US made a couple of surprise breakthroughs, Belarus scored a first gold and a Chinese boxer came through the semifinals virtually untouched.
Table Tennis
In the world of Chinese women's table tennis, one gold is not enough.
Athletics
Bryan Clay won the decathlon at the Beijing Games, the first American to win the 10-discipline event at the Olympics since 1996.
Cycling
Anne-Caroline Chausson of France won the women's BMX gold medal yesterday, a day in which crash-filled runs showed the extreme edge of the sport on its Olympic debut.
Hockey
The Netherlands warded off a Chinese team eager to strike gold in its first Olympic women's hockey final to clinch a 2-0 win yesterday.
Beach Volleyball
Philip Dalhausser and Todd Rogers of the United States won the men's beach volleyball gold yesterday, adding to their 2007 world title.
Canoe and Kayak
Great Britain's Tim Brabants fulfilled his Olympic gold medal dream by topping the flatwater kayak single (K1) 1,000m final yesterday.
Boxing
Vasyl Lomachenko, the destructive Ukrainian fighter, made quick work of his opponent to advance into the featherweight final last night.
Other Sports
The United States men's volleyball team beat Russia in the semifinals yesterday, assuring them of their first Olympic volleyball medal since 1992.
Basketball
The United States basketball team has gone one step further than what it achieved at the 2004 Olympics.
Baseball
Red hot Cuba will meet South Korea in the final of the Olympic baseball competition tonight after crushing America in last night's semifinal.
Watch Out For
When Lang Ping took the reins as head coach of the US women's volleyball team in 2005, she was set the task of helping it qualify for the Beijing Olympics. But, far exceeding those expectations, today the US squad will fight against world No 1 Brazil for Olympic gold in the Americans' second final appearance since the 1984 Los Angeles Games.
Fun and Games
He points his fingers and cocks his arm as if he's shooting an arrow, like the Greek god Apollo.
People
From her South Pacific island -- with just for table tennis tables -- to China, where the government has decreed that every village has at least one, Priscilla Tommy has come a long way.
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