2008
24
Aug
United States win gold in men’s volleyball
The United States defeated Brazil 20-25, 25-22, 25-21, 25-23 to win the gold medal in the men’s volleyball competition.
Russia defeated Italy to win the bronze medal.
2008
23
Aug
Brazil beats U.S. to win gold in women’s volleyball
Brazil have won its first gold medal in women’s volleyball, defeating the United States 25-15, 18-25, 25-13, 25-21.
China won the bronze medal.
2008
23
Aug
Maria del Rosario Espinoza wins gold in women’s 67kg plus taekwondo
Maria del Rosario Espinoza from Mexico has won the gold medal in the women’s 67kg plus division of taekwondo.
Nina Solheim from Norway won the silver medal. Sarah Stevenson from Great Britain and Natalia Falavigna from Brazil won bronze medals.
2008
22
Aug
Brazil wins bronze medal in men’s football
Brazil defeated Belgium 3-0 to claim the bronze medal in the men’s football.
Diego scored one goal and Jo scored the other two.
2008
22
Aug
Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil wins women’s long jump
Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil has won the gold medal in the women’s long jump with a distance of 7.04 meters.
Tatyana Lebedeva of Russia won the silver medal and Blessing Okagbare from Nigeria won the bronze medal.
2008
21
Aug
Philip Dalhausser and Todd Rogers win gold in men’s beach volleyball
Philip Dalhausser and Todd Rogers from the United States have defeated Fabio Magalhaes and Marcio Araujo of Brazil in a close match to win the gold medal in the men’s volleyball.
Brazil also took the bronze medal in the men’s beach volleyball in an earlier match.
2008
21
Aug
Brazil’s Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego win bronze medal in beach volleyball
Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego of Brazil beat Georgian pair Jorge Terceiro and Renato Gomes in the bronze medal match of men’s beach volleyball.
They won in two sets 21-15, 21-10.
2008
21
Aug
United States beat Brazil to take gold in Extra Time
The United States has once again beaten Brazil in an Olympic Games Gold Medal match. With both sides being scoreless after 90 minutes the match went into extra time but it only took the United States’ Carli Lloyd 6 minutes to put the Americans into the winning position.
Despite a valiant effort by the Brazilians [...]
2008
21
Aug
Pele disappointed with Brazil’s loss to Argentina
Pele who is in Beijing helping with Rio de Janeiro’s bid to host the 2016 Olympics, said Argentina were better prepared than Brazil in the men’s football.
“I think Argentina were better prepared than Brazil,” said Pele. “Once again, Brazil couldn’t win the gold medal.”
“It’s not good for us but this is what happens in football, [...]
2008
21
Aug
Great Britain pair win gold in the star - sailing event
Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson have won the gold medal in the star, men’s kneel boat (sailing) event at the Beijing Olympics.
Brazil’s Robert Scheidt and Bruno Prada took the silver and the bronze went to Sweden’s team of Fredrik Loof and Anders Ekstrom.