Olympics News and Info

Roberto Cammarelle from Italy wins gold in boxing super heavyweight

Roberto Cammarelle from Italy has defeated China’s Zhilei Zhang to win the gold medal in boxing’s super heavy weight division.
David Price from Great Britain and Vyacheslav Glazkov of Ukraine won bronze medals.

China wins second gold medal in boxing

China’s Zhang Xiaoping has won the country’s second-ever gold medal in boxing in the light-heavyweight division, defeating Kenny Egan of Ireland 11-7.
Yerkebulan Shynaliyev from Kazakhstan and Tony Jeffries from Great Britain won bronze medals.

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.

Ken Wallace of Australia wins gold in men’s K1 500m

Ken Wallace from Australia has won the gold medal in the men’s K1 500 meters.
Adam van Koeverden from Canada won the silver medal and Tim Brabants from Great Britain won the bronze.

Lena Schoneborn of Germany wins gold in women’s modern pentathlon

Lena Schoneborn of Germany has won the gold medal in women’s modern pentathlon.
Heather Fell from Great Britain won the silver medal and Victoria Tereshuk of Ukraine won the bronze.

Tim Brabants from Great Britain wins gold in men’s K1 1000m

Tim Brabants from Great Britain has won the gold in men’s K1 1000 meters.
Eirik Veraas from Norway has won the silver medal and Ken Wallace from Australia won the bronze.

Nelson Evora wins gold in men’s triple jump

Nelson Evora from Portugal has won the gold medal in the men’s triple jump at the Beijing Olympics.
Phillips Idowu from Great Britain won the silver medal and Leevan Sands won the Bahamas’ first medal.

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.

Maarten van der Weijden of the Netherlands wins gold in men’s swimming marathon

Maarten van der Weijden of the Netherlands narrowly won the gold medal in the men’s 10km swimming marathon with a time of 1:51:51.6.
David Davies of Great Britain won the silver medal with a time of 1:51:53.1. Thomas Lurz of Germany won the bronze medal with a time of 1:51:53.6.

Melanie Walker from Jamaica wins gold in women’s 400m hurdles

Gold again on the track for Jamaica, with Melanie Walker setting an Olympic record of 52.64 in the women’s 400m hurdles.

Sheena Tosta from the United States won the silver with a time of 53.70.
Tasha Danvers from Great Britain won the bronze – 53.84.