2008
24
Aug
Kazakhstan’s Bakhyt Sarsekbayev has defeated Carlos Banteaux Suarez from Cuba to win the gold medal in boxing welter-weight division.
Jungjoo Kim from South Korea and Silamu Hanati from China have won bronze medals.
2008
24
Aug
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.
2008
23
Aug
South Korea continue their domination in the taekwondo with Dongmin Cha winning the gold in men’s 80kg plus division.
Alexandros Nikolaidis from Greece won the silver medal and bronze medals went to Chika Yagazie Chukwumerije from Nigeria and Arman Chilmanov from Kazakhstan.
2008
21
Aug
Artur Taymazov from Uzbekistan has won the gold medal in the men’s 120kg freestyle wrestling at the Beijing Olympics.
Bakhriyar Akhmedov from Russia won the silver medal. Marid Mutalimov from Kazakhstan and David Musulbes from Slovakia won bronze medals.
2008
21
Aug
Shirvani Muradov from Russia has won the gold medal in men’s 96kg freestyle wrestling.
Taimuraz Tigiyev from Kazakhstan has won the silver medal. Khetag Gazyumov from Azerbaijan and George Gogshelidze from Georgia won bronze medals.
2008
17
Aug
Kaori Icho from Japan has won the gold medal in the women’s 63kg wrestling.
Alena Kartashova from Russia won the silver medal.
Yelena Shalugina of Kazakhstan beat Athens bronze medalist Lisa Golliot-Legrand of France 5-0, 3-2 to win the bronze medal. Randy Miller from the United States won the other bronze medal.
2008
16
Aug
Jang Mi-ra from the Republic of Korea has broken three world record to win gold in the women’s weightlifting over 75kg division.
She had a winning total of 326kg, 46kg ahead of silver medalist Okha Korobka of Ukraine.
Mariya Grabovetskaya of Kazakhstan won the bronze medal.
2008
15
Aug
We get to hear the Chinese national anthem again today as Lei Cao won the gold medal in the women’s 75kg weightlifting.
Silver was won by Alla Vazhenina of Kazakhstan and the bronze went to Nadezda Evstyukhina from Russia.
2008
14
Aug
Tuvshinbayar Naidan from Mongolia has won the men’s 100kg judo gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, beating Askhat Zhitkeyev from Kazakhstan.
Bronze medals went to Movlud Miraliyev from Azerbaijan and Henk Grol from the Netherlands.
2008
14
Aug
Aslanbek Khushtov of Russia won the gold medal, beating Mirko Englich of Germany 6-0, 3-0.
The bronze medal was shared by Asset Mambetov of Kazakhstan and Adam Wheeler of the United States.