2008
19
Aug
Li Xiaopeng has won the gold medal in the men’s parallel bars. It is his second gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.
Yoo Won-chul of the Republic of Korea won the silver medal and the bronze medal was won by Anton Fokin from Uzbekistan.
2008
18
Aug
China has beat Germany in the men’s team table tennis competition.
South Korea beat Austria to win the bronze medal.
China
MA Lin
WANG Hao
WANG Liqin
Germany
BOLL Timo
OVTCHAROV Dimitrij
SUSS Christian
Korea
OH Sang Eun
RYU Seung Min
YOON Jae Young
2008
17
Aug
The first gold medal ever for the table tennis team event was won by China.
Sinapore won the silver medal and South Korea won the bronze.
China:
GUO Yue
WANG Nan
ZHANG Yining
Singapore:
FENG Tianwei
LI Jia Wei
WANG Yue Gu
Korea
DANG Ye Seo
KIM Kyung Ah
PARK Mi Young
2008
17
Aug
Lee Hyo-jung and Lee Yong-dae from South Korea upset the world’s number one pair Liliyana Natsir and Nova Widianto of Indonesia to win the badminton mixed doubles gold.
China’s He Hanbin and Yu Yang beat Flandy Limpele and Vita Marissa of Indonesia to take the bronze medal.
2008
16
Aug
Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan and Indonesia have won the gold medal in men’s doubles badminton beating Chinese pair Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng 2-1 in three sets, 12-21, 21-5, 21-7.
South Koreans Lee Jaejin and Hwang Jiman also came from a set down against Denmark’s Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen, to win the 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
Du Jing and Yu Yang from China beat Lee Hyo-jung and Lee Kyung-won from South Korea 21-15, 21-13 to win the gold medal in women’s doubles badminton.
Wei Yili and Zhang Yawen of China beat Maeda Miyuki and Suetsuna Satoko from Japan 21-17, 21-10 to win the bronze medal
2008
15
Aug
Viktor Ruban of Ukraine beat Park Yung-mo from South Korea by one point to win the gold medal in Archery Men’s Individual competition.
Bair Badenov from Russia won the bronze medal.
2008
14
Aug
Reuters has a fantastic story on Im Dong-hyun who is a world champion archer from South Korea who is legally blind.
“He can see at 20 feet what a person with perfect vision can see at 200 feet. That makes Im legally blind.”
“I’ve practiced using glasses before but actually it makes me feel less [...]
2008
14
Aug
Yang Xiuli of China has won the gold medal in judo women’s -78kg class by beating Cuba’s Yalennis Castillo.
An emotional Stephanie Possamai from France won the bronze medal together with Gyeongmi Jeong from South Korea.