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.

Russia’s Evgeniya Kanaeva wins gold in women’s all round rhythm gymnastics

Evgeniya Kanaeva of Russia has won the gold medal in the women’s all round rhythm gymnastics.
Inna Zhukova from Belarus won the silver medal and Anna Bessonova from Ukraine won the bronze.

Kenya wins gold in women’s 1500 meters

Kenya’s Nancy Jebet Langat has won the gold medal in the women’s 1500 meters in 4:00.27.

Iryna Lishchynska from the Ukraine won the silver medal and Nataliya Tobias also from Ukraine won the bronze.

Russia wins gold in mens C1 500 meters

Russia’s Maxim Opalez has won the gold medal in the men’s C1 500 meters. David Cal from Spain won the silver medal and the bronze medal went to Ukranie’s Iurii Cheban.

Steve Hooker of Australia sets OR in men’s pole vault

Steve Hooker of Australia has won the gold medal in the men’s pole vault setting a new Olympic record of 5.96.
Evgeny Lukyanenko of Russia won the silver medal and Denys Yurchenko of the Ukraine won the bronze medal.

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.

Revazi Mindorashvili wins gold in the men’s 84kg wrestling

Georgia’s Revazi Mindorashvili has won the country’s second gold in the wrestling, by winning the men’s 84kg division.
He defeated Tajikistan’s Yusup Abdusalomov from Tajikistan who won the silver medal.

Davyd Bichinashvili of Russia beat Germany’s Georgy Ketoev to win the bronze medal. Taras Danko from the Ukraine won the other bronze medal.

Ramazan Sahin wins gold in men’s 66kg wrestling

Ramazan Sahin from Turkey has won the gold medal in the men’s 66kg wrestling. Andriy Stadnik from Ukraine won the silver medal.
Otar Tushishvili from Georgia and Sushil Kumar from India won bronze medals.

Mavlet Batirov from Russia wins gold in men’s 60kg wrestling

Mavlet Batirov from Russia has won the gold medal in the men’s 60kg freestyle wrestling.
Vasyl Fedoryshyn from Ukraine won the silver medal. Kenichi Yumoto from Japan and Seyedmorad Mohammadi from Iran won bronze medals in the event.

Stephanie Trafton Brown wins gold in the women’s discuss.

Stephanie Trafton Brown from the United States has won gold in the women’s discuss.
Yarelys Barrious from Cuba and Olena Antonova from Ukraine won the bronze medal.