U.S. defeats Japan to win bronze medal in baseball

The United States has defeated Japan to win the bronze medal in baseball, with a final score of 8-4. It was the first event I watched live and will post more pictures soon.
Cuba play South Korea in the gold medal match.

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Bryan Clay wins gold in men’s decathlon

Bryan Clay has won the gold medal in the men’s decathlon. Andrei Krauchanka from Belarus won the silver medal and Leonel Suarez of Cuba won the bronze.


Hadi Saei from Iran wins gold in men’s 80kg taekwondo

Hadi Saei from Iran has won the gold medal in the men’s 80kg men’s taekwondo.
Mauro Sarmiento from Italy won the silver medal. Steven Lopez from the United States won a bronze medal together with Guo Zhu from China.

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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.


Latvia beat US riders to win gold in men’s BMX

Latvia’s Maris Strombergs has won the gold medal in men’s BMX racing.
Favorites for the race from the United States, Mike Day and Donny Robinson came second and third respectively.

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France wins gold and silver medals in the women’s BMX

Anne-Caroline Chausson of France has won the gold medal in women’s BMX racing.
Laetitia le Corguille also from France won the silver medal and Jill Kintner from the United States won the bronze medal.


Eric Lamaze wins mixed equestrian jumping

Eric Lamaze from Canada has won the mixed equestrian jumping at the Beijing Olympics.
Rolf-Goran Bengtsson from Sweden won the silver medal and Beezie Madden from the United States won the bronze medal.


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 [...]

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U.S. lose their second Olympic softball game – gold to Japan

The United States have lost their second game ever in the the softball tonight in the Olympics, losing to Japan 3-1.
It is a huge upset for the United States team, who have been on a 22-game winning streak, with their last loss at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
The United States may have a long time to [...]

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Dayron Robles from Cuba wins 110 meter hurdles

Dayron Robles has won the men’s 110 meter hurdles at the Beijing Olympics in 12.93 seconds.
David Payne and David Oliver both from the United States won the silver and bronze medals respectively.