2008
18
Aug
Japan’s double Olympic gold medallist Kosuke Kitajima is hoping Michael Phelps will steer clear of breaststroke when he takes up new events.
“Phelps in breaststroke? That would be the last thing I’d like to see,” said Kitajima, who won the breaststroke “double-double” in winning the 100 and 200 event for a second successive Olympics.
“I really hope [...]
2008
17
Aug
The U.S. track and field team’s protest of the women’s 100-meter final at the Olympics was rejected Sunday night.
The Americans asked that the race be reviewed because of a possible false start by Torri Edwards, one of the country’s sprinters.
Edwards herself said she thought she false-started. She wound up finishing last as Shelly-Ann Fraser [...]
2008
17
Aug
Michael Phelps on Sunday broke the record for the most number of gold medals at an individual Olympic Games as he helped the US team win the 4×100m medley relay.
Phelps broke the record previously held by American swimmer Mark Spitz, who won seven gold medals in 1972.
The US won in a world record time [...]
2008
16
Aug
The United States delivered a powerful message of intent by pulverizing world champions Spain 119-82 in the men’s Olympic basketball tournament on Saturday.
A fired-up Yao Ming was close to tears after driving hosts China into the quarter-finals with a 59-55 victory over Germany.
The Spanish players wore the look of weary men as they trudged [...]
2008
16
Aug
The United States erased a four-run deficit to claim a crucial 5-4 victory over Canada on Saturday and keep alive their hopes for an Olympic baseball medal.
Cuba also left it late, Frederich Cepeda’s seventh inning solo home run accounting for all the scoring as the defending gold medalist edged reeling Taiwan 1-0 to maintain their [...]
2008
13
Aug
Nigeria on Wednesday beat a ten-man US team 2-1 in a Group B match at the men’s football tournament at the Beijing Olympics, to advance to the quarter-finals with the Netherlands, who beat Japan 1-0.
A near capacity crowd in the 64,000-seater Beijing Workers Stadium saw the Americans, who were topping the group going into [...]
2008
13
Aug
Promise Isaac and Victor Obinna scored Wednesday to lead Nigeria over 10-man United States 2-1, earning a place in the quarterfinals of the Olympic soccer tournament and eliminating the Americans.
Isaac scored in the 39th minute with an easy tap-in off Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi’s centering pass, and Obinna curled a right-footed shot into the top of [...]
2008
13
Aug
Michael Phelps spent less than 24 hours in the exclusive group of Olympians with nine gold medals. On Wednesday he proved he didn’t like crowds as he won his 10th gold medal in the 200m butterfly and then came back less than an hour later and swam the opening leg of the men’s 4 x [...]
2008
12
Aug
China takes gold, Japan gets silver
Fueled by an underdog’s mentality, a burglar’s guts and the grace under pressure that is a minimum requirement for performing on the Olympic stage, the men of USA Gymnastics won a bronze medal Tuesday afternoon (Monday night CDT) in the men’s team competition.
China won the gold medal with 286.125 points, [...]
2008
12
Aug
This particular hug from dad was a long time coming.
After two disappointing Olympic experiences – a 15th-place finish in 2000 and a 17th-place finish in 2004 – Glenn Eller is finally an Olympic champion.
The 26-year-old from Katy held off five finalists to claim the Olympic gold medal in double trap shooting Tuesday at the Beijing [...]