Ukraine wins team gold
Ukraine's Olga Kharlan won nine of the final 15 points in her bout to help defeat China 45-44 and win the women's team sabre competition. It was a fitting end for Ukraine, which beat the...
View ArticleEmmons wins silver, Ukraine gold
American Matt Emmons won the silver medal in the men's 50m smallbore rifle prone position event. Ukraine's Artur Ayvazian won the gold medal and Australia's Warrent Potent bronze.
View ArticleFighters feeling cheated at Olympic boxing
Close fights and narrow decisions produced a wealth of indignation Friday night, where a Russian world champion and an American medal contender both felt wronged by subjective calls.
View ArticleAmerican Hyleas Fountain leads heptathlon
Hyleas Fountain of the United States ran the fastest 200 meters to finish the night Friday with a lead in the heptathlon in the absence of Carolina Kluft, the dominant Swede.
View ArticleUkraine's Petriv wins gold
Ukraine's Olkesandr Petriv won the gold medal, followed by Germany's Ralf Schumann for silver and Germany's Chirstian Reitz for bronze.
View ArticleSerena, Venus win in sibling semi
Venus and Serena Williams have clinched at least a silver medal in doubles with a victory in the Olympic semifinals. The sisters beat another sibling pair, Ukraine's Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko, 4-6,...
View ArticleAmerican Fountain finishes with heptathlon bronze
Nataliia Dobrynska has won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the Beijing Olympics, leading a gold-silver finish for Ukraine.
View ArticleEmmons misses gold medal once again
For the second straight Olympics, Matt Emmons lost a gold medal with a stunning mistake on the final shot. China's Qiu Jian ended up claiming the gold medal, followed by Ukraine's Jury Sukhorukov and...
View ArticleZheng, Yan deliver for China
For the second straight Olympics, China has an Olympics doubles medal. Zheng Jie, 2008 Wimbledon semifinalist, and Yan Zi won the bronze medal after defeating the Ukraine's Bondarenko sisters in...
View ArticleSpanish gold: Nadal new Olympic champ
A day before he was named the world's No. 1 player, Rafael Nadal cemented his status as such with an Olympic gold medal, defeating Fernando Gonzalez of Chile in three sets.
View ArticleBrown Trafton wins discus gold
After a hard rain, American Stephanie Brown Trafton surprised the women's discus field with a throw of 64.74 meters in her first attempt. It lasted, earning her the first U.S. gold in the event since...
View ArticleMauritius clinches first medal
Bruno Julie has a burnt-orange mop of hair that sits atop his otherwise shaved head like a plate of spaghetti Bolognese. Mauritius, meet your nation's first Olympic medalist - and he's hungry for a gold.
View ArticleTurkey is golden: Sahin wins 66kg wrestling title
Ramazan Sahin of Turkey has won the 66-kilogram men's freestyle wrestling gold medal. He beat the Ukraine's Andriy Stadnik in the final.
View ArticleHeptathlon silver medalist in doping probe
Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine is under investigation for a positive doping test and could be stripped of her silver medal in the Olympic heptathlon.
View ArticleClay achin' but brings home gold
American Bryan Clay entered the final event of the decathlon Friday evening with a commanding lead and tired legs. He ran the 1500m in 5:06.59, last in his heat, but it was more than enough to hold on...
View ArticleBlonska stripped of heptathlon silver
Lyudmila Blonska has been stripped of her Olympic silver medal in the heptathlon for doping. The Ukrainian athlete has been kicked out of the Beijing Games by the IOC and faces a lifetime ban.
View ArticleSuperb Lomachenko sweeps into finals
Vasyl Lomachenko's eye-popping brilliance certainly caught Jacques Rogge's attention. So did Alexis Vastine's anguished wails after losing his biggest Olympic boxing match on a harsh last-minute penalty.
View ArticleHooker strong when it counts
Steve Hooker of Australia found himself down to his final jump on four separate occasion. And four times, he cleared the bar to win gold. His final height of 5.96m/19-6 1/2 set a new Olympic record.
View ArticleLomachenko caps ascent with gold
Vasyl Lomachenko of Ukraine has won the featherweight boxing gold medal, capping a spectacular run through the Beijing Olympics with a first-round stoppage of France's Khedafi Djelkhir.
View ArticleChina wins country's first two boxing golds
Zou Shiming won China's first gold medal after Mongolia's Serdamba Purevdorj retired early. Zhang Xiaoping won China's second boxing gold medal, while Zhang Zhilei settled for silver.
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