32 Gold Medalists on Day 15 of Beijing Olympics

Roundup: Mitcham ruins China's clean sweep in diving, Games hit by controversies and scandals 

 

Angel flies to help Argentina defend Olympic title

Argentina repeated its victory in the final of men's soccer, as striker Maria scored the only goal to help the team edge Nigeria to seal the title. 
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Ma Lin wins men's singles table tennis gold
      
    World No. 2 Ma Lin claimed the Olympic title, outgunninge Wang Hao 4-1 in an all-Chinese men's singles table tennis Olympic final Saturday evening. Full story

Germany wins Olympic men's hockey gold  

    South Korean pair Lee Hyo-jung/Lee Yong-dae claimed the badminton mixed doubles title at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday, beating Nova Widianto/Liliyana from Indonesia 21-11, 21-17 in the final. Full story

Aussie black horse spoils China's dream of diving gold sweep          

    Aussie Matthew Mitcham outscored top favorite Zhou Luxin at the last second in the men's platform final of the Beijing Olympics, spoiling China's dream of a clean sweep of all Olympic diving golds for the first time in over 50 years.Full story

Brazil wins Olympic women's volleyball gold

    Bra zil beat the United States 3-1 to win the Olympic women's volleyball gold medal here on Saturday. Earlier China beat Cuba for the bronze.   Full story

S Korea wins taekwondo men 80kg gold medal     

    Cha Dongmin (R) of South Korea defeaded Alexandros Nikolaidis of Greece to win the men +80kg gold medal match Saturday. Full story

Mexico grabs taekwondo women +67kg gold medal 

   Maria del Rosario Espinoza of Mexico won the Taekwondo women +67kg Gold medal contest at the Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing.Full story


Tia Hellebaut wins Belgium first gold medal    

    Tia Hellebaut of Belgium won the women's high jump final with 2.05 metres at the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest,Saturday. Full story

U.S. storms to 4x400m relay win with new Olympic record    

    The U.S. quartet won the men's 4x400 meters relay gold medal with a new Olympic record at the Beijing Olympic Games on Saturday. 
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Richards leads U.S. to women's 4x400m relay win   

    Sanya Richards made a thrilling comeback from behind to anchor the win for the United States in the women's 4x400 meters relay at the Beijing Olympic Games on Saturday.
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Norway wins men's javelin throw gold 

    Norway's Andreas Thorkildsen won the men's javelin throw gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Saturday.
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Bekele completes gold double by winning men's 5000m

    Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele, the double 10,000 meters Olympic gold winner, won his second Olympic gold in Beijing and third in total after easily taking the 5000m race.Full story

Kenya's Langat wins women's 1500m gold

    Kenya's Nancy Jebet Langat won the women's 1500 meters gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games on Saturday.Full story

Kenya's Wilfred Bungei wins Olympic men's 800m gold

Kenya's Wilfred Bungei won the Olympic gold medal in the men's 800m race. Bungei finished the two-lap race in a fastest time of 1 minute 44.65 seconds. Full story


Russian Kanaeva wins gymnastics rhythmic individual all-around gold   

    Russian Evgeniya Kanaeva won the gymnastics rhythmic individual all-around gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games on Saturday.
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Russia wins synchronized swimming team gold

Russia scored 99.5 points to win the Olympic synchronized swimming team gold medal at the Olympic Games Saturday.  Full story


Lomachenko of Ukraine wins men's 57kg boxing gold

Vasyl Lomachenko from Ukraine claimed the men's 57kg boxing title at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, beating Khedafi Djelkhir from France in the final. Full story

Diaz of Dominican Republic wins men's 64kg boxing gold  

    Felix Diaz from the Dominican Republic claimed the men's 64kg boxing title on Saturday, beating Manus Boonjumnong from Thailand 12-4 in the final. 
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Jongjohor of Thailand wins men's 51kg boxing gold

Somjit Jongjohor from Thailand claimed the men's 51kg boxing title , beating Andris Laffita Hernandez from Cuba 8-2 in the final. Full story

Chakhkiev of Russia wins men's 91kg boxing gold

    Rakhim Chakhkiev from Russia claimed the men's 91kg boxing title at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, beating Clemente Russo from Italy 4-2 in the final.Full story

Degale of Britain wins men's 75kg boxing gold

British middleweight (75kg) boxer James Degale won the title at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Saturday, beating Emilio Correa Bayeaux from Cuba 16-14 in the final. Full story


China retains men's canoe double 500m Olympic title

China's Meng Guanliang and Yang Wenjun claimed their second straight Olympic gold medal in the canoe double (C2) 500 meters on Saturday. Full story

Opalev of Russia wins men's canoe single (C1) 500m gold

Maxim Opalev from Russia claimed the men's canoe single (C1) 500m gold in one minute and 47.140 seconds on Saturday. 
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Hungary wins women's kayak double (K2) 500m gold

Hungary's Katalin Kovacs and Natasa Janic retained the Olympic title in the women's kayak double 500 meters at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park Saturday. Full story

Spain wins men's kayak double (K2) 500m gold

Spanish paddlers snatched the gold medal in the men's kayak double (K2) 500m by finishing the race with a result of 1:28.736, breaking the Germans' eight-year dominance.  Full story

Ukraine claims title in women's kayak single (K1) 500m

Ukrainian paddler Inna Osypenko-Radomska claimed the title in women's kayak single (K1) 500m on Saturday by clocking 1:50.673. Full story

Wallace of Australia wins men's kayak single (K1) gold

Ken Wallace from Australia claimed the men's kayak single (K1) title in one minute and 37.252 seconds on Saturday.  Full story

Norway wins Olympic women's handball gold

Norway reaped its first Olympic gold in women's handball on Saturday in Beijing, downing world champion Russia 34-27. Full story

South Korea wins Asia's first Olympic baseball gold medal    

   South Korea beat defending champion Cuba 3-2 here Saturday to win Asia's first Olympic baseball gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Games.
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Spitz wins women's cross country mountain bike gold

Sabine Spitz of Germany clocked in 1:45.11to win the women's cross country mountain bike gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games on Saturday.   Full story

France finish 1-2 in men's mountain bike cross country

France finished one-two in mountain bike men's cross country race at the Beijing Olympic Games on Saturday.  Full story

United States beats Australia to win Olympic women's basketball gold

The United States beat Australia 92-65 to win the Olympic women's basketball gold medal at the Olympic Games here on Saturday. Full story

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