Athletics Gold Medalists at Beijing Olympics
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Bekele wins Olympic men's 10,000m gold

EIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele clocked 27.01.17 to win the Olympic men's 10,000m run here on Sunday. Full story

Cameroon's Mbango Etone wins women's triple jump gold

BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Cameroon's Francoise Mbango Etone flew 15.39 meters to win the women's triple jump gold medal at the Olympic Games here on Sunday.  Full story

Fraser leads Jamaican sweep in women's 100m  

BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Sehlly-Ann Fraser became the world's fastest woman as she led Jamaica to a cleansweep of the medals in the 100 meters final at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Sunday. Full story

Samitova-Galkina takes 3000m steeplechase gold

BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Gulnara Samitova-Galkina of Russia led all the way to win the women's steeplechase gold medal with a world record performance at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Sunday. Full story

Slovenia's Kozmus wins gold medal in men's hammer throw

BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Primoz Kozmus of Slovenia took the title of the men's hammer throw at the Beijing Olympic Games on Sunday evening, winning the first gold medal for his country at the Beijing Olympic Games. Full story

Romanian wins women's marathon gold 

BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Romanian marathoner Constantina Tomescu added her country Sunday morning a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. Full story

Bolt crowned fastest man, breaking world record

BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Jamaican Usain Bolt dashed to his first Olympic gold in the men's 100m, blistering a world record-breaking 9.69 seconds. Full story

Valerie Vili wins women's shot put gold

BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Valerie Vili from New Zealand was crowned in the women's shot put final at the Beijing Olympic Games on Saturday evening, adding the second gold medal to the country's haul in the tournament. Full story

Ukraine's Dobrynska wins Olympic heptathlon gold

   BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Nataliia Dorbynska of Ukraine won the Olympic heptathlon gold medal here on Saturday. Full story

 Russian Borchin wins men's 20km race walk

BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Russian Valeriy Borchin got the men's 20km race walk gold medal at the Beijing Olympics here on Saturday. Full story  

 Ethiopian Dibaba wins women's 10,000m gold

  BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Tirunesh Dibaba won Ethiopia the first gold medal on Friday evening at the Beijing Olympics, creating a new Olympic record in 29 minutes and 54.66 seconds in the women's 10,000 meters race. Full story

Poland's Majewski wins men's shot put gold  

  BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Poland's Tomasz Majewski tossed 21.51 meters to win the men's shot put gold medal at the Olympic Games here on Friday. Full story