Olympics Medalist on day - 2
August 11, 2008 by Ameya Pimpalgaonkar
Today’s Olympic Gold Winners List:
U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps Sunday defended his Olympic title in the men’s 400 meters individual medley with a new world record. Read More here
Defending Olympic champion Park Sung-hyun tied the Olympic record in the ranking round of women’s archery competition Saturday. Read More Here
Australia’s Olympic debutant Stephanie Rice beat top favorite U.S. swimmer Katie Hoff in the women’s 400 meter individual medley, pocketing her first Olympic gold Sunday with an astonishing new world record. Read More Here.
The Ducth quartet of Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Femke Heemskerk and Marleen Veldhuis lit the pool on fire in Bejing on Sunday and won the gold in the women’s 4X100 meters freestyle relay. Read More Here.
Chinese Guo Wenjun won the women’s air pistol gold medal with 492.3 points at the Olympic Games, a new Olympic record, on Sunday. Read More Here.
Chinese world and Olympic champion Guo Jingjing took the limelight of the Water Cube, together with her partner Wu Minxia, as they retained the women’s three-meter springboard synchronized gold at the Beijing Olympics here on Sunday. Read More Here.
Marksman David Kostelecky has given the Czech Republic its second gold medal in two days on the firing range at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. Read More Here.
Thailand weightlifter Pra-pa-wa-dee Ja-roen-ratta-natara-koon won the gold medal in the women’s 53-kilogram weightlifting event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics late Sunday afternoon. Read More Here.
Nicole Cooke of Britain battled rainy weather and slippery conditions to grit her way to a gold medal in the women’s cycling road race. Read More Here.
In archery, the women’s squad from South Korea has defeated China by a score of 224 to 215, becoming the first nation to capture a gold medal in a team sport at the 2008 Beijing Olympics early Sunday evening. Read More Here.
Defending champion Xian Dongmei won China’s first judo gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Sunday, stunning Kum Ae An from DPR Korea in the 52kg class final. Read More Here.
Defending champion Masato Uchishiba won the title of the men’s light-weight class judo at the Beijing Olympic Games Sunday evening, giving the first yet long-waited gold to Japan’s judo squad. Read More Here.
Chinese Long Qingquan totaled 292kg to win the men’s 66kg division weightlifting gold medal at the Olympic Games here on Sunday. Read More Here.
Italian Matteo Tagliariol outpointed French Fabrice Jeannet 15-9 to win the men’s individual epee gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Sunday.




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