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Simply unstoppable
2008-08-26Cuba's world record holder Dayron Robles won the 110m hurdles Olympic title Thursday, clocking 12.93 seconds -- the second fastest time in Olympic history. The 21-year-old beat home two Americans, 20...
Pace of life reflected in the Beijing Olympic Games
2008-08-26Usain Bolt's lightning gold-medal runs, in less time than an average person takes to write the shortest text message, reflects the pace of life in today's world. Till Sunday night, they were all part...
Chinese He Kexin wins uneven bars gold
2008-08-19Chinese gymnast He kexin claimed the women's uneven bars title with 16.725 points at the Beijing Olympics on Monday. Nastia Liukin from the United States, who also collected 16.725 points, had to sta...
Chen Yibing becomes rings king at Beijing Olympics
2008-08-19Chen Yibing claimed rings title on Monday at the Beijing Olympics, the second Olympic gold in the event in China's gymnastic history. It took China 24 years to make the achievement after the sport's ...
Isinbaeva sets new record after securing gold
2008-08-19BEIJING - Pole vault tsarina Elena Isinbaeva on Monday evening cleared the new world record of 5.05 meters, winning her second Olympic gold medal almost with no efforts. With only two successful jump...
Economy won't be hurt after Olympics
2008-08-18China will not suffer from a "post-Olympic recession", senior officials said Sunday, because of the scale and potential of its economy. "The Olympic Games won't be a watershed for China's economic gr...
'Super Dan' crowned with overwhelming victory
2008-08-18BEIJING - Lin Dan, the top seed in men's singles at the Beijing Olympic badminton tournament eased past world No. 2 Lee Chong-wei from Malaysia 21-12, 21-8 here on Sunday to grab the most eye-catching...
Nastia Liukin wins women's gymnastics all-around gold
2008-08-15Nastia Liukin of the United States edged her compatriot Shawn Johnson to win the women's all-around after a breathtaking Olympic gymnastics competition on Friday. Finishing one-two on the podium, the...
A dozen world and Olympic records fell at the pool Sunday
2008-08-15Until Sunday, the Olympic "Water Cube" in Beijing was best known for being blue and bubbly and bright at night. Now the Olympic swimming pool inside may get more attention. A dozen world and Olympic ...
Phelps writes Games gold history
2008-08-15Michael Phelps swam into Olympic history yesterday, becoming the athlete to win the most gold medals ever. And he did it swimming blind. A day after etching his name alongside Mark Spitz and Carl Le...
Chinese Li Na edges out Venus William in Olympic tennis
2008-08-15Li Na from China ousted Venus Williams of the United States in the women's singles quarterfinals at the Olympic Games on Thursday. Li knocked out Williams at 7-5 and 7-5 in two hours and seven minutes...
It's silver, but glittering
2008-08-15BEIJING - Ukraine bettered China 45-44 to win the women's team sabre gold medal at the Olympic Games here on Thursday, the first gold medal at the Beijing Games for their country. The United States d...
Du Li wins women's rifle 3 positions gold medal
2008-08-14Chinese shooter Du Li staged a comeback after a failure on Saturday to smash the Olympic record in the women's 50-meter rifle three positions at the Beijing Shooting Range on Thursday. Her total scor...
Yang Wei claims men's all-around gymnastics title
2008-08-14China's all-conquering gymnast Yang Wei won the men's all-around title with a convincing 94.575 points Thursday at the Beijing Olympics. Yang, a three-time Olympian with two world championships all-a...
Asian stars in the pool at the Beijing Games
2008-08-14Beijing - Twenty-year-old Chinese swimmer Liu Zige smashed Australian Jessicah Schipper's world record in the women's 200-meter butterfly Thursday, pocketing host China's first swimming gold at the Be...
Woman, 97, pedals 2,400km by to watch badminton
2008-08-14BEIJING - A 97-year-old grandmother has travelled 2,400 kilometres (1,491 miles) by tricyle to watch the Chinese badminton team in action at the Beijing Olympics. Xiao Xincui, affectionately known as...
Olympic Games enable world to know China better
2008-08-14World media have been doing a very positive coverage of the Olympic Opening Ceremony and Games competitions in Beijing. And some media and people of insight alike in the Western countries acknowledge ...
Phelps wins 10th, 11th golds of Olympic career
2008-08-14BEIJING - For Michael Phelps, it's not enough to just set a new standard. He has to demolish the old one. Winningest Olympian ever? He's two golds past that already and not finished yet, just over hal...
Tourism hit as Beijingers stay home
2008-08-12Beijingers are demonstrating their passion for the Olympics by staying home, and that is proving to be bad news for outbound tourism, industry insiders have said. Lin Kang, deputy general manager of ...
Sydney medalist Thanou barred from Beijing Olympics
2008-08-12Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou was declared ineligible for the Beijing Games on Sunday by the International Olympic Committee. The decision was expected and is another sign of the IOC's renewed effor...
