Olympics: Medalists at Beijing Olympics.BEIJING, Aug. 13 KyodoMedalists at the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday: * CYCLING Women's road, time trial Gold - Kristin Armstrong Kristin Armstrong (born August 11, 1973) is a professional road bicycle racer. She rides for Team Lipton in women's elite professional events on the National Racing Calendar (NRC) and UCI Women's World Cup. (U.S.) 34 minutes, 51.72 seconds Silver - Emma Pooley (Britain) 35:16.01 Bronze - Karin Thurig (Switzerland) 35:50.99 ----- DIVING Women's synchronized 3-meter springboard Gold - Wang Feng and Qin Kai Qin Kai (Chinese: 秦开), was a general of the state of Yan during the Warring States Period of China. He was once sent by Yan to Donghu as Hostage. Later, He returned to Yan. In around 300 BC, He defeated the Donghu and conquered the Liaodong Peninsula. (China) 469.08 points Silver - Dmitry Sautin and Yuriy Kunakov (Russia) 421.98 Bronze - Illya Kvasha and Oleksiy Prygorov (Ukraine) 415.05 ----- GYMNASTICS Women's team Gold - China (Cheng Fei
Cheng Fei (Simplified Chinese: 程菲) is a Chinese gymnast, reportedly born on May 28, 1988 in Huangshi, Hubei Province. , Deng Linlin, He Kexin, Jiang Yuyuan, Li Shanshan, Yang Yilin) 188.900 points Silver - United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. 186.525 Bronze - Romania 181.525 ----- SHOOTING Women's 25-meter pistol Gold - Chen Ying (China) 793.4 points Silver -Gundegmaa Otryad (Mongolia) 792.2 Bronze - Munkhbayar Dorjsuren (Germany) 789.2 ----- SWIMMING Women's 200-meter freestyle Gold - Federica Pellegrini (Italy) 1 minute, 54.82 seconds (world record) Silver - Sara Isakovic (Slovenia) 1:54.97 Bronze - Pang Jiaying (China) 1:55.05 Men's 200-meter butterfly Gold - Michael Phelps (U.S.) 1:52.03 (world record) Silver - Laszlo Cseh (Hungary) 1:52.70 Bronze - Takeshi Matsuda (Japan) 1:52.97 Women's 200-meter individual medley Gold - Stephanie Rice (Australia) 2:08.45 (world record) Silver - Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe) 2:08.59 Bronze - Natalie Coughlin (U.S.) 2:10.34 Men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay Gold - United States (Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens, Peter Vanderkaay) 6:58.56 (world record) Silver - Russia 7:03.70 Bronze - Australia 7:04.98 * |
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