Olympic Medals Table
Through 5 of 37 medal events Sunday
August 17, 2008
China’s Zou Kai wins men’s floor gold
BEIJING — The Chinese men can’t lose in Olympic gymnastics.
August 17, 2008
Williams sisters win gold in Olympic doubles
BEIJING — Venus and Serena Williams teamed up to win the Olympic doubles final Sunday, beating Spanish duo Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-2, 6-0.
August 17, 2008
Central’s Moore, Grace shine in jamboree
The only thing Patrick Moore failed to do for Central High School in Saturday’s Victoryswap.com football jamboree at Finley Stadium was help the cheerleaders.
August 17, 2008
Hurdler Halkia latest Greek out for doping
Reigning women’s 400-meter hurdles champion Fani Halkia of Greece will not defend her Olympic title in Beijing after becoming the latest Greek athlete to fail a doping test.
August 17, 2008
Torres adds two swimming silvers at age 41
BEIJING — In the ready room before the women’s 50-meter freestyle, Dara Torres was a chatterbox, as usual. Everyone was nervous, but she broke the tension by talking about childbirth.
August 17, 2008
With 3s falling, U.S. drops Spain
BEIJING — Four down, four to go. The U.S. men’s Olympic team is halfway back to the top of the basketball world.
August 17, 2008
Jamaica’s Bolt is world’s fastest
BEIJING — Swimmer Michael Phelps might have the most gold medals at these Olympics. But nobody has or will put on a show here at the Summer Games quite like what sprinter Usain Bolt did Saturday night.
August 17, 2008
