Johnson’s gold makes for happy Americans
BEIJING — Clear some more space in that pile of pretty Olympic medal boxes. Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin are bringing home more loot, including a gorgeous gold of Johnson’s very own.
August 19, 2008
Rice will not attend Olympic closing ceremonies
CRAWFORD, Texas — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, confronted with sudden array of global troubles, has dropped plans to attend the closing ceremonies of the Olympics in Beijing this weekend.
August 19, 2008
American stabbed in Beijing now walking at Mayo Clinic
ROCHESTER, Minn. — The wife of an American killed in Beijing is starting to talk and walk short distances while recovering at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
August 19, 2008
Harper of the U.S. wins gold medal in women’s 100-meter hurdles.
BEIJING — Dawn Harper of the U.S. wins the gold medal in the women’s 100-meter hurdles.
August 19, 2008
Kanter wins discus throw for Estonia
BEIJING — Reigning world champion Gerd Kanter of Estonia has won the gold medal in the men’s discus throw at the Beijing Olympics.
August 19, 2008
China’s Li wins parallel bars gold
BEIJING — Li Xiaopeng has dominated the parallel bars — and the competition — winning the sixth gold medal in gymnastics for the Chinese men in the Beijing Olympics.
August 19, 2008
Pendleton wins women’s track cycling sprint gold
BEIJING — Britain’s Victoria Pendleton has beaten Australia’s Anna Meares for the gold medal in the women’s track cycling sprint.
August 19, 2008
Hoy wins men’s track cycling sprint gold
BEIJING — Britain’s Chris Hoy has taken his third gold medal of the Beijing Olympics, beating teammate Jason Kenny in the men’s track cycling sprint.
August 19, 2008
Shawn Johnson gets her gold
BEIJING — Shawn Johnson finally got her Olympic gold medal in the last event of the women’s competition Tuesday night, the balance beam.
August 19, 2008
German basketball coach says Americans are unbeatable
BEIJING — The reality of this edition of the U.S. basketball team became public record on Monday night.
August 19, 2008
Germany’s Frodeno wins men’s triathlon; Kemper places seventh
BEIJING — Germany’s Jan Frodeno kicked past Canada’s Simon Whitfield in the final 100 meters to capture the gold medal in the Olympic men’s triathlon Tuesday morning.
August 19, 2008
American whiz kid Cejudo wins Olympic gold
BEIJING — Henry Cejudo, the 21-year-old wrestling prodigy who had wrestled in only one world-level senior tournament before Beijing, has won the Olympic gold medal in men’s freestyle 55-kilogram wrestling.
August 19, 2008
Argentina wins gold in the track cycling madison
BEIJING — Argentina’s Juan Esteban Curuchet and Walter Fernando Perez have won the gold medal in the men’s madison, their nation’s first track cycling medal of the Beijing Olympics.
August 19, 2008
Olympics: May-Treanor, Walsh playing for gold again
The Brazilian duo’s serve whistled through the air and landed on the small patch of sand between Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh
August 19, 2008
Olympic: U.S., Jamaica women advance easily in 200
It was a long wait for Allyson Felix. It felt every bit as long for Muna Lee.
August 19, 2008
