Devender Kumar Khandwal and Manjeet Singh, the Indian sailing duo at Beijing Olympics, finished fifth and last in the second heat of the men’s lightweight double sculls in rowing. This event took place on the second day of the world’s biggest sports event on Sunday, August 10, 2008. ...

Nicole Cooke gave Great Britain its very first gold on day two, August 10 of the Beijing Olympics by winning the women’s cycling road race competition. But the win did not come easy for Nicole Cooke as it was pouring cats and dogs. Moreover she had to apply a superhuman effort to close in the ...

Thailand secured its very first gold in this year’s Olympics Games at Beijing after Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon lifted a total of 221kg in the Women's 53 kilogram weightlifting competition on August 10. Prapawadee, thus, succeeded in defending the Thailand's gold medal in the particular ...

An incredible performance by David Kostelecky of Czech Republic in the Men's Trap event of the Beijing Olympics on day two, August 10, has made him an overnight favorite and the best-placed qualifier for the six-men final. Kostelecky put in a stellar show and bagged the gold in the Men's Trap on ...

China’s Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia won their second successive gold medal in Synchronized Women's 3m Springboard event at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday, August 10. They scored 343.50. The event took place National Aquatics Center. Popularly known as China’s Golden Pair, Guo Jingjing ...

The poor performance of the Indian shooters - Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Mansher Singh – continued even on the second day of the Beijing Olympics on Sunday, August 10. The two crashed out of the men’s trap event, shattering all hopes of their making it to the finals.
 
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Indian ace shuttler Saina Nehwal has given fellow Indians some reason to cheer for at the ongoing Olympic Games in Beijing. On Sunday, August 10, the 15th ranked Nehwal easily ousted Ukraine’s Gryga Larysa in less than half an hours’ time to advance to the women's singles ...

The 24 year-old Guo Wenjun of China put up an excellent show to bag gold in the ongoing Beijing Olympics’ Women's 10m Air Pistol event on Sunday, August, 10. She shot a score of 102.3, which took her total score to 492.3, an Olympic record for the final score.
 
Natalia Paderina of ...

Netherlands defeated United States by more than half a second to clinch gold medal in the womens' 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay event of the Beijing Olympics on Sunday, August 10. The event was held at the National Aquatics Center. The team from Netherlands comprised Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, ...

Australia’s Stephanie Rice topped in the Women's 400m Individual Medley event of Beijing Olympics on Sunday, August 10, breaking the world record by a neat 1.67 seconds. She completed it in a time of 4:29.45. The Australian swimmer started out fantastically which gave her a good lead. ...

 

Russia beat Serbia to win the first match in the Men's Volleyball preliminaries at Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium on Sunday, August 10. The score was 20-25, 25-21, 25-22, 25-14. In the recently held 2008 FIVB World League, Serbia had finished second. It will next face Brazil ...

Jonathan Horton-led-team from the United States finished at the top of the qualifying group in men's gymnastics event at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, August 9. This is just the initial stage and their defeating Italy and Spain does not indicate much.  
 
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Day two of the Beijing Olympics on Sunday, August 10, proved lucky for Michael Phelps of United States, who won the gold medal in the men's swimming 400m individual medley. It was Phelps’s first event at the Beijing Olympics and he clearly dominated it, breaking his own world record and ...

All the hard work and perseverance paid off for Spanish cyclist Samuel Sanchez as he won the men's road race gold on the opening day of the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, August 9. He completed the men’s road race event in six hours, 23 minutes and 49 seconds. The silver medal went to ...

The Indian woman archers missed the target miserably on the opening day of the Beijing Olympics on August 9, 2008 and finished low in ranking. From amongst the total 64 archers who participated, Manipur’s Laishram Bombayla Devi finished a pitiable 22nd, Dola Banerjee took the 31st place ...

Indian shooter Samaresh Jung smashed all hopes by finishing 42nd out of 48 competitors in the Men’s 10m Air Pistol qualification round on the opening day of the Beijing Olympic Games Saturday, August 9. Such a poor show was definitely not expected of Samaresh Jung, who won five gold medals in ...

Pang Wei, an ace Chinese shooter, did his country proud by winning a gold medal in the Men's 10m Air Pistol event of the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, August 9. Jin Jong-oh from the Republic of Korea won the silver medal, whereas Kim Jong-su of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea bagged ...

The stint of India’s Tombi Khumujam Devi in women's 48kg judo event of the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, August 9, lasted only for two and a half minutes. Ana Hormigo of Portugal ousted the Indian judoka out during the preliminary round itself at the USTB Gymnasium.
 
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Chen Xienia Of China set a new Olympic Record in Women's 48 kilogram Weightlifting competition. She successfully lifted 95kg in the Snatch and 117kg in the Clean and Jerk for a total of 212kg, to win the gold medal and in the process set a new Olympic Record. Previous Olympic Record was held by ...

By topping the Women's 10m Air Rifle event on Saturday, August 9, Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic has clinched the very first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics. Katerina Emmons showed she was in superb shape as she broke the Olympic records in both the qualification as well as the final ...

Anjali Bhagwat and Avneet Kaur Sidhu, ace shooters from India, could not qualify for the final round of the Women's 10 metre air rifle event held on Saturday, August 9 at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall. With a score of 393 (99, 99, 97, 98), Anjali Bhagwat secured the 29th place.
 
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The world’s biggest sporting event, the Olympic Games is ready to be formally get inaugurated at Beijing on Friday, August 8. About 10,500 athletes are expected to compete in 302 events in 28 sports, just one event more than was on the schedule of the 2004 games. The preparation for the 2008 ...

The convention of the 120th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) session on Thursday, August 7 at Beijing witnessed China’s Yu Zaiqing being unanimously selected as the organization’s new Vice President. After Yu Zaiqing won 84 out of 94 valid votes, the IOC President ...

The women’s tournament in football (soccer) at the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing kicked off at 17:00 on Wednesday, August 6, 2008. Initiating two days prior the official opening of the mega-event on August 8, it was the first Olympic event. Below are the collated results and standings ...

Weightlifter Monica Devi has been barred from participating in the Beijing Olympics after failing a dope test. She was the only weightlifter in the Indian contingent selected for the mega-event and was held back just hours before she was to board the flight to the Chinese capital on Tuesday, August ...

With the whole world glued on to their television sets to see the live telecast of the opening ceremony of the Beijing ceremony on August 8, it will be a proud moment for Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and India as well.  
 
The ace shooter, who did India proud by winning a silver medal in ...

The word’s finally out and this time formally! Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova has declared on her website that she is pulling out from the August Beijing Olympics due to a shoulder injury. The World number three informed on her website www.mariasharapova.com that an MRI scan has revealed ...

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The invitations to the inaugural ceremony of the Olympics Games in Beijing have already started being dropped in at the homes and offices of the VVIPs in India. Official sources inform that there is a strong possibility that Priyanka Gandhi, husband Robert Vadra and their children Raihan and Miraya ...

The organizers of the Beijing Olympic declared on Wednesday, July 30, that the foreign media will not be permitted full access to the Internet. By stating so, the organizers of the Beijing Olympics have broken the promise to do away with the Chinese censorship of the media during the Games. ...