LATEST TOP 5 MEDAL TALLY AS AT AUGUST 18, 2008 AT 8PM
He Kexin wins gold.(Thank you and credits to Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
Chinese gymnast He Kexin wins Uneven Bars gold - He Kexin performs on the uneven bars. Chinese 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 stand second according to a tiebreak rule. Yang Yilin from China got the bronze with 16.650points. (Thank you and credits to Xinhua Images)
(L-R) Nastia Liukin, He Kexin and Yang Yilin (Thank you and credits to Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
Paul Manning, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas and Bradley Wiggins - Britain wins Olympic Men's Cycling Team Pursuit gold: The Track Cycling Men's Team Pursuit gold medal final was held at Laoshan Velodrome in Beijing, China, on August 18, 2008. The British team claimed the title in this event and broke the world record with a time of 3:53.314. (Thank you and credits to Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
Chinese gymnast Chen Yibing claimed the Men's Rings title with 16.600 points at the Beijing Olympics on Monday. Chen's compatriot Yang Wei took the silver with 16.425 points, while Oleksandr Vorobiov from Ukraine got the bronze with 16.325 points. L-R) Yang Wei and Chen Yibing (Thank you and credits to Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images)
Denmark wins Sailing Skiff Mixed gold - (L-R) Martin Ibsen and Jonas Warrer - The Sailing Mixed Skiff race was held at the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center during day nine of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 17, 2008 in Qingdao, China. Denmark won the gold, Spain took the silver and Germany received the bronze.
(Thank you and credits to Clive Mason/Getty Images)
Elise Rechichi (R) and Tessa Parkinson celebrate their victory. (Thank you and credits to Clive Mason/Getty Images)
Rechichi and Parkinson went into the final race with an 18-point lead over Marcelien de Koning and Lobke Berkhout of the Netherlands, who finished sixth in the medal race and won silver with 53 points overall. Fernanda Oliviera and Isabel Swan of Brazil won the medal race and the bronze medal with 60 net points.
Australian pair Nathan Wilmot and Malcolm Page won the Men's Two Person Dinghy gold medal at the Olympic Sailing Regatta on Monday. Britain took the silver and the bronze went to France. Nathan Wilmot (R) and Malcolm.(Thank you and credits to Clive Mason/Getty Images)
Emma Snowsill of Australia won the gold medal in the Women's Triathlon with a time of one hour, 58 minutes and 27.66 seconds.
The silver medal went to Portugal's Vanessa Fernandes who finished in a time of one hour, 59 minutes and 34.63 seconds, while another Australian, Emma Moffatt, won the bronze medal with a time of one hour, 59 minutes and 55.84 seconds.
(Thank you and credits to Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
Three-time world champion Emma Snowsill outlasted Vanessa Fernandes to win Australia the Women's Triathlon gold medal at the Beijing Olympics on Monday.(Thank you and credits to Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
(Thank you and credits to http://en.beijing2008.cn and all sources for the information and pictures of Beijing Olympic 2008 games from August 8, 2008 - August 24, 2008)
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