LATEST MEDAL TALLY STANDINGS AS AT AUGUST 19, 2008 AT 8AM
Record gold medalist Michael Phelps: (BEIJING, August 18) -- Michael Phelps owned the pool at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with an astonishing eight gold medal performance. As if that weren't enough, all but his 100m Butterfly victory were accompanied by a world record.
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Day 10 highlights on Beijing Olympic 2008: August 18, 2008, Sunday
Brown Trafton wins Women's Discus Throw gold (Thank you and credits to Xinhua Images)
Russia's Elena Isinbaeva retains Women's Pole Vault gold (Thank you and credits to Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Athletics
Pamela Jelimo of Kenya clinched the gold medal in the Women's 800 meters at the Beijing Olympics here on Monday night, clocking 1 minute and 54.87 seconds, also her personal best. Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei, also of Kenya, took silver and Morocco's Hasna Benhassi, runner-up at the Athens Games, took bronze with a time of 1:56.73.(Thank you and credits to Xinhua Images)
Long jumper wins Panama first Beijing Olympic gold - Irving Saladino became on Monday evening the national hero for Panama by winning the tiny country's first Olympic gold medal in Beijing. Irving Saladino reached 8.34 meters in the Men's Long Jump. Panama had previously earned only two Olympic medals, both bronze, won by Lloyd LaBeach in the Men's 100m and 200m sprints in 1948. (Thank you and credits to Xinhua Images)
Angelo Taylor of US wins Men's 400m Hurdles gold - Angelo Taylor of the United States claimed the Men's 400 meter Hurdles title in 47.25seconds at the Beijing Olympics on Monday. Kerron Clement of the United States took the silver medal in 47.98, and another US runner, Bershawn Jackson, got bronze in 48.06.(Thank you and credits to Stu Forster/Getty Images)
Liu Xiang, China's defending Olympic champion in the men's 110 m hurdles, withdraws from the competition through injury.
Irving Saladino wins Panama's first olympic medal in 40 years, and their first gold medal ever in an Olympic Athletics event.
The United States sweeps the medals in the men's 400 m hurdles, with Angelo Taylor winning gold, Kerron Clement silver and Bershawn Jackson bronze. This is the US team's first clean sweep of the event since the 1960 Rome Olympics.
Weightlifting
Andrei Aramnau of Belarus breaks three world records, for the snatch, clean and jerk, and total, on the way to winning the men's 105 kg event.
LATEST SCHEDULE FOR GOLD MEDAL MATCHES BEIJING OLYMPIC 2008 ON AUGUST 19, 2008
10:00 Triathlon Men's Final Scheduled
13:00 Sailing Laser - Medal Race Scheduled
13:00 Sailing Laser Radial - Medal Race Scheduled
17:20 Wrestling Men's FR 55 kg Gold Medal Scheduled
17:30 Cycling - Track Men's Madison Scheduled
18:00 Gymnastics Artistic Men's Parallel Bars Final Scheduled
18:15 Wrestling Men's FR 60 kg Gold Medal Scheduled
18:25 Cycling - Track Women's Sprint Finals Scheduled
18:35 Cycling - Track Men's Sprint Finals Scheduled
18:43 Gymnastics Artistic Women's Beam Final Scheduled
19:00 Weightlifting Men's +105kg Group A Scheduled
19:10 Athletics Men's High Jump Final Scheduled
19:15 Equestrian Dressage Individual Grand Prix Freestyle Scheduled
19:29 Gymnastics Artistic Men's Horizontal Bar Final Scheduled
20:25 Trampoline Men's Final Scheduled
20:30 Diving Men's 3m Springboard Final Scheduled
21:00 Athletics Men's Discus Throw Final Scheduled
22:10 Athletics Women's 400m Final Scheduled
22:30 Athletics Women's 100m Hurdles Final Scheduled
22:50 Athletics Men's 1500m Final Scheduled
(Thank you and credits to http://en.wikipedia.org, http://en.beijing2008.cn and all sources for the pictures and information of Beijing Olympic 2008 games)
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