LATEST MEDAL TALLY STANDINGS ON DAY 12, AUGUST 21, 2008 AS AT 10:30PM.
Beijing, August 21, 2008: Cuba's Robles wins Men's 110m Hurdles gold - Cuba's world record holder Dayron Robles won the Men's 110m Hurdles gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Thursday. David Payne of the United States took silver in 13.17 seconds, and his compatriot David Oliver won the bronze medal in 13.18.(Thank you and credits to Xinhua Images)
Chen Ruolin of China wins gold medal - (Thank you and credits to Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Beijing, August 21, 2008 - Chen Ruolin of China won the gold medal in Women's 10 meter Platform Diving at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Thursday.
Chen Ruolin competes. (Thank you and credits to Zhao Peng/Xinhua)
Chen scored a total of 447.70 points for gold, the seventh diving title for host China. The silver medal was taken by Emilie Heymans of Canada at 437.05. Another Chinese diver, Wang Xin, finished third with 429.90.
Six gold medals for Russia - (L-R) Yusup Abdusalomov, George Gogshelidze, Taras Danko and Georgy Ketoev (Thank you and credits to Xinhua Images)
Beijing, August 21, 2008 - The Wrestling competition of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games concluded on August 21, after producing one gold medal each in Men's Freestyle 84 kilogram, 96 kilogram and 120 kilogram.
Japan beat the United States 3-1 to win the gold medal in the Softball competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 21. Silver medal went to the United States, while Australia took bronze.(Thank you and credits to Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images)
Andrei Moiseev of Russia successfully defended his Modern Pentathlon gold medal, becoming the second athlete to ever do so in the sport, here on Thursday. Edvinas Krungolcas of Lithuania was second with 5,548 points, while his teammate Andrejus Zadneprovskis was third, 24 points further adrift.(Thank you and credits to Wang Dingchang/Xinhua)
Czech Barbora Spotakova wins Olympic Women's Javelin Throw gold - Thank you and credits to Xinhua)
Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic has won gold in the Women's Javelin Throw at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with a throw of 71.42 meters.
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Lim of ROK wins Women's 57kg Taekwondo gold - (Thank you and credits to Vladimir Rys/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Croatia's Martina Zubcic won the bronze medal match over Asian champion Su Li-wen of Chinese Taipei, and Diana Lopez of the United States took the other bronze medal with a golden point in extra-time against Veronica Calabrese of Italy.
Lim Su-jeong celebrates her victory. (Thank you and credits to Vladimir Rys/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Dutch win Olympic Women's Water Polo gold - The Netherlands defeated the United States 9-8 in the Women's Water Polo final to win the gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Thursday. Australia won the bronze medal after beating Hungary 12-11. (Thank you and credits to Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
Jamaica's Campbell-Brown wins Women's 200m gold - (Thank you and credits to Yang Lei/Xinhua)
Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown clocked 21.74 seconds to win the gold medal in the Women's 200 meters at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Thursday. Allyson Felix of the United States took silver in 21.93 seconds, and another Jamaican, Kerron Stewart, won bronze in 22.00.
Shirvani Muradov of Russia wins Men's Freestyle 96kg Wrestling gold - (Thank you and credits to Harry How/Getty Images)
Shirvani Muradov from Russia claimed the Men's Freestyle 96kg Wrestling title at the Beijing Olympics on Thursday, beating Taimuraz Tigiyev from Kazakhstan in the final. The bronze medals went to George Gogshelidze from Georgia and Khetaq Gazyumov from Azerbaijan - (L-R) Taimuraz Tigiyev, Shirvani Muradov, Taras Danko and Georgy Ketoev (Thank you and credits to Harry How/Getty Images)
Mindorashvili of Georgia wins Men's Freestyle 84kg Wrestling gold - George Gogshelidze (L) is declared the winner. (Thank you and credits to Xinhua)
Revazi Mindorashvili from Georgia claimed the Men's Freestyle 84kg Wrestling title at the Beijing Olympics on Thursday, beating Yusup Abdusalomov from Tajikistan 2-1 in the final.
The bronze medals went to Taras Danko from Ukraine and Georgy Ketoev from Russia.
Amro El Geziry of Egypt celebrates. (Thank you and credits to Wang Dingchang/Xinhua)
Modern Pentathlon Men's Swimming 200m Freestyle - The Men's Swimming 200m Freestyle competition of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Modern Pentathlon event was held at the Yingdong Natatorium in Beijing, China, on August 21, 2008. Amro El Geziry ranked first to set a new Modern Pentathlon Olympic record of 1 minute 55.86 seconds.
(L-R) Fernando Echavarri and Anton Paz of Spain fly their national flag. (Thank you and credits to Getty Images)
Qingdao, August 21, 2008 - Fernando Echavarri and Anton Paz of Spain crossed the finish line in fourth, one boat ahead of Glenn Ashby and Darren Bundock of Australia to win the Tornado (Multihull) gold medal on a blustery final day of Sailing in Qingdao.
World No. 1 Ashby and Bunddock held onto the silver medal position, with Santiago Lange and Carlos Espinola of Argentina winning bronze.
(L-R) Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor celebrate their victory. (Thank you and credits to Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
Beijing, August 21, 2008 - Defending champions Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh of the United States won the gold medal in the Olympic Women's Beach Volleyball competition by beating Tian Jia and Wang Jie of China in straight sets, 21-18, 21-18.
Beijing, Thursday, Aug 21 2008 - Medallists for Men's Marathon 10km:(Thank you and credits to Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
Maarten van der Weijden of the Netherlands won the Men's 10km Marathon Swimming with a time of 1:51:51.6. David Davies of Great Britain took the silver medal in 1:51:53.1. Thomas Lurz of Germany was the bronze medalist, clocking 1:51:53.6.
1) van der WEIJDEN Maarten Netherlands - GOLD
2) DAVIES David Great Britain - SILVER
3) LURZ Thomas Germany -BRONZE
Beijing, August 21, 2008 - Defending champions Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh of the United States won the gold medal in the Olympic Women's Beach Volleyball competition by beating Tian Jia and Wang Jie of China in straight set, 21-18, 21-18.
In the bronze medal match held earlier, Zhang Xi and Xue Chen of China beat Renata Ribeiro and Talita Rocha of Brazil 2-0 and won the bronze medal.
August 21, 2008 - China wins first medal in Beach Volleyball - Xue Chen sends a shot to Talita Rocha and Renata Ribeiro. (Thank you and credits to Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Xue Chen and Zhang Xi of China won their country's first medal in Beach Volleyball by defeating Brazilian duo Renata Ribeiro and Talita Rocha 21-19, 21-17 in 39 minutes to win a bronze medal.
Beijing, August 21, 2008 - Kjersti Tysse Platzer (R), Olga Kaniskina and Elisa Rigaudo (Thank you and credits to Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images. Olga Kaniskina of Russia crossed the finish line to win gold in the Women's 20km Walk at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in 1 hour 26.31 minutes on August 21, breaking the previous Olympic record of 1 hour 29.05 minutes.
Kjersti Tysse Platzer from Norway came in second, clocking 1 hour 27.07 minutes to take silver. She held off bronze medalist Italy's Elisa Rigaudo, who clocked 1 hour 27.12 minutes
Beijing, August 20, 2008 - Melaine Walker of Jamaica set an Olympic record to win the Women's 400m Hurdles, emerging victorious over pre-race favorite and rival Sheena Tosta of the United States at the National Stadium on Wednesday, August 20. Walker, in her Olympic debut, crossed the line in 52.64 seconds to prove that it is not only the Jamaican men who can set Athletics records. Tosta held on for silver in 53.70, with Tasha Danvers of Great Britain claiming the bronze, her first major championships medal, in a personal best 53.84.(Thank you and credits to Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)
Athletics
Day 12, August 20, 2008 Review: Picture of Usain Bolt (Thank you and credits to Getty Images)
Usain Bolt wins the men's 200 m in a new world record time of 19.30 seconds, beating the old mark set by Michael Johnson at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. With this victory, Bolt also becomes the first athlete since Carl Lewis in 1984 to win both the 100 m and 200 m events in a single Olympiad, and the first sprinter since Don Quarrie in 1976 to hold both 100 and 200 metres world records simultaneously, and the first since the introduction of electronic timing.
Swimming
After a race lasting nearly two hours, Russia's Larisa Ilchenko beats Keri-Anne Payne of Great Britain by just 1.5 seconds to win the women's 10 km marathon. Payne and fellow British swimmer Cassandra Patten, who took bronze, had shared the lead for almost the entire race before being overtaken by Ilchenko with 50 metres remaining.
Natalie du Toit of South Africa becomes the first amputee to compete in the Olympic Games, finishing 16th in the women's 10 km marathon.
Sailing
Yin Jian wins China's first ever Olympic sailing gold medal in the women's sailboard.
Shahar Zubari wins Isreal's first Beijing Olympic medal.
Taekwondo
Rohullah Nikpai wins Afghanistan's first Olympic medal ever by taking bronze in the men's 58 kg contest.
Schedule for day 13 Beijing Olympic 2008 Gold Medal Matches:
09:00 Swimming Men's Marathon 10km Scheduled
10:30 Cycling - BMX Women's Final Run Scheduled
10:40 Cycling - BMX Men's Final Run Scheduled
11:00 Beach Volleyball Women's Gold Medal Match - Match 54 Tian Jia/Wang (China) vs Walsh/May-Treanor (United States) Scheduled
13:00 Sailing Tornado - Medal Race Scheduled
13:00 Sailing Star - Medal Race Scheduled
17:20 Wrestling Men's FR 84 kg Gold Medal Scheduled
18:15 Wrestling Men's FR 96 kg Gold Medal Scheduled
18:20 Water Polo Women's Gold Medal Match - Match 20 United States vs Netherlands Scheduled
18:30 Softball Women's Grand Final - Game 32 United States vs Japan Scheduled
19:10 Wrestling Men's FR 120 kg Gold Medal Scheduled
19:20 Athletics Women's Javelin Throw Final Scheduled
19:30 Athletics Women's 200m Final Scheduled
20:00 Diving Women's 10m Platform Final Scheduled
20:00 Modern Pentathlon Men's Running 3000m Scheduled
20:00 Taekwondo Women -57kg Gold Medal Contest Scheduled
20:15 Taekwondo Men -68kg Gold Medal Contest Scheduled
20:25 Athletics Men's Triple Jump Final Scheduled
21:00 Football Women's Gold - Match 26 - W23 vs W24 Brazil vs United States Scheduled
21:20 Athletics Men's 400m Final Scheduled
21:40 Athletics Men's 110m Hurdles Final Scheduled
22:10 Equestrian Jumping Individual Final Round B
(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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