Wednesday, August 13, 2008

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GOLD MEDALISTS ON AUGUST 12,2008 AND BEIJING 29TH OLYMPICS 2008 SCHEDULE FOR DAY 5 GOLD MEDAL EVENTS ON AUGUST 13, 2008

DAY 5 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GOLD MEDALISTS ON AUGUST 12, 2008:


Michael Phelps is the winner of 200 m Men's freestyle. He has at least two opportunities in Beijing, in the finals of the Men's 200m Butterfly and 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay, to reach this amazing double-digit milestone.
(Thank you and credits to Getty Images)


Katie Hoff won gold medal in the Women's 200m Freestyle final and is again a narrow favorite with Federica Pellegrini of Italy, who is the world record holder in the event, and Sara Isakovic of Slovenia, who has the second fastest time in 2008. (Thank you and credits to Getty Images)


US gymnast Shawn Johnson (Thank you and credits to Getty Images)

German Romeike wins Eventing Individual Jumping gold


Hinrich Romeike and Marius jump. (Thank you and credits to Julian Herbert/Getty Images)
Germany's Hinrich Romeike won the Eventing Individual Jumping gold medal at the Olympic Games here on Tuesday.

American Gina Miles took the silver and Briton Kristina Cook got the bronze.

Germany won the Eventing Team Jumping gold medal at the Olympic Games on Tuesday, August 12, 2008. Australia took silver and Britain got bronze.

Hinrich Romeike of Germany won gold in Eventing Individual to match the Eventing Team gold that Germany won earlier in the evening. The amateur rider and professional dentist and his grey gelding Marius received no penalty points during the Jumping final and won on 54.20 penalty points.


(L-R) Rovshan Bayramov, Nazyr Mankiev, Roman Amoyan and Park Eun-chul (Thank you and credits to Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Russia's Nazyr Mankiev and compatriot Islam-Beka Albiev grabbed gold in the 55kg and 60kg classes in Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling on Tuesday, August 12,2008.


Pak Hyon-suk of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea earned a standing ovation after winning the Women's Weightlifting 63 kilogram final on August 12, 2008. This is the first gold medal won by the DPRK in Beijing. (Thank you and credits to Getty Images)


Chen Yibing holds up his fist after his performance. (Thank you and credits to Xinhua Images)

China dominated Men's Gymnastics today, winning the Team Gold with a total of 286.125points. Japan won the silver medal with 278.875 points and the United States won the bronze medal with 275.850 points.

China performed modestly on its first two apparatuses, the Floor Exercise and Pommel, but blew the field away with a masterful display in both the Rings and Vault.

A relaxed and smiling Chinese team was led by its veterans, Huang Xu, Yang Wei and Li Xiaopeng.

Huang performed well in the Rings, scoring 16.000. However, his performance was just a taste of things to come because Yang and Chen Yibing scored 16.300 and 16.575 in the Rings respectively, helping China be the top-ranking team on the apparatus.

All-Around specialist Yang continued his good form by scoring a high 16.600 in the Vault. Li then ensured that China would also be the highest-scoring team in the Vault by scoring 16.775, taking China's score in the Vault to 49.325.

China practically secured its gold medal by the end of the fifth rotation, dominating the Parallel Bars. All three Chinese gymnasts, Huang, Yang and Li, scored over 16 points on the apparatus.

China still managed to be the best-performed team in the Horizontal Bar, despite the apparatus being seen as one of the team's weak links. Youngster Zou Kai finished off China's gold-medal-winning performance by scoring 15.975 – the best individual performance in the Horizontal Bar.


(L-R) Fabien Lefevre, Alexander Grimm and Benjamin Boukpeti (Thank you and credits to Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)


Germany's Alexander Grimm won the Olympic Kayak K1 Men's gold medal in 171.70 here on Tuesday. France's Fabien Lefevre took silver in 173.30 and Togo's Benjamin Boukpeti got bronze in 176.91. (Thank you and credits to Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)


The Men's 81kg Judo bout was held at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium on day four of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 12, 2008, in Beijing, China. German Ole Bischof beat Kim Jae-bum of Republic of Korea to take the gold medal - Ole Bischof stands on the podium. (Thank you and credits to Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images)



SCHEDULE FOR DAY 5 GOLD MEDAL MATCHES EVENTS ON AUGUST 13, 2008:

10:14 Swimming Women's 200m Freestyle Final

10:21 Swimming Men's 200m Butterfly Final

10:30 Gymnastics Artistic Women's Team Final

11:12 Swimming Women's 200m Individual Medley Final

11:19 Swimming Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final

11:30 Cycling - Road Women's Individual Time Trial

13:30 Cycling - Road Men's Individual Time Trial

14:30 Diving Men's Synchronised 3m Springboard Final

15:00 Shooting Women's 25m Pistol Final

15:30 Weightlifting Women's 69kg Group A

17:20 Wrestling Men's GR 66 kg Gold Medal

17:50 Wrestling Men's GR 74 kg Gold Medal

18:42 Judo Women -70 kg Gold Medal Contest

19:00 Weightlifting Men's 77kg Group A

19:03 Judo Men -90 kg Gold Medal Contest

21:00 Fencing Men's Individual Foil Gold Medal Match

21:30 Fencing Women's Individual Epee Gold Medal Match

(Thank you and credits to http://en.beijing2008.cn for the information and pictures)

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