NEWS HIGHLIGHTS AND BEIJING 29TH OLYMPICS 2008 SCHEDULE FOR DAY 8 ON AUGUST 16, 2008 - LEE CHONG WEI IN THE FINALS FOR BADMINTON

Chong Wei beat South Korean Lee Hyun Il 21-18, 13-21, 21-13 in the semi finals. (Thank you and credits to http://stephanella.wordpress.com)

Congratulations to Lee Chong Wei: He will be in the Finals for badminton event at 8.50pm tomorrow night, August 17, 2008 playing against Lin Dan. All the best to Lee Chong Wei.


Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba gets gold and new OR in Women's 10000m(Thank you and credits to Mark Dadswell/Getty Images)

Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia has won gold and set a new Olympic record in the Women's 10000m at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 15.



Gymnastics:

Nastia Liukin wins the gold medal in the Women's artistic individual all-around. Her father and coach, Valeri Liukin, won a Gymnastics gold medal for the Soviet Union at the Seoul Olympics in 1988. Together, with Shawn Johnson taking the silver, was the fourth time in Olympic history where a country took the top two spots in the Individual All Around events.

Table tennis:

Singapore qualifies for the final in the women's team event, thus ensuring that the country will win its first Olympic medal, in any event, since 1960

SCHEDULE FOR DAY 8 GOLD MEDAL MATCHES EVENTS ON AUGUST 16, 2008

09:00 Athletics Men's 20km Walk

10:03 Swimming Women's 200m Backstroke Final

10:10 Swimming Men's 100m Butterfly Final

10:16 Swimming Women's 800m Freestyle Final

10:39 Swimming Men's 50m Freestyle Final

12:00 Badminton Women's Singles Gold Medal Match XIE Xingfang vs ZHANG Ning

12:00 Shooting Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Final

13:00 Sailing Finn Medal Race Scheduled

14:00 Sailing Yngling - Medal Race Scheduled 15:00 Shooting Men's Skeet Final

15:30 Rowing Women's Single Sculls Final A

15:50 Rowing Men's Single Sculls Final A

16:10 Rowing Women's Pair Final A

16:30 Rowing Men's Pair Final A

16:50 Rowing Women's Double Sculls Final A

16:50 Wrestling Women's FR 48 kg Gold Medal

17:10 Rowing Men's Double Sculls Final A

17:30 Rowing Men's Four Final A

17:40 Cycling - Track Men's Points Race

17:45 Wrestling Women's FR 55 kg Gold Medal

18:50 Cycling - Track Men's Ind. Pursuit Finals

19:00 Weightlifting Women's +75kg Group A

19:15 Cycling - Track Men's Keirin Finals

19:30 Fencing Women's Team Foil Gold Medal Match

20:00 Tennis Men's Doubles Gold Medal Match FEDERER Roger / WAWRINKA Stanislas vs JOHANSSON Thomas / ASPELIN Simon

21:10 Athletics Women's Shot Put Final

21:30 Badminton Men's Doubles Gold Medal Match SETIAWAN Hendra / KIDO Markis vs CAI Yun / FU Haifeng

22:15 Athletics Women's Heptathlon 800m - Heat 6

(Thank you and credits to http://en.wikipedia.org, http://en.beijing2008.cn and all sources for the information and pictures)