Du/Yu win olympic gold in badminton women's doubles

　(BEIJING, August 15) -- Second seeds Du Jing and Yu Yang of China prevailed over fourth seeds Lee Hyo-jung and Lee Kyung-won of the Republic of Korea 21-15, 21-13 to clinch the Women's Doubles gold in the Olympic Badminton tournament on Friday, August 15.

Chinese Lu Yong wins men's 85 weightlifting Olympis gold

Lu Yong of China tries a lift during the men's 85kg group A competition of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games weightlifting event in Beijing, China, Aug. 15, 2008
　　BEIJING, Aug. 15 -- Chinese weightlifter Lu Yong claimed the men's 85kg title at the Beijing Olympics on Friday, clearing a total of 394kg, equaling the world record set by Andrei Rybakou from Belarus one minute ago.
　　Lu, 22, beat Rybakou to the second place due to less bodyweight. Lu, who finished second in the snatch with 180kg, overcame 214kg in the jerk in his second attempt but the referees stunned the world by changing their first decision of "made" to "fail".
　　Lu had to lift the 214kg in his third attempt. Under huge pressure, the Chinese made it and clinched the gold unquestionably.
　　Tigran Varban Martirosyan from Armenia got the bronze with a total of 380kg, beating Vladimir Sedov from Kazakhstan, who also cleared 380kg, off the podium with bodyweight advantage.

China takes third and final Women's Judo

(BEIJING, August 15) -- Tong Wen of China beat defending Olympic champion Tsukada Maki of Japan with an ippon in the final seconds of the match to win gold in Judo Women's +78kg, the last Women's Judo event of the Beijing Olympics. Tong's victory gives China its third Women's Judo gold medal of the Games.
　　Lucija Polavder of Slovenia defeated Kim Na-young of the Republic Korea with a koka to win the first bronze medal in the event. Polavder participated in the 2004 Athens Olympic Game and is a three time bronze medalist at the European Championships. Idalys Ortiz of Cuba outplayed Tserenkhand Dorjgotov of Mongolia with an ippon to win the second bronze medal in the event and the last Women's Judo bronze medal of the Beijing Olympics.

Chinese Cao Lei wins women's 75kg weightlifting gold

Cao Lei of China tries a lift during women's 75kg group A competition of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games weightlifting event in Beijing, China, Aug. 15, 2008. Cao Lei set the new Olympic record of women's 75kg snatch with 128 kg

Cao Lei of China tries a lift during women's 75kg group A competition of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games weightlifting event in Beijing, China, Aug. 15, 2008. Cao Lei set the new Olympic record of women's 75kg snatch with 128 kg.

　　BEIJING, Aug. 15 -- Cao Lei claimed the title in women's 75kg category weightlifting on Friday, winning China its seventh weightlifting gold at the Beijing Olympics.
　　It's the first time Chinese lifter won gold in this category at the Olympics.
　　Cao, 24, totaled 282kg, 16kg more than the achievement of silver medalist Alla Vazhenina of Kazakhstan.
　　Cao, two-time world champion, dominated the game as she snatched 128kg, and lifted 154kg in clean and jerk, breaking three Olympic records.
　　She tried to break the total world record of 286kg in her third jerk attempt, by ordering 159kg, but failed. She bowed to the spectators and hugged with her coach Ma Wenhui.
　　Vazhenina snatched 119kg, and jerked 147kg.
　　The bronze went to Russian Nadezda Evstyukhina, who totaled 264kg

China's Yang Xiuli wins woman's 78kg Class judo Gold

BEIJING, Aug 14 -- China's Yang Xiuli won woman's 78kg judo gold Thursday

Yang Xiuli of China won gold in Judo Women's -78kg by defeating Cuba's Yalennis Castillo with a hantei after overtime failed to decide a winner.

Zhang juejue takes gold to break ROK's 24-year reign

Beijing, August 14)-- Zhang Juanjuan of China broke the Republic of Korea's 24-year stranglehold on the Women's Individual event, claiming the gold medal with the last arrow of a riveting final against Park Sung-hyun at the Olympic Green Archery Field on Thursday.
To win the Olympic title, No. 27 seed Zhang had to beat all of the top three seeded ROK women, including Park, the Individual gold medalist at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.
In the semifinal, Zhang took out the No. 1 ranked archer in the world, Yun Ok-hee, 115-109. Zhang's score equaled the Olympic record Park set earlier in the day. In the quarterfinal, she beat Joo Hyung-jung 106-101.
Yun Ok-hee went on to win the bronze medal against Kwon Un- sil of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 109-106.
Khatuna Lorig of the United States was fifth, Hayakawa Nami of Japan sixth, Joo seventh and Mariana Avitia of Mexico eighth.

China's Yang wei wins gold in Men's All-Around

(BEIJING, August 14) – China's Yang Wei proved that he is the world's best all-round gymnast today by winning the gold medal in the Men's All-Around.
Yang entered the final rotation with a comfortable lead over the rest of the field. The lead was a tremendous advantage for Yang, who knew he did not need to excel on his weakest apparatus, the Horizontal Bar.
Yang performed well in the Rings, the Vault and the Parallel Bars. His 16.625 in the Rings was only bettered by his compatriot Chen Yibing, who pulled out of his last rotation and finished last.
Yang finished with a total of 94.575 points, which was a long way ahead of silver medalist Uchimura Kohei of Japan who scored a total of 91.975. Uchimura will rue his mistake-ridden performance in the Pommel Horse, where he finished with 13.275 - the worst score of any competitor.
The bronze medal was won by French dark horse Benoit Caranobe, who scored a total of 91.925 points. Caranobe was the ninth-highest-ranking gymnast in the qualification phase, but an outstanding performance in the Vault secured the bronze medal. Caranobe was the top-ranking gymnast on the apparatus, scoring 16.600.
Germany's Fabian Hambuechen, who was seen as the only real rival to Yang, performed poorly today. Hambuechen was clearly upset after a bad performance in the Vault. He finished seventh with a total of 91.675.
Japan's Tomita Hiroyuki would have been a chance to win a medal if he had not fallen from the Rings. Due to the fall, Tomita could only manage a score of 13.850 on the apparatus. He was the best-performed gymnast in the Horizontal Bar and finished with a total score of 91.750.

Du Li wins the Women's 50m Rifle Three Positions

(BEIJING, August 14) -- China's Du Li won gold in the Women's 50m Rifle Three Positions with a total score of 690.3, a new Olympic record.
Katerina Emmons of Czech Republic won the silver medal (687.7) and Cuba's Eglis Yaima Cruz won the bronze medal (687.6).

Dark horse Liu Zige wins gold in Women's 200m Butterfly

(BEIJING, August 14) -- China's Liu Zige, the fastest final qualifier, won the gold medal with a world-record-setting time of 2:04.18 in Women's 200m Butterfly final. The other Chinese swimmer Jiao Liuyang touched just after her in 2:04.72, also under the old world record. Jessicah Schipper of Australia, former world-record holder, finished third in 2:06.26.

China's Liu Chunhong wins gold in women's 69kg weightlifting

BEIJING, Aug 13 -- China's Liu Chunhong won gold and a new world record in the women's 63kg weightlifting today. Liu topped the scoreboard and left the competition behind with a total score of 286. Russian Oxana Slivenko won silver with 255, and Natalya Davydova of Ukraine won bronze.

China's Chen Ying wins Olympic women's 25m pistol gold

Chen Ying of China celebrates during the women's 25m pistol final of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games shooting event at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall in Beijing, China, Aug. 13, 2008. Chen Ying shot 793.4 points to win the gold medal of the event

BEIJING, Aug. 13 -- China's Chen Ying shot 793.4 points to win the Olympic women's 25m pistol gold medal here on Wednesday.
Mongolai's Gundegmaa Otryad, who led the qualification round with 590points, had to settle for the silver with 792.2 points.
Germany's Munkhbayar Dorjsuren took the bronze with 789.2 points

China sweeps first four Diving events

(BEIJing , August 13) -- China is halfway toward its dream of eight Diving gold medals after Qin Kai and Wang Feng won the Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard with a score of 469.08. The host nation has won all four Synchronized Diving events of the Beijing Olympics. Dmitry Sautin and Yuriy Kunakov of Russia earned silver, while Illya Kvasha and Oleksiy Prygorov of Ukraine took bronze.
Qin and Wang are the reigning world champions and were the heavy favorites coming into the event. Their supremacy was evident from start to finish -- they ranked first in each of their six dives, including an emphatic 94.50-point final dive that put them ahead of Russia by 50 points.
Legendary Russian diver Dmitry Sautin, five-time Olympian from 1992 through 2008, won his eighth Olympic madel at the age of 34. The Russian pair overcame an eighth-ranked fifth dive with a solid score on their final dive to secure silver.
The pair from Ukraine pulled ahead in a tight race for third with an 84-point fifth dive that put them temporarily in second place. Needing near-perfect final dives to reach the podium, the US and Canadian pairs fell short and Kvasha and Prygorov won bronze by 4.32 points.
Canadian diver Alexandre Despatie, silver medalist in the Individual 3m Springboard at Athens, and his 37-year-old partner Arturo Mirnada were in third place through the first three dives but a poor fourth dive dropped them into fifth place.
The Individual Diving events begin on August 14 with the Women's 3m Springboard. Qin Kai will take part in the Individual Men's Springboard event with compatriot He Chong. The event is scheduled to begin on August 18 and end on August 19.
Synchronized Men's 3m Springboard, final standings:
1. China -- Qin kai and Wang Feng, 469.08
2. Russia -- Dmitry Sautin and Yuriy Kunakov, 421.98
3. Ukraine -- Illya Kvasha and Oleksiy Prygorov, 415.05
4. USA -- Chris Colwill and Jevon Tarantino, 410.73
5. Canada -- Alexandre Despatie and Arturo Miranda, 409.29
6. Germany -- Pavlo Rozenberg and Sascha Klein, 402.84
7. Great Britain -- Nicholas Robinson-Baker and Benijamin Swain, 402.36
8. Australia -- Scott Robertson and Robert Newberry, 393.60

China makes history by winning its first Team Gold in Women's Gymnastics

(BEIJING, August 13) -- China made history today by winning its first Olympic gold medal in the Team event of Women's Gymnastics. China won the gold medal with a total of 188.900 points.
The United States won the silver medal with a total of 186.525 points and Romania won the bronze with a total of 181.525 points.
China entered the Team final as favorites, but it was pushed all the way by a determined United States. The two sides' first rotation was the Vault, with the United States taking a slender lead.
The second rotation for China and the United States was the Uneven Bars, which is regarded as China's specialty. China did not disappoint, gaining the lead with a dominant display on the apparatus.
He Kexin and Yang Yilin were outstanding in the Uneven Bars, scoring 16.850 and 16.800 respectively. Despite the best efforts of the United States' Nastia Liukin, who scored 16.900, the United States could not overcome China's dominance of the apparatus.
The United States gained slightly more points than China in the Balance Beam, a rotation that was marked by the mistakes of the United States' Alicia Sacramone and China's Cheng Fei. Sacramone was clearly affected by her mistake and also performed poorly in the next rotation, the Floor Exercise.
The United States could not afford to make any mistakes against a disciplined Chinese side. China's Li Shanshan improved her country's chances of winning the gold medal by scoring 16.050 in the Balance Beam. This was an individual score that even the elegant Liukin could not match.
China's most experienced campaigner Cheng Fei sealed the victory with a solid performance in the Floor exercise.
Romania surprised Russia by winning the bronze medal. Romania performed well in the Floor Exercise, with only China receiving a higher score. Russia scored poorly in the Balance Beam and finished with a total score of 180.625.
The fifth to eighth places in the Team final were taken by Japan, Australia, France and Brazil.

China's Liao Hui wins Olympic men's 69kg weightlifting gold

Liao Hui of China takes a snatch lift during the men's 69kg final of weightlifting at Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Aug. 12, 2008. Liao won the gold medal with a total of 348 kilos

BEIJING, Aug. 12 -- China's Liao Hui won the Olympic gold medal in the men's 69kg weightlifting class here on Tuesday.
Liao hoisted 158kg in snatch and 190kg in clean and jerk for a total of 348kg.
Vencelas Dabaya-Tientcheu of France and Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan of Armenia were tied at 338kg, but Dabaya-Tientcheu claimed the silver on lower body weight

Chinese athlete ZhongMan wins men's sabre fencing gold

(Beijing, August 12) -- China's Zhong Man claimed the gold medal in a 15-9 two-round bout in the final of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Men's Individual Sabre on August 12 at the Fencing Hall. Nicholas Lopez of France took home the silver.
In so doing, Zhong became the first Chinese fencer in Olympic history to win this event.
"I feel as though I'm dreaming and now I'm more confident about the Team event. I want to dedicate this gold medal to my coach, Christian Bauer ," lauded Zhong.
Mihai Covaliu won the bronze medal final with a score of 15-11 against fourth place finisher Julien Pillet of France in a bout that only lasted two rounds.
"I did everything I could but Covaliu is a little bit stronger than I am and I was just really tired," Pillet said after losing his bout.
Some big names in the event were knocked out early in the day, with Athens 2004 silver medalist Zsolt Nemcsik of Hungary and Russian Stanislav Pozdnyakov failing to reach the quarterfinals.

Chen Ruolin and Wang Xin won gold in Synchronized Women's 10m Platform with 363.54 points at National Aquatics Center

(Beijing, August 12) -- Chen Ruolin and Wang Xin won gold in Synchronized Women's 10m Platform with 363.54 points at National Aquatics Center to give China its third Diving gold in three days. Briony Cole and Melissa Wu of Australia finished second, while Paola Espinosa and Tatiana Ortiz won Mexico's first medal of the Beijing Olympic Games by placing third.
The Chinese teenagers were the highest ranked pair in each of the five dives, building a nearly insurmountable 25.32 point lead after the fourth dive. Their superb 90.78 point final dive widened their winning margin to 28.38 over second place Australia. The reigning world champions were competing in the Olympics for the first time.
Cole and Wu of Australia started the competition in a tie for third but pulled into second place after the third dive. A bad entry on the fourth dive gave Mexico an opening to steal silver, but the Australian pair recovered on their final dive with a 87.72-point score that clinched their second-place finish. Cole and Wu also finished second behind their Chinese opponents at the 2007 World Championships.
Paola Espinosa and Tatiana Ortiz have the honor of winning Mexico's first medal of the 2008 Olympics and the 10th diving medal in the nation's Olympic history. Espinosa finished fifth in Athens in Synchronized 3m Springboard and Synchronized 10m Platform. She also competed in Sydney, finishing 12th in the two Individual Women's events.
Chen and Wang will also take part in the Individual Women's 10m Platform competition, in which they are ranked World No. 1 and 2. The event is scheduled to start on August 19 and end on August 21.
Synchronized Women's 10m Platform, final standings:
1. China -- Wang Xin and Chen Ruolin, 363.54 points
2. Australia -- Briony Cole and Melissa Wu, 335.16
3. Mexico -- Paola Espinosa and Tatiana Ortiz, 330.06
4. Germany -- Annett Gamm and Nora Subschinski, 310.29
5. The United States -- Marybeth Dunnichay and Ishimatsu Haley, 309.12
6. Democratic People's Republic of Korea -- Kum Hui Choe and Un Hyang Kim, 308.10
7. Canada -- Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion, 305.91
8. Great Britain -- Tonia Couch and Stacie Powell, 303.48

Team Gold goes to China in Men's Gymnastics

China dominated Men's Gymnastics today, winning the Team Gold with a total of 286.125 points. 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 16.000 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.
Prior to the Team final, Japan was seen as China's main rival for the gold medal. However, Japan rarely threatened China and was only able to trump China in the Floor Exercise.
Japan's attempt to win the gold medal came totally unstuck in the Vault – it performed very poorly and was the lowest ranking team on the apparatus with only 46.750 points.
The United States looked as though it was going to challenge Japan for the silver medal, but its performance in the last two rotations was poor. The United States' Joey Hagerty performed poorly in the Floor Exercise and Kevin Tan was the worst performed individual in the Pommel.
The gold medal is a glorious success for China, who failed to win a medal in the Men's Team event at Athens 2004 after winning the gold medal at Sydney 2000. Three members of today's team, Yang, Li and Huang were all part of the gold-medal-winning team in Sydney.

Zhang xiangxiang wins the 9th Gold Medals for China Olympic Game Group

Zhang xiangxiang of China takes a lift during men’s weightlifting 62kg Competition of Beijing 2008-8-11 Olympic Games at Beijing
Beijing Augest 11th 2008 Chinese weightlift Zhang xiangxiang wins the weightlift 62kg Gold Medal with a total result of 319kg.

Diego Salazar took the silver with 305kg, Colombia's first medal in Beijing, and Triyatno from Indonesia got the bronze with Zhang kneeled down to thank the responsive home fans, who roared to support him when he tried to break the world record in his third clean and jerk attempt.
Zhang was still very happy despite the failed try at the world record. He crouched on the platform and kissed the barbells.
Zhang finished number one in the snatch with 143kg. At that time, he still faced strong threats from Ji Hun-min of South Korea, who snatched 142kg, and DPR Korean lifter Im Yong Su, 2002 world champion, with 138kg. But both challengers failed in all three attempts in clean and jerk.
With arch rivals gone, Zhang dominated the field as no other lifters were able to hoist the weight Zhang jerked in his first attempt.

Chinese weightlifter Chen retains women's 58kg title

Chen Yanqing of China takes a lift during women's weightlifting 58kg Group A competition of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics Gymnasium in Beijing, China,
BEIJING, Aug. 11 -- Chinese weightlifter Chen Yanqing retained her women's 58kg Olympic title in Beijing on Monday with a total result of 244kg.
　　Chen, 29, has become the first strongwoman in the world to successfully defend her Olympic title since the women's weightlifting entered summer Olympics in 2000 Sydney.
　　Marina Shainova from Russia took the silver medal with a total of 227kg, while O Jong Ae from DPR Korea got the bronze with 226kg, beating Thai Wandee Kameaim who also cleared a total of 226kg to the fourth place due to less bodyweight.
　　No one was able to make any trouble for the defending champion and record holder. She finished with 106kg in snatch, leaving the second-ranked lifter seven kilograms behind.
　　She jerked 132kg in her second attempt, renewed the Olympic record of 131kg, which was newly set by the DPRK lifter one minute earlier, and bettered the Olympic total record by one kilo. Only two minutes later, she rewrote them again, raising the clean and jerk record to 138kg and total to 244.
　　The rest all focused on the fighting for the silver and bronze as they were very close to each other.
　　Russian lifter successfully stood out from the scuffle by snatching 98kg and jerking 129. Her total was only one kilo heavier than O and Wandee.
　　O succeeded in her risky third attempt of 131kg while Wandee failed her last attempt of 129

Chinese teenager divers win gold in 10 meters at Beijing Olympic Games

Chinese divers Lin Yue (L) and Huo Liang compete during the men's synchronised 10m platform final at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in the National Aquatics Center, also known as the Water Cube in Beijing, China, Aug. 11, 2008. Chinese team won the gold medal in the event with a score of 468.18 points. 　　

BEIJING, Aug. 11 -- Chinese teenager divers Lin Yue and Huo Liang clinched the gold of the men's 10-meter platform synchronized at Beijing Olympic Games here on Monday.
　　Lin and Huo, winners of the event in 2007 Melbourne Worlds, led throughout the final to win the second diving gold for China with 468.18 points.
　　Patrick Hausding and Sascha Klein of Germany, silver medallist of the event at 2008 "Good Luck Beijing" World Cup, finished second in 450.42, while the bronze went to Russian Gelb Galperin and Dmitriy Dobroskok in 445.26.
　　Lin and Huo, 17 and 18 respectively, dominated the final since the first round, and they made an almost perfect dive in the second round by achieving seven 10 points and two 9.5 points.
　　The Chinese teenagers were almost unbeatable in the World Cup series in 2007, and they claimed the gold in the "Good Luck Beijing" World Cup on February this year.
　　The Russian pair, silver medallists of the event in 2007 Melbourne Worlds, had trailed the Chinese duo in the first five round, but they were surpassed by the Germans finally.
　　Klein, 22, is also a hot favorite in the individual platform at Beijing Olympics, as he beat Chinese Zhou Lvxin to win the gold in the event at 2008 World Cup.
　　Mathew Helm and Robert Newbery of Australia, bronze medallist of the event in 2004 Athens Olympics, finished the fourth in 444.84.
　　The Australian duo had retired after the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne but came back last year to participate in their third Olympic Games.
　　Thomas Daley, 14, the youngest of the divers at Beijing Olympic Games, finished the last in 408.48 with his partner Blake Aldridge. It's the 14-year-old's first Olympics, and he is a medal prospect of Britain in London.

Design of the Medal for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

The 2008 Beijing Olympic medals Have two key elements, Gold and jade - signify honor and virtue in Chinese culture.
The adopted design for the gold medal contains three components in the center circle: the Beijing Olympic logo, the five Olympic rings and "Beijing 2008." This inner circle is surrounded by a ring of jade with a gold-plated rim on the outside.
The gold, silver and bronze medals carry the same design, with a finer white jade in the gold medal, a slightly darker shade in the silver medal, and a green jade in the bronze medal

Chinese Guo wenjun smashes Olympic record to crown in women's 10-meter air pistol

Gold medalist Guo Wenjun (C) of China, siver medalist Natalia Paderina (L) of Russia, and bronze medalist Nino Salukvadze (R) of Gerogia wave to spectators at the awarding ceremony of the women's 10m air pistol final of shooting at Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Aug. 10, 2008. (Xinhua/Bao Feifei)
　　Chinese markswoman Guo Wenjun smashed Olympic record in women's 10-meter air pistol with 492.3 points, winning China the second shooting gold medal at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall on Sunday morning.
　　Guo, a 24-year-old from the northwestern Shaanxi Province, went into the finals ranked second among eight finalists with 390 points. In front of her was Russian shooter Natalia Paderina, who bettered the Olympic record in preliminary of the event with 391 points.
　　In the first shot, both shooters scored 10.0 points.
　　But Paderina, 33, seemed to be out of gear in the second shot and just collected 8.5 points, two points lower than her Chinese rival.
　　The following shots saw Guo keeping her momentum to maintain theleading position, whereas Paderina lost her sharpness and scored her final four shots below 10.
　　The smiling Chinese girl waved to spectators after the final, while excited people cheered and cried out her name.
　　Paderina, with 489.1 points, settled for a silver.
　　The bronze medal was won by Nino Salukvadze from Georgia with 487.4 points.

China's Xian Dongmei wins women's 52kg judo gold

Xian Dongmei of China celebrates after defeating An Kum Ae of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea during the women -52 kg final of judo at the Beijing Olympics in Beijing, China, Aug. 10, 2008.
Xian Dongmei of China displays her gold medal on the podium after defeating An Kum Ae of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea during the women-52 kg final of judo at the Beijing Olympics in Beijing
　　BEIJING, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Xian Dongmei won China's first judo gold medal at the Beijing Olympics Sunday, stunning Kum Ae An from the Domecratic People's Republic of Korea in the final of the 52-kilogram class.
　　Xian, the gold medalist at the Athens Games, beat three opponents consecutively by ippon en route to the final, where she defeated Kum with a yuko and a penalty koka.
　　The 33-year-old veteran gave birth to a girl 18 months ago, three ippon games in the women's light-weight competition which added the fifth medal to China's gold haul at the Games.
　　"I really want to thank my husband who has given a lot of support to me for coming back to judo after marriage and giving birth to our daughter," said the 33-year-old veteran who gave birth to a girl 18 months ago.
　　"I am very happy to win an Olympic gold again, especially this time in Beijing."
　　After a bye in her first bout, Xian had a perfect start in which she ipponed Spanish Ana Carrascosa by directly pushing the opponent to the mat with just one minute and 19 seconds, sharing her symbolic smile with 5,000-strong cheering spectators in the gymnasium.
　　"One of the reason for my return is that the Olympic Games will be held in my own country for the first time, that really motivated me," said Xian who has taken on her judokgi once again since May 2007 when summoned by the national team.
　　"I have experienced very tough time after coming back for restore my ability," said Xian, who has been the first Chinese judoka who managed to win gold medals in two consecutive Olympic Games and also the first ever mama Olympic champion in China.
　　Xian, who had received two-year training for Chinese wrestling before she turned to judo at 15, told that she had used a special technique learned from wrestling to defeat her opponents in the competition, saying that the most thing she want to do after the match is to have a good rest.
　　Meeting world champion silver medalist Telma Monteiro of Portugal in the next, Xian surrendered an early yuko but rallied to tie by active attacks composedly. Leading another koka advantage with 45 seconds left in the five-minute bout, she shoulder throwed the Portuguese to the mat with a decision of waza-ari by the referee who soon rectified to gesture an ippon victory.
　　At the semifinal, Xian jumped on Soraya Haddad from Algeria, world broze medalist in 2005, and again shoulder throwed the opponent to win another ippon.
　　Soraya Haddad from Algeria oustered Sholpan Kaliyeva from Kazakhstan with a waza-ari to grab a bronze medal.
　　"I am so happy today because my bronze medal will encourage the judokas in my country," said Haddad who has won the first ever judo medal for Algeria and all of Africa at Olympic Games.
　　Japan's 19-year-old Nakamura, gave a koka loss to Kum Ae An at semifinal, struggled in the competition after a gold-score game and later ipponed South Korean Kyung Ok Kim for another bronze medal of Japanese judo squad.
　　"I feel disappointed because I could not win the gold medal, It's all the same if it's not a gold medal but I feel disappointed more than I feel happy." the new star in the 52kg of Japan said.
　　The silver medalist Kum Ae An has not been reachable for a comment since she did not finish the doping test till the press conference's end.

Chinese Guo jinjin/Wu mingxia win women's 3m synchronized springboard gold with 343.50 points

Guo Jingjing(above) and Wu Minxia of China dive during women’s sync. 3m springboard final of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China, August 10, 2008. Guo Jingjin

Chinese world and Olympic champion Guo Jingjing took the limelight of the Water Cube, together with her partner Wu Minxia, as they retained the women's three-meter springboard synchronized gold at the Beijing Olympics here on Sunday.
　　The defending champion Guo/Wu, winner of the event in the 2004 Athens Olympics and three World Championships, took the lead all the way to collect 343.50 points, beating their closest rivals Julia Pakhalina and Anastasia Pozdnyakova of Russia, who posted 323.61, by almost 20 points.
　　Heike Fischer and Ditte Kotzian of Germany, silver medallist of the event in 2007 Melbourne Worlds, finished third with 318.90.
　　The Germany pair had trailed the American pair Kelci Bryant and Ariel Rittenhouse in the first three rounds, but they tied the points after the fourth dive, and finally managed to surpass them in the last round.
　　The American duo, runners-up of the event in 2006 Changshu World Cup and bronze medallist of the event in 2008 "Good Luck Beijing" World Cup, took the fourth in 314.40.
　　The Chinese always has advantages in the women's 3m springboard, both individual and synchronized.
　　The "diving queen" Guo, 26, is the four-time world champion in both of the events, while Wu, 22, won three golds in the 3m springboard synchronized in three world championships with Guo, as she missed the 2005 Montreal Worlds.
　　Wu, runner-up of the women's 3m springboard at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, always trailed Guo in international competitions.
　　It's Pakhalina's third Olympic Games, who's the winner of the event in 2000 Sydney Olympics and silver medallsit in 2004 Athens Olympics with her former partner Vera Ilyna.
　　She has paired up with Pozdnyakova since Ilyna's retirement, and the new pair took silver in all legs of the 2008 World Series, in Nanjing, Sheffied and Tijuana station.
　　Australian Sharleen Stratton and Briony, bronze medallist of the event in 2007 Melbourne Worlds, finished fifth in 311.34.

Chinese Long Qingquan wins men's 56kg class weightlifting gold

Long Qingquan of China takes a lift at the men's 56kg final of weightlifting at Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Aug. 10, 2008. Long claimed title in this event.

BEIJING, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Long Qingquan totaled 292kg to win the men's 66kg division weightlifting gold medal at the Olympic Games here on Sunday.
Vietnam's Hoang Anh Tuan took the silver with 290kg and Indonesian Eko Yuli got the bronze with 288

First Golden Medal come form come 48KG Weight Lifting

In the Beijing time 12:00am Augest 9th 2008, Chen xiexia who was win the first Gold Medal in the 48KG class weight lifting for China on the 29th Beijing Olympic Game.