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Duncan Free (L) and Drew Ginn pose with their gold medals. (Photo credit: Vladimir Rys/Bongarts/Getty Images)Photo Gallery>>Australian rowers Drew Ginn and Duncan Free claimed the Men's Pair title at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, c...

Tom James, Steve Williams, Pete Reed and Andrew Triggs Hodge (Photo credit: Wang Lei/Xinhua)Photo Gallery>>(BEIJING, August 16) -- Great Britain won gold in the Men's Four to end the first day of Rowing medal races in Shunyi. Their time of ...

BEIJING, August 12) -- Having already secured three gold medals in his fabled bid for eight, Michael Phelps will be looking to bag another two in Wednesday's finals for the Men's 200m Butterfly and 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay. Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe,...

BEIJING, August 14) -- Michael Phelps of the United States will be looking to increase his gold medal haul to six on Friday in the final of the Men's 200m Individual Medley. He will not have the race all to himself, as Ryan Lochte will be there to try ...

(BEIJING, August 15) -- Michael Phelps will have to fight his "great friend and great competitor" Ian Crocker in the Men's 100m Butterfly on Saturday morning in his quest for eight gold medals.

The world record holder of this event...

BEIJING, August 15) -- Michael Phelps of the United States is heading towards a highly-anticipated eight gold medal-haul after pocketing his sixth on Friday in the Men's 200m Individual Medley final. He swam yet another world record, shaving 0.57 secon...

BEIJING, August 15) -- Americans Rebecca Soni, Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps all set world records on Friday, giving the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games their 20th world record in the Swimming competition. Beijing 2008 is only the third Olympic Games in hi...

Michael Phelps celebrates victory in the 100m Butterfly final (Photo credit: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)Photo Gallery>>(BEIJING, August 16) -- American Michael Phelps overcame the one man left in the field of challengers who could have st...

Steeve Guénot wins the gold (Photo credit: Xinhua)Photo Gallery>>(BEIJING, August 13) -- Steeve Guénot became the new Olympic champion of the Men's Greco-Roman 66 kilogram Wrestling weight class after defeating Kanatbek Begali...

Manuchar Kvirkvelia on the podium (Photo credit: Getty Images)Photo Gallery>>(BEIJING, August 13) -- Georgia's Manuchar Kvirkvelia won his country's first gold of these Olympics by defeating China's Chang Yongxiang in the Men's Greco-Roman ...

(BEIJING, August 16) -- Mariya Stadnik of Azerbaijan defeated Tatyana Bakatyuk of Kazakhstan 2-1, 8-0 to snatch a bronze medal in the Women's Freestyle 48 kilogram Wrestling weight class on Saturday, August 16.

Stadnik took the second period...

(BEIJING, August 16) -- Canada's Carol Huynh and Japan's Chiharu Icho advanced into the final after defeating their rivals in the semifinal of the Women's Freestyle Wrestling 48kg class on Saturday, August 16.

Huynh crushed T...

(BEIJING, August 15) -- After a one-day break the Wrestling competition resumes on August 16 with a gold medal match each in the Women's Freestyle 48 kilogram and 55 kilogram.

Freestyle 48kg

Icho Chiharu of Japan was defeated in t...

Carol Huynh wins the gold (Photo credit: Xinhua)Photo Gallery>>(BEIJING, August 16) -- Wrestler Carol Huynh took Canada's first Beijing gold, and forced Icho Chiharu of Japan to her second straight silver, in the Women's Freestyle Wrestling...

(BEIJING, August 11) -- Young duo Chen Ruolin and Wang Xin of China will look to add to China's two diving gold medals at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games when they compete in the Women's 10m Synchronised Platform final at the National Aquatics Center on...

Lin Yue (L) and Huo Liang receive the gold medal. (Photo credit: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)Photo Gallery>>Chinese Lin Yue and Huo Liang scored 468.18 points to win the men's 10m synchronized diving gold medal at the Olympic Games here on Mon...

Chen Ruolin and Wang Xin compete in Synchronized Women's 10m Platform (Photo Credit : Xinhua)Photo Gallery>>(BEIJING, August 12) -- Chen Ruolin and Wang Xin won gold in Synchronized Women's 10m Platform with 363.54 points at National Aquati...

(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 Beiji...

(BEIJING, August 12) -- Chinese springboard masters Qin Kai and Wang Feng will try to make amends for their disappointing showing at the 2004 Athens Olympics when they compete in the Men's 3m Synchronized Springboard at the National Aquatics Center on ...

(L-R) Kai Qin and Wang Feng of China pose with the gold medal. (Photo credit: Nick Laham/Getty Images)Photo Gallery>>(BEIJING, August 13) -- China is halfway toward its dream of eight Diving gold medals after Qin Kai and Wang Feng won the M...

(BEIJING, August 10) -- Like Day 2, 4 golds will come out of the water on Monday morning. Golds in Women's 100m Butterfly, 400m Freestyle, Men's 100m Breaststroke and 4x100m Freestyle relay will be awarded at the Water Cube Monday. Also four semi-final...

(BEIJING, August 12) -- The US national anthem was played three times at the Water Cube in the morning session of the swimming events. First in Men’s 200m Freestyle final, where the record-setting Michael Phelps took his third gold medal, then in...

(BEIJING, August 11) -- Spectators at the Water Cube witnessed the birth of four more gold medals and five new world records on Monday, August 11.

In one of the all-time great relay swims, the United States overhauled the French team in the ...

(BEIJING, August 11) -- Michael Phelps of the United States will chase his third gold in the Men's 200m Freestyle on Tuesday morning, August 12, after winning the Men's 400 Individual Medley and the Men's 4×100m Freestyle Relay on Sunday and Mond...

(BEIJING, August 12) -- Having already secured three gold medals in his fabled bid for eight, Michael Phelps will be looking to bag another two in Wednesday's finals for the Men's 200m Butterfly and 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay. Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe...

(L-R) Ricky Berens, Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps of the United States shout encouragement to Peter Vanderkaay (Photo credit: Nick Laham/Getty Images)(BEIJING, August 13) -- The US Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle team, led out by the indomitable Michae...

BEIJING, August 12) -- China performed according to expectations today, taking out the Team gold in Men's Gymnastics. The gold medal was the perfect redemption for a team that missed out a medal at Athens 2004. China put in a dominant display and ...

Chen Yibing of China competes on the rings. (Photo credit: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)Photo Gallery>>The Men's Team final of Artistic Gymnastics was held at the National Indoor Stadium on day four of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on Augu...

Chen Yibing holds up his fist after his performance. (Photo credit: Xinhua)Photo Gallery>>(BEIJING, August 12) -- China dominated Men's Gymnastics today, winning the Team Gold with a total of 286.125 points. Japan won the silver medal with ...

China team gains the highest place on the podium. (Photo credit: Xinhua)Photo Gallery>>(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...