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styla21
08-23-2008, 09:01 PM
Olympics - Day 15


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Jorgen Persson's focus is in vain as he loses his table tennis semi-final against Wang Hao

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Glenn Kirkham is beaten to the ball, but it's a rare South Korea attack as GB win 5-2 to take fifth place

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Sabine Spitz joins the ranks of Olympic showboats by carrying her bike across the line in the women's mountain biking event

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Julien Absalon is dominant in the men's race, leading home a France one-two as Briton Liam Killeen takes a tumble

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After a protracted dispute over his participation in Beijing, Lionel Messi inspires Argentina to football gold with a 1-0 win over Nigeria

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And guess who is Argentina's cheerleader in chief... none other than Diego Armando Maradona

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Tim Brabants celebrates his second medal of the Games but it is a bronze this time in the 500m kayak behind Australia's Ken Wallace

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But there is despair and controversy in the taekwondo when Sarah Stevenson loses after her late head kick mysteriously fails to score

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Incredibly, that decision against China's Chen Zhong is reversed, but Stevenson loses to Maria del Rosario Espinoza before winning bronze

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Cuba's Angel Valodia Matos is expelled from future taekwondo competitions after kicking referee Chakir Chelbat in the head

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There is concern in the pool when Japan's Hiromi Kobayashi is helped out of the water by her synchronised swimming team-mates

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The Spanish synchronised swimming team compete on their way to winning the silver medal in the team event free routine final

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But Russia take gold in the event at the swimming cube to sneak ahead of Team GB on the medals table

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Israel's Irina Risenzon competes in the individual all-around final of the rhythmic gymnastics

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Tom Daley acquits himself well in the men's 10m platform diving final, ending up in seventh spot

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But James Degale does better, supplying Britain's 19th gold with victory over Emilio Correa Bayeaux in the middleweight boxing final

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In athletics, Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele adds to his legend by wrapping up an emphatic distance double in the 5,000m

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But there is disappointment for British medal hope Lisa Dobriskey, who can only finish fourth in the 1500m

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There is more frustration for Britain in the 4x400m relays with the men and the women narrowly missing out on the podium

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It falls to the USA - and Jeremy Wariner - to win the last gold on the track - the men's 4x400m