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
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44953000/jpg/_44953014_44952513.jpg
Jorgen Persson's focus is in vain as he loses his table tennis semi-final against Wang Hao
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44952000/jpg/_44952570_gbhockeygallery.jpg
Glenn Kirkham is beaten to the ball, but it's a rare South Korea attack as GB win 5-2 to take fifth place
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44952000/jpg/_44952580_sabine.jpg
Sabine Spitz joins the ranks of Olympic showboats by carrying her bike across the line in the women's mountain biking event
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44953000/jpg/_44953023_-153.jpg
Julien Absalon is dominant in the men's race, leading home a France one-two as Briton Liam Killeen takes a tumble
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44952000/jpg/_44952697_messi_nigeria416.jpg
After a protracted dispute over his participation in Beijing, Lionel Messi inspires Argentina to football gold with a 1-0 win over Nigeria
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44952000/jpg/_44952746_a7981e97-4353-41d4-bcd2-938edd81834b.jpg
And guess who is Argentina's cheerleader in chief... none other than Diego Armando Maradona
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44952000/jpg/_44952737_-25.jpg
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
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44952000/jpg/_44952870_-75.jpg
But there is despair and controversy in the taekwondo when Sarah Stevenson loses after her late head kick mysteriously fails to score
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44953000/jpg/_44953121_ecfd45fc-120a-43d5-9fa1-d0eaffdef7d0.jpg
Incredibly, that decision against China's Chen Zhong is reversed, but Stevenson loses to Maria del Rosario Espinoza before winning bronze
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44953000/jpg/_44953436_matos_getty.jpg
Cuba's Angel Valodia Matos is expelled from future taekwondo competitions after kicking referee Chakir Chelbat in the head
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44952000/jpg/_44952856_0d55b6d7-7975-430d-8c9a-375e36cf831d.jpg
There is concern in the pool when Japan's Hiromi Kobayashi is helped out of the water by her synchronised swimming team-mates
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44952000/jpg/_44952927_24addcb8-46da-4961-b3c4-481919e55491.jpg
The Spanish synchronised swimming team compete on their way to winning the silver medal in the team event free routine final
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44953000/jpg/_44953029_2fffadf1-51d3-4e20-b345-69efb3e5aeda.jpg
But Russia take gold in the event at the swimming cube to sneak ahead of Team GB on the medals table
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44953000/jpg/_44953010_32a6e9c8-b353-4f0b-8319-a29fee1cdf9a.jpg
Israel's Irina Risenzon competes in the individual all-around final of the rhythmic gymnastics
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44953000/jpg/_44953626_a722e888-8fde-401a-bdba-ee00be473538.jpg
Tom Daley acquits himself well in the men's 10m platform diving final, ending up in seventh spot
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44953000/jpg/_44953504_-205.jpg
But James Degale does better, supplying Britain's 19th gold with victory over Emilio Correa Bayeaux in the middleweight boxing final
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44953000/jpg/_44953510_-225.jpg
In athletics, Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele adds to his legend by wrapping up an emphatic distance double in the 5,000m
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44953000/jpg/_44953593_f1527c0c-f075-4e5d-995e-a9e7d49729c5.jpg
But there is disappointment for British medal hope Lisa Dobriskey, who can only finish fourth in the 1500m
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44953000/jpg/_44953602_-264.jpg
There is more frustration for Britain in the 4x400m relays with the men and the women narrowly missing out on the podium
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44953000/jpg/_44953611_7d471957-a533-4b34-b707-8a937d6ae176.jpg
It falls to the USA - and Jeremy Wariner - to win the last gold on the track - the men's 4x400m