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Old 08-19-2008, 01:35 AM   #1
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Default Olympics: Wrap Up & Highlights Day 10

Olympics - Day 10 Highlights


Phillips Idowu produces a confident triple jump of 17.44m to qualify for the final alongside team-mate Larry Achike


100m champion Usain Bolt makes it look easy as he progresses into round two of the 200m finishing behind Trinidad's Rondell Sorillo


The Bird's Nest stadium is rocked as China's defending Olympic champion Liu Xiang pulls out of the 110m hurdles through injury


Australia's Emma Snowsill wins gold in the women's triathlon - sealing victory by more than a minute from Portugal's Vanessa Fernandes


After Sunday's sailing successes, Great Britain also see Joe Glanfield and Nick Rogers pick up a silver in the men's 470 class


Hungary's Peter Biros blocks a shot as his side beat Canada 12-3 in the preliminary round of the water polo tournament


Moustafa Hussein prepares to unleash a shot for Egypt's handball team during their 32-32 draw with Iceland


Yao Ming and his China team-mates vainly try to keep out Vasileios Spanoulis as Greece triumph by 91-77 in the Olympic Basketball Arena


Dutch cyclist Marianne Vos wins the women's points race but not before several competitors are sent tumbling out of contention


Geraint Thomas, Bradley Wiggins, Paul Manning and Ed Clancy smash the world record as Britain claim gold in the men's team pursuit


China's Chen Yibing earns gold in the men's rings with a superb display - his compatriot Yang Wei claims silver


Britain's Beth Tweddle attempts a very difficult routine but just misses out on a medal on the uneven bars, finishing fourth


Stephanie Brown-Trafton of the US wins gold in the women's discus ahead of Cuba's Yarelys Barrios


Back at the National Indoor Stadium, Poland's Leszek Blanik wins the men's vault on a tie-break from Frenchman Thomas Bouhail


Belarus earn a gold in the men's 105kg weightlifting event when Andrei Aramnau comes out on top


Pamela Jelimo becomes the first Kenyan female to win an Olympic gold with a time of 1:54.87 in the 800m


Panama's Irving Saladino registers a leap of 8.34m to earn a gold medal in the long jump ahead of South Africa's Khotso Mokoena


Reigning Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva secures another title in the women's pole vault with a world-record effort of 5.05m


Winner in 2000, Angelo Taylor leads home the field in the men's 400m hurdles as USA take all three medals


The last gold of the day goes to USA in the team show jumping final for whom Laura Kraut and Cedric enjoy a faultless last round
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