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The 29th Olympiad opens with China's Olympic Games from 8-24 August. Paul Myers is in Beijing to bring us news and results from the track, the pool, the gym and from the 37 venues that will see over 10,000 athletes compete for 302 gold medals. Listen to his reports in our daily broadcasts and read his own personal view of events in the stadium and behind the scenes in his Beijing blog.
Beijing blog
My personal gold, silver and bronze awards
Who gets my gold silver and bronze? This is the crucial issue emerging from the 29th Olympiad. Awards given for performance on and off the track or in and out of the water, including sportsmanship, charm and a good line in nuggets stories.
2008-08-24 16:32 TU
Results
Olympic Games 2008
US relay teams take gold, Australian diver scores perfect tens
In the last of the track and field competitions, the US 4 x 400m relay team managed to hold on the baton in both the men's and women's events. In diving, the 10m platform gold went to Matthew Mitcham when he pulled off a difficult final dive - a back two and a half somersault with two and a half twists. Four judges deemed it worthy of a perfect ten.
2008-08-23 15:36 TU
Olympic Games 2008
Another gold for Bolt, another world record
The Jamaican men took gold and records in the 4 x 100m relay while the women did more than enough to win - and then dropped the baton. Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba added the 5,000 women's title to the 10,000 she'd already won.
2008-08-22 17:31 TU
Olympic Games 2008
Jamaica completes sweep of sprints
Jamaica became the first country in 20 years to sweep the 100 and 200 metre sprints in both the men's and women's categories Thursday when Veronica Campbell-Brown took the 200m gold. The US last accomplished the feat in 1988.
2008-08-21 14:38 TU
Olympic Games 2008
Golds for Jamaica and a world record for Bolt
The two track finals that wrapped up Wednesday's competition both went to Jamaica. Usain Bolt destroyed the field to win the men's 200m.
2008-08-20 17:58 TU
Olympic Games 2008
Kenya's takes silver in men's 1500m
A silver lining for Kenya in the men’s 1500m, with Asbel Kipruto Kiprop coming in second just behind Rashid Ramzi of Bahrain.
2008-08-19 08:53 TU
Olympic Games 2008
3000m steeplechase: France's Mekhissi-Benabbad separates Kenyan gold and bronze
There were more medals for Kenya on Monday in the women's 800m and the men's 3000m steeplechase. Kenya's 18-year-old Pamela Jelimo claimed Kenya's first woman's track Olympic gold.
2008-08-18 14:52 TU
Olympic Games 2008
Africans sweep 10,000m; Jamaican women take 100m
Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia took the men's 10,000m gold, just ahead of his countryman Sileshi Sihine. Earlier in the day, three Jamaican women, Shelly-Ann Frazer, Kerron Stewart and Sherone Simpson swept the podium in the women's 100m final.
2008-08-18 08:58 TU
Olympic Games 2008
Phelps by a feather, Bolt by a mile
American Swimmer Michael Phelps won his 7th gold medal by 0.01 seconds, while Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt wins 100 metre gold by 0.2 seconds.
2008-08-16 13:41 TU
Olympic Games 2008
Tirunesh Dibaba takes women's 10,000
The track and field got down to business with the men's shot putt and the women's 10,000m final. Tomasz Majewski took the shot putt gold and Tirush Dibaba broke the Olympic record to win the 10,0000.
2008-08-15 18:36 TU
Olympic Games 2008
Asian swimmers make a splash
Japan's breaststroke master Kosuka Kitajima sliced through the water in his second Olympics, earning an unprecedented two golds: one for 200m breaststroke on Thursday, and one for the 100m breaststroke last Monday.
2008-08-14 12:59 TU
Olympic Games 2008
Six world swimming records broken
Six world records were broken in Beijing's Water Cube on Wednesday. US swimmer Michael Phelps stunned crowds yet again on Wednesday when he won two gold medals in the space of an hour, getting closer to his personal goal to win eight golds in Beijing.
2008-08-13 16:51 TU
Olympic Games 2008
Phelps takes third gold medal
Michael Phelps won the ninth Olympic title of his career on Tuesday when he took the 200m freestyle. He broke the world record - his third record at these Games, after three races.
2008-08-12 17:59 TU
Olympic Games 2008
World records in the swimming pool
On Monday there were silver medals for France in the men's 4 x 100 freestyle. The swimming pool saw world records fall for the individual 100m freestyle and for the 4 x 100m swimming relay.
2008-08-11 17:41 TU
Olympic Games 2008
Africa wins its first medal, Phelps as well
Kristy Coventry from Zimbabwe became the first African to win a medal at the Beijing games, taking silver in the 4x100 metres womens freestyle relay. She came just 0.44 seconds behind Australia’s Katie Price, who set a new world record.
2008-08-11 09:23 TU
Olympic Games 2008
A big opening day for China
China took an early lead in the overall medal standings despite several favourites cracking under the home crowd pressure. The country has set itself a goal of winning the overall medal count - a feat it has never accomplished before.
2008-08-09 15:17 TU
Olympic Games 2008
Spectacular opening to Beijing Games
The 2008 Olympic Games kicked off with a grand spectacle of lights and a cast of thousands at the "Bird's Nest" stadium at 8 pm local Chinese time. After the initial fireworks, dancers performed a dramatisation of China's history for the packed-to-capacity audience.
2008-08-08 14:51 TU
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