Scenes from the Bird’s Nest - August 20
The Olympic track and field meet continued at the Bird’s Nest on Wednesday. In addition to Usain Bolt’s spectacular finish in the men’s 200m event, here is what happened:
Jamaica’s Melaine Walker won the Gold Medal in the women’s 400m hurdles event. Sheena Johnson of the United States took the Silver Medal and Tasha Danvers of Great Britain earned the Bronze.
In the women’s 20 km walk, Russia’s Olga Kaniskina prevailed in the rainy Beijing weather to win the Gold Medal, setting a new Olympic record of 1:26:31. Kjersti Tysse Platzer of Norway won the Silver Medal and Elisa Rigaudo of Italy took the Bronze Medal.
Aksana Miankova of Belarus won the women’s hammer throw competition, setting a new Olympic record of 76.34. The Silver Medal went to Yipsi Moreno of Cuba and Zhang Wenxiu of China earned the Bronze Medal.
(photo of Melaine Walker © Newscom)
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