The track and field events of the XXIX Olympiad concluded on Saturday. Here are the results:
The American women took the Gold Medal in the women’s 4×400m relay, with anchor Sanya Richards passing Russian, Anastasia Kapachinskaya in the final meters. The Russian women took the Silver Medal and the Jamaican team earned the Bronze. In addition […]
The action continued at the Bird’s Nest in Beijing on Friday. Here are the results:
In the women’s 5000m event, Ethiopa’s Tirunesh Dibaba Kenene took the Gold Medal, her second of the Beijing Olympic Games. She was followed to the finish line by Elvan Abeylegesse of Turkey for the Silver Medal and Meseret Defar Tola of […]
It was a crazy day at the Bird’s Nest on Thursday. Both the United States mens and womens 4×100m relay teams dropped their batons in the qualifying heats and were disqualified from the events. In addition, there were also a lot a positive things happening at the “Nest.” Here are the highlights:
Andrey Moiseev of […]
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 […]
If there was any question that Jamaica’s Usain Bolt was the fastest man on the planet, he erased all doubt today in his 200m win. Bolt set a new world record of 19.30, besting the field by more than a half second. Wallace Spearmon of the United States was presumably so awed by Bolt’s performance […]
The action continues over at the National Stadium. Here’s what happened on Tuesday:
In the women’s 100m hurdles, Dawn Harper of the United States won the Gold Medal, followed by Sally McLellan of Australia for the Silver Medal and Canada’s Priscilla Lopes-Schliep for the Bronze. Favorite and two-time indoor champion, Lolo Jones of the United States […]
Just a day after countryman, Usain Bolt won the gold in the men’s 100m, three Jamaican women have swept the medals in the women’s 100m event. Shelly-Ann Fraser took the Gold Medal with a time of 10.78, followed by Sherone Simpson for the Silver and Kerron Stewart for the Bronze.
Lauryn Williams of the United States […]
After all of the hype surrounding this event, the men’s 100m “dash” turned out to be not much of a race at all. Jamaica’s Usain Bolt easily bested the field with an astonishing time of 9.69 seconds, a new world record. Richard Thompson of the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago finished second […]
Who hasn’t heard of the legendary Jamaican Bobsled Team that competed during the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary? I sure have. But alright, it’s mainly due to the Walt Disney movie, Cool Runnings that immortalised their first ever effort at the sport during the Olympics.
They reminded me of the fact that Olympics isn’t just about […]
The XVIII Commonwealth Games has been over for almost a week and I haven’t posted the final medal count till now. I’m terribly sorry about the delay. Anyway, like before, do let me know if I messed up with my math somewhere.
AUSTRALIA
84 69 68 221
ENGLAND
36 […]
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Written by Sandy Mitchell [email] for b5media.
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