Oceania
Stephanie Rice to carry flag for Australia in closing ceremony
Australian swimming champion Stephanie Rice has been chosen to carry the flag for Australia at the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.
“He (John Coates) said, I’d really like for you to be the flag bearer and I just thought, oh my gosh. I never even saw that coming at all,” Rice said.
“I feel so honoured [...]
Germany wins gold medal in men’s hockey
Germany defeated Spain 1-0 to win the gold medal in men’s hockey at the Beijing Olympics.
Christopher Zeller was the only goal scorer for the game.
Earlier in the day, Australia crushed the Netherlands 6-2 to win bronze.
The United States have defeated Australia 92-65 to win its fourth consecutive gold medal in women’s basketball. It is the third Olympics the U.S. played Australia in the final.
Russia defeated China 94-81 to win the bronze medal.
Australia wins gold in men’s 10m platform
Australia’s Matthew Mitcham has stunned China by winning the gold medal in the men’s 10m platform diving. He performed a spectacular 112.10-point in the final round to win the gold. China have won five of the six diving golds at the Beijing Olympics.
China’s Luxin Zhou won the silver medal and Gleb Galperin from [...]
Rashid Ramzi wins gold in men’s 1500 meters
Rashid Ramzi from Bahrain has won the gold medal in the 1500 meters.
Asbel Kipruto Kiprop from Kenya won the silver medal and New Zealand’s Nicholas Willis won the bronze.
Ken Wallace from Australia has won the gold medal in the men’s K1 500 meters.
Adam van Koeverden from Canada won the silver medal and Tim Brabants from Great Britain won the bronze.
Steve Hooker of Australia has won the gold medal in the men’s pole vault setting a new Olympic record of 5.96.
Evgeny Lukyanenko of Russia won the silver medal and Denys Yurchenko of the Ukraine won the bronze medal.
- Germany wins gold medal in women’s 500m K4
- Tim Brabants from Great Britain wins gold in men’s K1 1000m
- Italy’s Alex Schwazer wins men’s 50km walk
- Australia wins bronze medal in women’s water polo
- Spain wins gold medal in Tornado (Multihull)
- Australia wins bronze medal in softball
- US vs Australia - men’s basketball
- Trouble at the hockey: wrong color undies
