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Britta Steffen from Germany wins women’s 50m freestyle
Britta Steffen from Germany has won the gold medal in the women’s 50m freestyle, setting a new Olympic record of 24.06.
Dara Torres from the United States has won the silver medal and Cate Campbell from Australia has won the bronze medal.
Will Michael Phelps break Mark Spitz’s record today?
It will be an exciting day in the swimming today with Michael Phelps attempting to win his eighth gold medal at the Beijing Olympics and breaking Mark Spit’s 1972 Munich record of most gold medals at a single Olympic games.
He will be swimming in the men’s 4×100 meter medley relay, so he will be reliant [...]
Beijing Olympic’s youngest competitor
With all of the talk about China’s women’s gymnasts, it led me to wonder how hold might the youngest athlete be at the Beijing Olympics. I found this article which profiles, Cameroonian freestyler Antoinette Guedia. Guedia is just 12 years and
She is competing in the women’s 50 meter freestyle and will [...]
Netherlands win women’s freestyle relay
The Netherlands has won the gold medal in the women’s 4×100 meter freestyle. They set a new Olympic record of 3:33.76. The United States finished second and Australia third.
Germany started strong but ended up finishing fifth. China will be disappointed by finishing fourth and missing out on a medal.
Here is the Netherlands [...]
NBC’s top eight Beijing Olympic storylines
Here is a top eight list of storylines as selected by Alan Abrahamson at NBC.
No. 1: Michael Phelps chases history
No argument from me with this choice. People love seeing records broken and heroes made. If Michael Phelps can win eight Olympic golds he is certainly going to go down in history as [...]
Meet the oldest competitor at the Beijing Olympics
Hiroshi Hoketsu from Japan makes a return to the Olympics 44 years after competing at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. He is aged 67 and says he “doesn’t feel that old”.
Hiroshi Hoketsu is competing in the equestrian. “Equestrian is not a matter of age,” insists Hoketsu, who says that the horse is more [...]
Michael Phelps sneaks into Beijing
Michael Phelps sneaked into Beijing yesterday almost unnoticed. He took a side door to avoid fans and reporters.
A young Chinese girl waited five hours just to get an autograph.
Phelps is hoping to break Mark Spitzer’s record of seven gold medals at a single Olympics.
“I’m looking to do something different that the sport has never [...]
