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Day 11 (August 19) Gymnastics The Chinese returned to their dominant form by winning both the Men’s Parallel Bars and Men’s Horizontal Bar. In fact, the only thing noteworthy about these last two events in men’s gymnastics is that Jonathan Horton of the US ended his team’s shutout in the individual event finals by winning… Read more.
Day 9 (August 17) Gymnastics Not surprisingly, the Chinese men continued their dominance with different teammates winning the event finals in Pommel Horse and Floor Exercise. The more interesting results, however, came in the women’s event finals. Alas, Alicia Sacrimone– who nearly torpedoed the US’s chance of winning any medal in the team competition – was denied personal redemption. … Read more.
Day 8 (August 16) Swimming You know the story by now: Michael Phelps on course to emulate Mark Spitz by winning eight gold medals in swimming at one Olympic Games. Well, after the way he won his second gold medal (with the improbable come-from-behind swim by teammate Jason Lezak on the last leg of the Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay),… Read more.
