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Saturday
Aug042012

2012 Olympics: Day 8 Recap

Bill Clark/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Tennis, Women's Singles: Serena Williams of the United States defeated Maria Sharapova of Russia for Gold; Silver: Sharapova; Bronze: Victoria Azarenka of Belarus;

Tennis, Men's Doubles: Gold: Bob and Mike Bryan of the United States; Silver: Michael Llodra and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France; Bronze: Richard Gasquet and Julien Benneteau of France;

Badminton, Women's Singles: Gold: Li Xuerui beat world champion Wang Yihan for Gold, Yihan finished with Silver; Bronze: Saina Nehwal of India;

Badminton, Women's Doubles: Gold: Tian Qing and Zhao Yunlei of China; Silver: Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kakiiwa of Japan; Bronze: Valeria Sorokina and Nina Vislova of Russia;

Trampoline, Women's Final: Gold: Canada's Rosannagh MacLennan; Silver: Huang Shanshan of China; Bronze: He Wenna of China;

Shooting, Women's Trap: Italy's Jessica Rossi won Gold missing just one of 100 shot to set a world record; Silver: Zuzana Stefecekova of Slovakia; Bronze: Delphine Reau of France;

Shooting, Women's 50-meter Rifle 3-Position: Gold: Jamie Lynn Gray of the United States; Silver: Ivana Maksimovic of Serbia; Bronze: Adela Sykorova of Czech Republic;

Rowing, Men's Four: Gold: Britain; Silver: Australia; Bronze: United States;

Rowing, Men's Lightweight Double Sculls: Gold: Denmark; Silver: Britain; Bronze: New Zealand;

Rowing, Women's Single Sculls: Gold: Miroslava Knapkova of the Czech Republic; Silver: Fie Udby Erichsen of Denmark; Bronze: Kim Crow of Australia;

Rowing, Women's Lightweight Double Sculls: Gold: Britain; Silver: China; Bronze: Greece;

Triathlon, Women's Event: Gold: Nicola Spirig of Switzerland; Silver: Lisa Norden of Sweden; Bronze: Erin Densham of Australia;

Cycling, Women's Team Pursuit: Gold: Britain finished with a time of 3 minutes, 14.051 to break the world record; Silver: United States: Bronze: Canada;

Track & Field, Men's 20-kilometer Walk: Gold: Chen Ding of China; Silver: Erick Barrondo of Guatemala; Bronze: Wang Zhen of China;

Track & Field, Women's Discus Throw: Gold: Croatia; Silver: Russia; Bronze: China;

Track & Field, Women's Heptathlon: Gold: Jessica Ennis of Britain; Silver: Tatyana Chernova of Russia; Bronze: Lyudmyla Yosypenko of Ukraine;

Track & Field, Men's Long Jump: Gold: Britain; Silver: Australia; Bronze: United States;

Track & Field, Men's 10,000-meters: Gold: Mo Farah of Britain; Silver: Galen Rupp of the United States; Bronze: Tariku Bekele of Ethiopia;

Track & Field, Women' 100-meter: Gold: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica; Silver: Carmelita Jeter of the United States; Bronze: Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica;

Fencing, Women's Team Epee: Gold: China; Silver: South Korea; Bronze: United States;

Swimming, Women's 50-meter Freestyle: Gold: Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands; Silver: Aliaksandra Herasimenia of Belarus; Bronze: Marleen Veldhuis of the Netherlands;

Swimming, Men's 1,500-meter Freestyle: Gold: Sun Yang of China (14:31.02 seconds, world record); Silver: Ryan Cochrane of Canada; Bronze: Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia;

Swimming, Women's 4X100-meter Medley Freestyle: Gold: United States (3:52.05 seconds, (Missy Franklin, Rebecca Soni, Dana Vollmer, Allison Schmitt, world record); Silver: Australia; Bronze: Japan;

Swimming, Men's 4X100-meter Medley Freestyle: Gold: United States (Michael Phelps final event for career, Phelps finishes with 18 gold medals and 22 for his career); Silver: Japan; Bronze: Australia;

Weightlifting, Men's 94kg/207lbs: Gold: Ilya Iyin of Kazakhstan; Silver: Alexandr Ivanov of Russia; Bronze: Anatoli Ciricu of Moldolva;

Medal Count: United States - 54; China -53; Great Britain 29;

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Friday
Aug032012

2012 Olympics: Day 7 Recap

Bill Clark/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Rowing, Women's Double Sculls: Gold: Britain; Silver: Australia; Bronze: Poland;

Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls: Gold: Germany; Silver: Croatia; Bronze: Australia;

Rowing, Men's Pair: Gold: New Zealand; Silver: France; Bronze: Britain;

Rowing, Men's Single Sculls: Gold: New Zealand; Silver: Czech Republic; Bronze: Britain;

Shooting, Men's 50M Rifle Prone: Gold: Sergei Martynov of Belarus set a world record with a total of 705.5 points; Silver: Lionel Cox of Belgium; Bronze: Rajmond Debevec of Slovenia;

Shooting, Men's 25M Rapid Fire Pistol: Gold: Cuba; Silver: India; Bronze: China;

Gymnastics, Trampoline: Gold: China; Silver: Russia; Bronze: China;

Badminton, Mixed Doubles: Gold: China; Silver: China; Bronze: Denmark;

Archery, Men's Individual: Gold: South Korea; Silver: Japan; Bronze: China;

Judo, Women's Over 78K: Gold: Cuba; Silver: Japan; Bronze: Britain;

Judo, Men's Over 100K: Gold: France; Silver: Russia; Bronze: Germany and Brazil;

Weightlifting, Women's 75K: Svetlana Podobedova of Kazakhstan lifted 161 kilograms (Olympic record) to take home Gold; Silver: Natalya Zabolotnaya of Russia; Bronze: Iryna Kulesha of Belarus;

Cycling, Men's Team Pursuit: Britain won it's second straight Gold medal in the Olympic Team Pursuit; Silver: Australia; Bronze: New Zealand;

Cycling, Women's Keirin: Victoria Pendleton of Britain took home Gold;  Guo Shuang of China captured the Silver medal; Bronze: Lee Wai Sze of Hong Kong;

Swimming, Women's 200-meter Backstroke: Missy Franklin of the United States set a world record 2 minutes, 4.06 seconds for her third Gold medal;  Anastasia Zueva of Russia took home Silver; Bronze: Elizabeth Beisel of the United States;

Swimming, Men's 100-meter Butterfly: Michael Phelps of the United States won his 17th Gold medal of his career; Silver: Chad le Clos of South Africa and Evgeny Korotyshkin of Russia;

Swimming, Women's 800-meter Freestyle: Gold: Katie Ledecky of the United States; Silver: Mireia Belmonte Garcia of Spain; Bronze: Rebecca Adlington of Britain;

Swimming, Men's 50 Free: Gold: Florent Manaudou of France; Silver: Cullen Jones of the United States; Bronze: Cesar Cielo of Brazil;

Fencing, Men's Saber Team: Gold: South Korea; Silver: Romania; Bronze: Italy;

Weightlifting, Men's 85K: Gold: Adrian Zielinski of Poland; Silver: Russia's Apti Aukhadov; Bronze: Iran's Kianoush Rostami;

Track & Field, Men's Shot Put: Gold:Tomasz Majewski of Poland; Silver: David Storl of Germany; Bronze: Reese Hoffa of the United States;

Track & Field, Women's 10,000: Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia took home Gold; Sally Kipyego of Kenya won Silver; Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya walked away with Bronze;

Medal Count: United States - 43; China - 42; Russia - 23;

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