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Headlines (13 August) :
Hughes: I'm going nowhere
Manchester City manager Mark Hughes on Tuesday night
rubbished suggestions he could resign after less than three months at
the club, claiming he remains happy with life at Eastlands.
PB not enough for McClatchey
Caitlin McClatchey missed out on a medal in the 200m
freestyle final despite posting a personal best time.
Divers fail to make a splash
British synchronised 3metre springboard pair Nicholas
Robinson-Baker and Ben Swain finished seventh out of eight in their
final at the Water Cube in Beijing.
Seven GB crews make final
Britain's impressive list of rowing finalists swelled
to seven - three more than Team GB managed at either of the last
Olympics - on another successful day in Shunyi.
Phelps enters gold record books
Michael Phelps was almost rendered speechless on
Wednesday after becoming the most successful Olympic athlete of all
time by claiming the 10th and 11th gold medals of his career.
Pooley claims silver
Emma Pooley secured Britain's second cycling medal of
the Beijing Games with silver in the women's time trial.
Cole pledges support for new skipper
Joe Cole insists that whoever wins the right to lead
England under Fabio Capello will have the full support of his entire
team.
Coach sees Flintoff's six appeal
Peter Moores believes England will reap the benefits
if they are patient with Andrew Flintoff's attempts to rediscover his
best form back in his old position at number six in the Test line-up.
Cuellar eyes Spain call
Carlos Cuellar believes he can break into the Spain
squad after completing a £7.8million move from Rangers to Aston
Villa.
Silva staying - Valencia
Valencia have reiterated that David Silva will remain
with the club amid reported interest from European champions
Manchester United. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 12 August 2008
OLYMPIC GAMES BEIJING
Artistic Gymnastics
Men's Team Final:
1 China 286.125 pts, 2 Japan 278.875 pts, 3 United
States 275.850 pts, 4 Germany 274.600 pts, 5 Korea 274.375 pts, 6
Russian Feder 274.300 pts, 7 Romania 274.175 pts, 8 France 272.875 pt
Diving
Women's Synchronised 10m Platform Final:
1 China 363.54 pts, 2 Australia 335.16 pts, 3 Mexico
330.06 pts, 4 Germany 310.29 pts, 5 United States 309.12 pts, 6 DPR
Korea 308.10 pts, 7 Canada 305.91 pts, 8 Gr Britain 303.48 pts
Shooting
Men's 50m Pistol Final:
1 Jong Oh Jin (Kor) 563 pts, 2 Jong Su Kim (Prk) 563
pts, 3 Tan Zongliang (Chn) 565 pts, 4 Vladimir Isakov (Rus) 563 pts
(9.1), 5 Oleg Omelchuk (Ukr) 563 pts (6.5), 6 Pavol Kopp (Svk) 563
pts, 7 Tanyu Kiriakov (Bul) 562 pts, 8 Damir Mikec (SRB) 559 pts, 9
Tomoyuki Matsuda (Jpn) 558 pts, 10 Susumu Kobayashi (Jpn) 558 pts, 11
Kanstantsin Lukashyk (Blr) 558 pts, 12 Yury Dauhapolau (Blr) 558 pts,
13 Hans Joerg Meyer (Ger) 557 pts, 14 Daryl Szarenski (USA) 555 pts,
15 Norayr Bakhtamyan (Arm) 555 pts, 16 Lin Zhongzai (Chn) 555 pts, 17
Rashid Yunusmetov (Kaz) 555 pts, 18 Julio Almeida (Bra) 554 pts, 19
Francesco Bruno (Ita) 554 pts, 20 Ivan Rybovalov (Ukr) 553 pts,
Double Trap Final:
1 Walton Eller (USA) 190 pts, 2 Francesco D Aniello
(Ita) 187 pts, 3 Hu Binyuan (Chn) 184 pts, 4 Jeffrey Holguin (USA)
182 pts, 5 Russell Mark (Aus) 181 pts, 6 Richard Faulds (Gbr) 180
pts, 7 Ahmed Almaktoum (UAE) 136 pts, 8 William Chetcuti (Mlt) 136
pts, 9 Roland Gerebics (Hun) 136 pts, 10 Daniele Di SPIGNO (Ita) 135
pts, 11 Hakan Dahlby (Swe) 135 pts, 12 Wang Nan (Chn) 134 pts, 13
Steven Scott (Gbr) 134 pts, 14 Vasily Mosin (Rus) 131 pts, 15
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (Ind) 131 pts, 16 Vitaly Fokeev (Rus) 130
pts, 17 Lucas Rafael Bennazar Ortiz (Pue) 123 pts, 18 Graeme Ede
(Nzl) 113 pts, 19 Giuseppe Di Salvatore (Can) 109 pts
Swimming
Men's 200m Freestyle Final:
1 Michael Phelps (USA) (WR)
100m Backstroke Final: 1 Natalie Coughlin (USA), 2
Kirsty Coventry (Zim), 3 Margaret Hoelzer (USA)
100m Backstroke Final: 1 Aaron Peirsol (USA), 2 Matt
Grevers (USA), 3 Hayden Stoeckel (Aus), 3 Arkady Vyatchanin (Rus)
100m Breaststroke Final: 1 Leisel Jones (Aus), 2
Rebecca Soni (USA), 3 Mirna Jukic (Aut)
Canoe Single (C1) Final:
1 Michal Martikan (Svk) 176.65, 2
David Florence (Gbr) 178.61, 3 Robin Bell (Aus) 180.59, 4
Ander Elosegui (Spa) 182.12, 5 Stanislav Jezek (Cze) 182.29, 6 Benn
Fraker (USA) 183.14, 7 Christos Tsakmakis (Gre) 186.67, 8 Krzysztof
Bieryt (Pol) 200.21, 9 Tony Estanguet (Fra), 10 Alexander Lipatov
(Rus), 11 Feng Liming (Chn), 12 Jan Benzien (Ger), 13 James
Cartwright (Can), 14 Takuya Haneda (Jpn), 15 Emir Mujcinovic (Cro),
16 Siboniso Cele (Rsa)
Kayak (K1) Final:
Alexander Grimm (Ger) 171.70, 2 Fabien Lefevre (Fra)
173.30, 3 Benjamin Boukpeti (Tog) 173.45, 4 Eoin Rheinisch (Irl)
176.91, 5 Warwick Draper (Aus) 177.85, 6 David Ford (Can) 178.35, 7
Helmut Oblinger (Aut) 178.83, 8 Dariusz Popiela (Pol) 179.68, 9
Robert Bouten (Ned) 227.99, 10 Daniele Molmenti (Ita) 230.93, 11
Vavrinec Hradilek (Cze), 12 Peter Cibak (Svk), 13 Peter Kauzer (Slo),
14 Guillermo Diez Canedo (Spa), 15 Campbell Walsh (Gbr), 16 Pablo
Mccandless (Chi), 17 Michael Kurt (Swi), 18 Kazuki Yazawa (Jpn), 19
Atanas Nikolovski (Mkd), 20 Scott Parsons (USA), 21 Ding Fuxue (Chn)
Fencing
Men's Individual Sabre Gold Medal
Match 1: Zhong Man (Chn) bt Nicolas Lopez (Fra) 15
pts-9 pts
Individual Sabre Bronze Medal
Match 2: Mihai Covaliu (Rom) bt Julien Pillet (Fra) 15
pts-11 pts
Women's Individual Sabre Final:
1 Mariel Zagunis (USA), 2 Sada Jacobson (USA), 3 Becca
Ward (USA), 4 Sofiya Velikaya (Rus), 5 Tan Xue (Chn), 6 Bao Yingying
(Chn), 7 Azza Besbes (Tun), 8 Olena Khomrova (Ukr), 9 Ekaterina
Dyachenko (Rus), 10 Bogna Jozwiak (Pol), 11 Ilaria Bianco (Ita), 12
Keumhwa Kim (Kor), 13 Olga Kharlan (Ukr), 14 Orsolya Nagy (Hun), 15
Olga Ovtchinnikova (Can), 16 Irena Wieckowska (Pol), 17 Elena
Nechaeva (Rus), 18 Aleksandra Socha (Pol), 19 Leonore Perrus (Fra),
20 Shinmi Lee (Kor),
Weightlifting
Women's 63kg Final:
Heat A: 1 Hyon Suk Pak (Prk) 241kg, 2 Irina Nekrassova
(Kaz) 240kg, 3 Ying-Chi Lu (Tpe) 231kg, 4 Christine Girard (Can)
228kg, 5 Thi Thiet Nguyen (Vie) 225kg, 6 Sookyung Kim (Kor) 225kg, 7
Ruth Kasirye (Nor) 224kg, 9 Mercedes Isabel Perez (Col) 217kg |
