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| Who won the gold medal in gymnastics for the women's all around? | Beijing 2008
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Nastia Liukin. Although Shawn Johnson was the favorite to win the gold, Nastia Liukin joined the likes of Mary Lou Retton and Carly Patterson as American gold medalists for women's all around gymnastics.
| What is the nationality of equestrian athlete Ian Millar? | Beijing 2008
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Canadian. Ian Miller competed in the 2008 Olympics at the age of 61.
| How many gold medals has Michael Phelps won during the Beijing games? | Beijing 2008
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8. Michael Phelps won a gold medal in the 400m individual medley, 4 x 100m freestyle relay, 200m freestyle, 200m butterfly, 4 x 200m freestyle relay, 200m individual medley, 100m butterfly, and 4x100m medley relay.
| In track and field, what meter race did Sanya Richards win a bronze medal in? | Beijing 2008
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400 meter. Sanya Richards demonstrated tremendous endurance by finishing in 50 seconds on average during the games. On another note, she was always the first one to advance to the next one. Even though she came up short from winning the gold, Sanya Richards ran very good races overall.
| Who did Lin Dan beat in badminton to win the gold? | Beijing 2008
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Chong Wei. Lin Dan beat Ng Wei and Sung Hwan in the earlier rounds, Peter Gade in the quarterfinals, Chen Jin in the semi-finals, and won the tournament and the gold medal by defeating Lee Chong Wei in the finals.
| What medal did Ronda Rousey win for women's judo? | Beijing 2008
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Bronze. In winning the bronze medal, Ronda Rouley became the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in judo. She defeated Annette Boehm to accomplish that record breaking feat.
| Which country won the most gold medals in wrestling events? | Beijing 2008
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Russia. In the wrestling events, Russia won 6 gold medals, France and Italy each won 1 gold medal, and Germany didn't win any gold.
| In women's weightlifting, what was China's Cao Lei's weight division? | Beijing 2008
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75kg. In Cao Lei's event, she lifted 128 kg (282.2 pounds) in the snatch, and in the clean and jerk she lifted 154 kg (339.5 pounds). The total weight she lifted was 282 kg (621.7 pounds). As a result, she won the gold for her native China.
| Chris Hoy became London's ambassador for which sport? | Beijing 2008
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Cycling. Chris Hoy became the first cyclist representing the United Kingdom to win 3 individual cycling golds at the same games in 100 years. Because of that, he became the undisputed ambassador for the 2012 games held in London.
Michael Phelps. Michael Phelps from the USA began the meet on a high with a gold medal and a world record in the first event of the games. This was for the 400m Individual Medley. Laszlo Cseh from Hungary won the silver medal and Ryan Lochte from the USA won the bronze medal. Alessio Boggiato from Italy was 4th in the event.
8. Michael Phelps won an amazing 8 gold medals during the course of the swimming events in Beijing. He eclipsed Mark Spitz who won 7 gold medals at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. This included 7 world records in the finals. He won gold for the 400m Individual Medley, the men's 4x100m relay with his USA teammates: Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones and Jason Lezak, the 200m freestyle, the 200m butterfly, the men's 4x200m relay with his USA teammates: Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens and Peter Vanderkaay, the 200m individual medley, the 100m butterfly and the 4x100m medley relay with his USA teammates: Aaron Piersol (Backstroke), Brendan Hansen (Breaststroke) and Jason Lezak (Freestyle). Phelps swam the butterfly for his team in that event.
Stephanie Rice. Stephanie Rice from Australia won the 400m individual medley for women on the first day of finals competition. She beat Kirsty Coventry from Zimbabwe and Katie Hoff from the USA. Stephanie also won the 200m individual medley and was a part of the Australian 4x200m freestyle relay that won gold. Libby Trickett from Australia won the gold medal in the 100m freestyle on the second day, and was a part of the gold medal winning 4x100m medley relay team. Inge Dekker was part of the Dutch team that won gold on the same day in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay. Natalie Coughlin won the gold medal in the 100m backstroke on the third day.
Maarten Van Der Weijden. Maarten Van Der Weijden won this event after making an amazing comeback to swimming after fighting cancer. He was diagnosed with Leukemia in 2001 but made a comeback to the open water events, winning the world championship in Spain 2008 over 25 kilometres. David Davies of Great Britain finished with the silver medal after completing the 1500-metre freestyle two days previously. Thomas Lurz of Germany claimed the bronze and Ky Hurst from Australia came 11th in the race.
Cesar Cielo Filho. The men's 50-metre freestyle is also known as the "Splash and Dash" as it decides the quickest man in the pool over 50 metres. It is usually a closely contested event which the commentators usually say it is a "blanket finish".
Cesar Cielo Filho from Brazil was the winner of the event. Amaury Leveaux claimed the silver medal for France, and his teammate Alain Bernard won the bronze medal. Roland Schoeman was the defending champion from Athens 2004 and he finished 7th in the event.
41. Dara Torres was 41 when she competed for the United States. She started her Olympic career at the 1984 games in Los Angeles. At the Beijing Games, she competed in the women's 4x100 metre freestyle relay, the women's 50-metre freestyle, and the women's 4x100 metre medley relay. She picked up 3 silver medals which was a great feat.
Oussama Mellouli. Oussama Mellouli from Tunisia won this coveted event from the defending champion from both Sydney and Athens Grant Hackett. Mellouli trained in the United States at the University of Southern California. He served a ban for testing positive to a banned substance in 2006, and all his wins from November that year to 18 months later were voided. This included a win over Michael Phelps in December 2006. Ryan Cochrane from Canada took the bronze medal and David Davies finished 6th in the event and then went on to compete in the 10km open water event.
Larissa Ilchenko. Larissa Ilchenko from Russia won the gold medal in this event beating out the two girls from Great Britain, Keri-Anne Payne and Cassandra Patten who won the silver and bronze respectively. Angela Maurer from Germany came fourth in the event. The open-water events were held at SY Rowing-Canoeing Park.
Australia. The Australian team consisting of Emily Seabohm (Backstroke), Liesel Jones (Breaststroke), Jessicah Schipper (Butterfly), and Libby Trickett (Freestyle), broke the world record in a time of 3 minutes 52.69 seconds to win the gold medal from the highly rated USA, who took the silver medal, and China who won the bronze. The team from Great Britain finished 4th.
Zige Liu. Zige Liu won the gold medal from her teammate Liuyang Jiao and Jessicah Schipper who won the silver and bronze medals respectively. Jessicah Schipper was the favourite coming into this event as the world record holder. Yuko Nakanishi from Japan was 5th in the event. This was the only event that the host nation won gold in the pool, and they did it in great fashion coming 1st and 2nd.
7. He broke the world record in the 200m freestyle, the 200m butterfly, the 200m and 400m individual medley, and in the three relays. The world record in the 100m butterfly remained in the hands of Ian Crocker, but Phelps broke the Olympic record.
Katie Hoff. Britta Steffen (Germany) won the 50m and 100m freestyle; Adlington (Great Britain) the 400m and 800m freestyle; and Rice (Australia) the 200m and 400m individual medley. Katie Hoff (USA) won one silver and two bronze medals.
Great Wall of China (Hong Kong, Bird's Nest, Yunnan Valley). Sanchez won the uphill sprint against Rebellin and Cancellara. He also finished seventh in the Tour de France in 2008, and third in the Tour of Spain in 2007.
Fabian Cancellara. Larsson was second, Leipheimer third, and Contador fourth. Cancellara (Switzerland) was also the time trial world champion in 2006 and 2007.
2. He won the individual pursuit and the team pursuit with Great Britain. He already won the individual pursuit in 2004, which made him the first man to win three Olympic gold medals in total in track cycling.
China. In the men's competition, Japan won silver and the USA bronze. In the women's competition the United States won silver and Romania bronze.
One gold, three silver, one bronze. Her full name is Anastasia Valeryevna Liukina. She was born in Moscow in 1989. Both her parents were Olympic gymnasts for the Soviet Union. Her father Valeri Liukin was a gold medalist in 1988. The family moved to the United States in 1992. Nastia Liukin won gold in the all around competition; silver in the team competition on the balance beam and the uneven bars; and bronze on the floor.
BMX Motocross. Mountain bike was new in 1996, triathlon and taekwondo in 2000. Maris Strombergs of Latvia won the men's gold in BMX, Anne-Caroline Chausson of France the women's.
Early attack in the second lap. He attacked early, and his advantage just kept growing to over a minute. Péraud, another Frenchman finished second; Christoph Sauser of Switzerland third. Absalon had also won four world titles.
| A monumental upset occurred in women's water polo, when the number one ranked USA team lost in the gold medal game to the 9th ranked team. Who was this team, whose inspired play forced the USA women to settle for the silver medal? | 2008 Beijing Olympics Highlights
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Netherlands. The Netherlands scored a tie-breaking goal in the last minute of play, to win 9-8 over the heavily-favored USA team.
| Which Jamaican sprinter won both the 100-meter dash and the 200-meter dash, earning the unofficial title of "world's fastest man"? | 2008 Beijing Olympics Highlights
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Usain Bolt. The amazing Bolt became the first man ever to break the world record for both the 100-meter dash *and* the 200-meter dash at the same Olympics. He accomplished this even though he slowed up and started celebrating before the end of the 100-meter event!
USA. What is so inexplicable is that both of these dropped batons occurred in preliminary races, in situations in which the USA was assured of qualifying for the finals if it just made a clean and safe handoff.
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