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Discuss (0 comments)August 21, 20082008 Beijing Olympics - Coverage Page | Beijing Olympic Page | Flotrack Olympic Vids (missed any new vids??) | NBC Day 1 video (1500 start at 20:00)
Olympic Photos Opening Ceremonies | Day 1| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 (Victah Sailer/Photorun.net)
Live Olympic Stream (For European Viewers) | TV Schedule
Silver Medalist in Heptathlon Has Positive Test | USA's Fountain may get silver
Day 7 | Results | 6 Medals (Total=20)
MERRITT TAKES GOLD!!! (PB 43.75) | USA SWEEPS! | Wariner Silver, Neville Bronze
***USA MEN AND WOMEN DROP BATTONS IN 4x100, OUT Of RELAY
W200 Jamaica Gold & Silver, Veronica Campbell runs PB (21.74) | Felix 2nd (21.93) | Muna Lee 4th, Hooker 5th
M110H Robles (12.93) easily wins the GOLD | US Silver & Bronze, Payne (13.17) beats out Oliver (13.18)
W1500 semis underway | Rowbury to Finals | Donohue & Wurth-Thomas OUT
Nick Symmonds OUT of 800 | Gary Reed of Canada thru to final
Breaux Greer throws JAV, does not advance to final
DEC Bryan Clay leads after Day 1 | Trey Hardee sits 3rd
Day 6 | Results | 3 Medals (Total=14)
***BOLT WR, 19.30 200M GOLD with .9 HEADWIND | SPEARMON & CHURANDY DQ'D | Crawford Silver, Dix Bronze
M800 - Wheating OUT 1:147.05 | Smith OUT 1:48.20 | Symmonds IN makes it to semi's
M5k - TEG #1 Overall | Lagat makes it with patented kick | Dobson OUT | MOTTRAM OUT! | Cragg makes it on time
100H - Payne & Oliver into finals for US | Robles, too
W200 - Muna, Felix, Hooker to finals | Jamaica qualifies 3 also
W400H - Jamaica get another GOLD with Walker (sets OR 52.68) | Tosta Silver 53.70 | Ross-Williams 8th 57.55
*BRAD WALKER NO HEIGHTS, out of PV
Day 5 (tough day of finals for USA) | Results | 2 Medals (Total=11)
W5k - 3 AMERICANS IN FINAL!!! Flanagan 14:59, Goucher 15:00, Rhines 15:15 will we see more magic from Flanagan?? | 5k Preview
W110H - Lolo Jones stumbles, finishes 7th in 100H | USA Dawn Harper GOLD | McLellan (AUS) Silver | Lopes Schliep (CAN) Bronze
W400 - Sanya Richards only manages BRONZE (runs slower than her semi, says hamstring problems)
Rashid Ramzi claims GOLD in 1500 3:32 | Kiprop (KEN) Silver 3:33 | WILLIS (NZL) GET BRONZE 3:34
M400 Semis - Merritt (44.12) and Wariner (44.15) fastest going into Final | Neville qualifies | Bahama's Chris Brown looks good (44.59)
M200 Semis | 3 AMERICANS TO FINAL (Dix, Crawford, Spearmon) | Bolt too | Churandy Martina (4th in 100) | Brian Dzingai (ZIM, ran at FSU) | Will we see the Crawford of 2004? Can Bolt break another world record??
W200 Semis - 3 Jamaicans/3 Americans to semis of W200 semis | Is this the making of another Jamaican sweep?
MHJ - Russia 1-3
M100 - Robles (CUB), Oliver (USA), Payne (USA) all look good going into semis
Day 4 | Results | Crack Recap | 5 Medals for US!! (Total=9)
**USA SWEEPS 400H - ANGELO TAYLOR Gold!! (47.25PB)| Clement Silver, Batman Bronze
*Brown-Trafton WDisc gets first Gold for USA in birds nest
MSteeple Kipruto (KEN) 8:10 | FAM 13th (8:31) | race was even paced thru 2k (2:46-2:46-2:36)
Isinbaeva breaks own WR in PV | Stuczynski gets silver
Kenya 1-2 in W800 | Jelimo breaks her WJR in 1:54.87 | Mutola 5th (1:57)
Lolo Jones, Harper, Cherry all advance to 100H Finals | Jones sets PB 12.43
M200 All players thru to semis | Bolt, Dix, Crawford, Spearmon
W400H T Ross-Williams & Tosta both advance for US | Walker of JAM also thru
110H Liu Xiang walks off track with inflamed achilles | Play-by-play account of Liu Xiang's DNS
Terrence Trammell out, pulls hammy (Trammell won Silver in Athens) | Robles and Oliver advance
1st Round M400 3 American Qualify thru; Wariner, Merritt, Neville
**Deena Kastor, X-Rays confirm broken right foot | Post Race Flotrack Interview
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 Dave Scott-ThomasAugust 21, 2008 Although Dave Scott-Thomas is not an official Canadian Olympic Team Coach (Athletics), rather Varsity with the Guelph University Gryphons, he is in Beijing anyway. Scott-Thomas is there to view the track action and discuss pre-race strategy with rising stars, Eric Gillis and Taylor Milne, who have already competed in the 10, 000m and 1500m respectively - by the time of this interview submission. Oddly, getting a hold of Scott-Thomas is easier while he is in Beijing than when he is at home in Guelph, Ontario. Perhaps he has more free time in Beijing with family and… more » |  Olympic RECAPAugust 21, 2008 Day 7 | Results | 6 Medals (Total=20)MERRITT TAKES GOLD!!! (PB 43.75) | USA SWEEPS! | Wariner Silver, Neville Bronze***USA MEN AND WOMEN DROP BATTONS IN 4x100, OUT Of RELAYW200 Jamaica Gold & Silver, Veronica Campbell runs PB (21.74) | Felix 2nd (21.93) | Muna Lee 4th, Hooker 5thM110H Robles (12.93) easily wins the GOLD | US Silver & Bronze, Payne (13.17) beats out Oliver (13.18)W1500 semis underway | Rowbury to Finals | Donohue & Wurth-Thomas OUTNick Symmonds OUT of 800 | Gary Reed of Canada thru to finalBreaux Greer throws JAV, does not advance to finalDEC Bryan Clay leads after Day 1 | Trey Hardee sits 3rd Day 6 | Results | 3 Medals (Total=14)***BOLT WR,… more » |
