Ahh, the art of rifle kissing as demonstrated to us by Ukraine’s Artur Ayvazian. I’m not sure if it is this kissing thing which helped him win the gold medal (in the 50 meter rifle prone) or whether he kissed his rifle after he won his gold medal. Anyways, Artur outgunned Matthew Emmons of the [...]
Posts on ‘August 15th, 2008’
Nastia Liukin Bags 14th Gold for the U.S.
Nastia Liukin increases the U.S. gold medal total to 14 when she won in the women’s all-around artistic gymnastics. All is quiet in the Chinese front so far. As of posting, the gold medal race between China and the U.S. stands thus: China = 22 golds vs. U.S. = 14 golds. Photo source: nbc
Germany’s Britta Steffen is 100m Freestyle Queen
Britta Steffen’s playfulness in the swimming pool didn’t hurt her Olympic bid as she out-swam her opponents to bag the gold medal in the 100 meters freestyle. Britta’s victory brings up Germany’s gold medal haul to eight as of posting. Photos courtesy of weltonline and stern.de
America’s Gold Medal # 13 Courtesy of Michael Phelps
Merman Michael Phelps got himself another gold medal [12th overall] which brings the U.S. total gold to 13. This is probably the most productive day for the U.S. in the swimming pool. No response yet from China as of this posting. By the way, that’s Ryan Lochte (gold medalist in the 200 meter backstroke and [...]
Ryan Lochte is 200m Backstroke Champ
As I mentioned earlier, the gold medal race between China and the U.S. is now getting exciting. It’s been a bit boring for sometime with the U.S. stuck at 10 gold medals while China attacked in all fronts winning 22 gold medals. But it’s now 12 golds for the United States following Ryan Lochte’s victory [...]
