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Phelps fires ahead, gold rush continues
By Yang Xinwei
China Daily Staff Writer
Updated: 2008-08-16 07:48
Lu Yong won the men's 85kg weightlifting gold, helping China make a clean sweep of the golds in the four categories that it entered.
Lu Yong of China celebrates after lifting 214kg in the the men's 85kg Group A clean and jerk weightlifting competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 15, 2008. Liao won the gold with a total of 394kg, equaling the world record.[Agencies] |
On the mat, China's Tong Wen defeated defending champion Maki Tsukada of Japan in the women's heavyweight judo final. Tong ipponed Tsukada with only eight seconds left, when she was still behind in score.
China's Tong Wen reacts after defeating Japan's Maki Tsukada (not pictured) in their women's +78 kgs judo match of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 15, 2008 in Beijing. Tong won the gold. [Agencies] |
Women's all-round gymnastics saw Nastia Liukin edge out US teammate Shawn Johnson for the gold. Liukin finished with 63.325 points, a mere six-tenths ahead of Johnson, the reigning world champion. Johnson had beaten Liukin at the US championships and Olympic trials only weeks ago. Yang Yilin of China picked up the bronze.
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Nastia Liukin of the United States competes to win the uneven bars during the women's individual all-around final of the artistic gymnastics event of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing on August 15, 2008. Liukin became the 6th gold medallist of the day. [Agencies]
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The Games had its negative side, too, with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's double-medallist Kim Jong-su testing positive for a banned substance. The IOC stripped him of his medals and expelled him from the Games.
Kim had won the men's 50m pistol silver and the 10m air-pistol shooting bronze.
A woman gymnast from Vietnam, who finished medal-less, also tested positive for a banned substance, an IOC spokeswoman said.
China continued its gold rush in badminton, too.
