BEIJING — Clear some more space in that pile of pretty Olympic medal boxes. Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin are bringing home more loot, including a gorgeous gold of Johnson’s very own.
CRAWFORD, Texas — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, confronted with sudden array of global troubles, has dropped plans to attend the closing ceremonies of the Olympics in Beijing this weekend.
ROCHESTER, Minn. — The wife of an American killed in Beijing is starting to talk and walk short distances while recovering at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
BEIJING — Dawn Harper of the U.S. wins the gold medal in the women’s 100-meter hurdles.
BEIJING — Reigning world champion Gerd Kanter of Estonia has won the gold medal in the men’s discus throw at the Beijing Olympics.
BEIJING — Li Xiaopeng has dominated the parallel bars — and the competition — winning the sixth gold medal in gymnastics for the Chinese men in the Beijing Olympics.
BEIJING — Britain’s Victoria Pendleton has beaten Australia’s Anna Meares for the gold medal in the women’s track cycling sprint.
BEIJING — Britain’s Chris Hoy has taken his third gold medal of the Beijing Olympics, beating teammate Jason Kenny in the men’s track cycling sprint.
BEIJING — Shawn Johnson finally got her Olympic gold medal in the last event of the women’s competition Tuesday night, the balance beam.
BEIJING — The reality of this edition of the U.S. basketball team became public record on Monday night.
BEIJING — Germany’s Jan Frodeno kicked past Canada’s Simon Whitfield in the final 100 meters to capture the gold medal in the Olympic men’s triathlon Tuesday morning.
BEIJING — Henry Cejudo, the 21-year-old wrestling prodigy who had wrestled in only one world-level senior tournament before Beijing, has won the Olympic gold medal in men’s freestyle 55-kilogram wrestling.
BEIJING — Argentina’s Juan Esteban Curuchet and Walter Fernando Perez have won the gold medal in the men’s madison, their nation’s first track cycling medal of the Beijing Olympics.
It was a long wait for Allyson Felix. It felt every bit as long for Muna Lee.
The Brazilian duo’s serve whistled through the air and landed on the small patch of sand between Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh
