Golden Moments For U.S. Beijing
BEIJING (AP) — Sanya Richards took the baton for the final lap of the 1,600-meter relay with the U.S. in second place. Three turns later, Richards remained several strides behind, yet another disappointment looming. Then, she made her move. Richards steamed through the fourth and final turn and caught the front-runner heading into the stretch. The Russian leader looked at the stadium monitor to see Richards closing on her, but couldn’t do anything about it. Richards ended up far enough ahead to throw a celebratory punch and scream, ‘‘Yes!’’ before crossing the line. It didn’t make up for a different set of U.S. women dropping the baton in qualifying for the sprint relay, but it did keep alive a streak of going home with at least one relay gold at every Olympics since 1984. There was far less drama in the men’s version — which was to be expected considering the U.S. went 1-2-3 in the 400. With those guys on board, the Americans won in an Olympic-record time. The U.S. has now won
» Full StoryBolt goes 3-for-3, adding relay gold to 100, 200
BEIJING (AP) ä Usain Bolt loves the cameras, the cameras love Usain Bolt, and when they connected during his third victory lap of these Olympics, he smiled that infectious smile and raised three fingers.
As in: 3-for-3-for-3.
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Bryan Clay, grandson of Falconer resident, wins gold in decathalon
American Bryan Clay won gold in the Olympic decathlon Friday, leading from start to finish in the two-day event.
Clay is the grandson of Shirley Vandenburg of Falconer. See Saturday's edition of The Post-Journal for further d
Dibaba wins 5,000, completes Olympic double
BEIJING (AP) — Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia has won the 5,000 meters to complete an unprecedented women’s Olympic distance double.
Dibaba, the world record-holder, won the 5,000-meter race in 15 minutes, 41.40 seconds on Friday night. It’
US beats Brazil 1-0 for gold medal
BEIJING (AP) — They came to the Beijing Olympics as a team trying to find its way, still adjusting to a new coach and each other, still smarting from a loss that brought humiliation on and off the field.
They dropped their first game, ha
Maggi wins long jump for Brazil
BEIJING (AP) — Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil has won the gold medal in the women’s long jump at the Beijing Olympics.
The world indoors silver medalist led from the first round at 7.04 meters (23 feet, 1-1/4 inches), and didn’t improve th
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