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2008 Summer Olympics highlights, Day 13, August 21

August 22, 2008 Written by nicolae

Olga Kaniskina celebrates her victory

Softball
  • In one of the biggest upsets in the history of softball, Japan defeats the United States 3-1 in the final of the women's softball tournament. This was the US team's first defeat in Olympic competition since the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and the first time the US has failed to win the gold medal.
Volleyball
  • American duo Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor win the gold medal in the women's beach volleyball final, completing the tournament without dropping a single set and extending their unbeaten run in world competition to 108 matches.
Gold Medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec
Athletics Men's 110 m hurdles Dayron Robles  Cuba  
Men's 400 m LaShawn Merritt  United States  
Men's triple jump Nelson Evora  Portugal  
Women's 200 m Veronica Campbell-Brown  Jamaica  
Women's 20 km walk Olga Kaniskina  Russia OR
Women's javelin throw Barbora Špotáková  Czech Republic  
Diving Women's 10 m platform Chen Ruolin  China  
Equestrian Individual jumping Eric Lamaze  Canada  
Soccer Women's Soccer Hope Solo, Nicole Barnhart, Heather Mitts,
Christie Rampone, Rachel Buehler, Stephanie Cox,
Kate Markgraf, Lori Chalupny, Lindsay Tarpley,
Shannon Boxx, Heather O'Reilly, Aly Wagner,
Carli Lloyd, Tobin Heath, Angela Hucles,
Natasha Kai, Amy Rodriguez, Lauren Cheney		 United States  
Modern Pentathlon Men's modern pentathlon Andrey Moiseev Russia  
Sailing Star class Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson  Great Britain  
Tornado class Antón Paz and Fernando Echavarri  Spain  
Softball Women's softball Naho Emoto, Motoko Fujimoto, Megu Hirose,
Emi Inui, Sachiko Ito, Ayumi Karino,
Satoko Mabuchi, Yukiyo Mine, Masumi Mishina,
Rei Nishiyama, Hiroko Sakai, Rie Sato
Mika Someya, Yukiko Ueno, Eri Yamada		  Japan  
Swimming Men's marathon 10 km Maarten van der Weijden  Netherlands  
Taekwondo Men's 68 kg Son Tae-Jin  South Korea  
Women's 57 kg Lim Su-Jeong South Korea  
Volleyball Women's beach volleyball Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor United States  
Water Polo Women's water polo Ilse van der Meijden, Yasemin Smit, Mieke Cabout,
Biurakn Hakhverdian, Marieke van den Ham, Danielle de Bruijn,
Iefke van Belkum, Noeki Klein, Gillian van den Berg,
Alette Sijbring, Rianne Guichelaar, Simone Koot,
Meike de Nooy		  Netherlands  
Wrestling Men's freestyle 84 kg Revazi Mindorashvili  Georgia  
Men's freestyle 96 kg Shirvani Muradov Russia  
Men's freestyle 120 kg Artur Taymazov  Uzbekistan  

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