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Men's 110m Hurdles - Round 1
This morning’s Athletics session here at Beijing’s Bird’s nest had been expected by the whole Chinese population as the day Liu Xiang would begin his acclaimed campaign to retain the historical Olympic title he had taken four years ago at the Athens Games.

Men's 200m - Round 2

After jogging his morning heat to finish second, yes, I repeat second, behind Rondell Sorrillo of Trinidad, the Olympic 100m champion Usain Bolt's pride, not to mention his spellbinding class, was never going to allow a second successive defeat.



Women's Discus Throw - FINAL
The most unexpected result of the Athletics programme so far, saw USA’s Stephanie Brown-Trafton take the Olympic crown with a first round 64.74m, the first American victory in the women’s Discus Throw since 1932. The last US medal at the Olympics being the silver in the Soviet block boycotted Olympics of 1984, which went to Leslie Deniz.

Men's Long Jump - Final
Panama celebrates its inaugural Olympic gold medal thanks to the 8.34m victory of World champion and world season leader Irving Saladino.

Men's Triple Jump - qualification
With 39 athletes entered in the men’s Triple Jump it took the two qualification rounds just under two hours to conclude.

Beijing 2008 - Day Four Summary - 18 Aug
18 August 2008 - Beijing, China - After Friday for competition to 'warm-up', it's been three days, three World records in Beijing's National Stadium, and in a sport which does not give records lightly, the pace seems incredible.



Women's Hammer Throw - qualification
With Liu Xiang pulling up in his hurdles heat injured, the remaining member of the Chinese medallist trio from last summer’s World championships in Osaka who is still competing at these Olympic Games – Zhou Chunxiu took the bronze in the women’s Marathon yesterday â€“ is women’s Hammer Thrower Zhang Wenxiu, the World bronze medallist.

Women's 400m Hurdles - Semi-Finals
After the scare of an early disqualification in her first round heat, Sheena Tosta set the record straight winning the first of two semi finals in 54.07 and prevailing over Tasha Danvers, the woman who had beaten her yesterday evening, in the process.

Women's Pole Vault - FINAL
For the second straight Olympic Games, Yelena Isinbayeva set a new World record in the Pole Vault. Sending the capacity crowd at National Stadium into a frenzy, the Russian defended her title with a leap of 5.05m, adding a centimetre to her own 5.04m record set last month at the Herculis Super Grand Prix in Monaco.

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