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20 August 2008 - Beijing, China - His sporting motto is: “Whatever you do – do it well.“ Germaine Mason could hardly have done better on Tuesday night (19) in the High Jump final. While it had already been a unique sight to watch three Britons compete in this Olympic final the 25-year-old turned out to be one of the most unexpected medal winners of the Games in Athletics.

24 August 24 2008 - Beijing, China - Similar height, similar weight, same country. And now, 28 years later, Kenenisa Bekele celebrates the 5000/10,000m double that crowned the glorious career of Miruts Yifter. No Ethiopian – not even Haile Gebrselassie – managed it in between.

24 August 2008 - Beijing, China - For Kenyan athletics it was an historic moment. But for Kenya itself it’s a symbol of peace just months after it was torn apart by bloody political violence that divided country along tribal lines.

World Indoor champion Lolo Jones reflects on her Olympic 100m Hurdles final and looks forward to the end of the Grand Prix season.

27 August 2008 - Zürich, Switzerland - Usain Bolt, the Jamaican who dominated the sprints on the super-fast track of the Bird’s Nest Stadium in Bejing winning three Olympic gold medals and setting fabulous World records in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay, will be in the spotlight again on Friday evening (29 August) at the Weltklasse Zürich meeting in the Letzigrung Stadium where the ÅF Golden League 2008 resumes after the Olympic Games.

Event Reports from the Athletics events of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad are written and published in Beijing by Laura Arcoleo, Steven Landells, Parker Morse, Bob Ramsak, Chris Turner.

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26 August 2008 – Among the countless Beijing performances that dazzled the world over 10 sensational days of Olympic athletics was Tia Hellebaut’s shock defeat of World champion Blanka Vlasic in the women’s High Jump. The pair will meet again on Friday when the ÅF Golden League resumes at Zurich’s Weltklasse, just one of several encore performances that will light up the Letzigrund stadium infield.

25 August 2008 - Monte-Carlo - The six meeting quest to claim the $1 Million Jackpot of the ÅF Golden League reaches its penultimate fixture in Zürich, Switzerland on Friday 29 August, and only two athletes remain in the hunt for the perfect series of six victories which is required to at least share the prize.