Sunday, August 17, 2008

Day 10




In women's beach volleyball USA's Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh advanced to the medal round by beating Ana Paula/Larissa of Brazil 2-0,  21-18, 21-15.

The second American women's team of Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs were eliminated and finished 5th losing to Xue/Zhang of China 0-2, 17-21, 13-21.

The USA women's basketball team beat New Zealand 96-60.

In track and field, Bershawn Jackson, Angelo Taylor and Kerron Clement of the USA advance for the finals of the 400m hurdles.

In the women's 100m semifinals, Americans Lauryn Williams, Muna Lee and Torri Edwards advance to the finals.

In the men's 1500m, both Americans Lopez Lamong and Bernard Lagat failed to qualify for the finals.

In the women's 400m, Sanya Richards qualified for the finals, Dee Dee Trotter and Mary Wineberg did not qualify.

In the women's 100m final, Shelly Ann Frasier of Jamaica wins gold in 10.78 seconds and Jamaican's Sherone Stewart and Kerron Stewart tied for silver. The USA's Lauryn Williams finished 4th, American Muna Lee finished 5th and Torri Edwards of the USA finished 8th. There was a controversial false start by Lauryn Williams that was protested because the American's did not get good starts. The protests were rejected.

In the women's 100m hurdles, Americans Lolo Jones, Damu Cherry and Dawn Harper advance to the semifinals.

China's 110 men's hurdler Lui Xiang was injured an dropped out of the Olympics.

In women's gymnastics event finals, American Shawn Johnson wins silver in the floor exercise, Nastia Liukin of the USA wins bronze. Alicia Sacramone finished 4th in the vault.

In men's gymnastics Alexander Artemov finished 7th in the pommel horse. No American men qualified for the event finals in floor exercise.

In women's 3m springboard diving, Americans Nacilea Foster and Christina Loukas finished 8th and 9th, respectively.

In men's beach volleyball, Americans Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers beat Klemperer/Koreng of Germany 2-0,  21-13 and 25-23.

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Medal Count after Day 10

1. USA 19 gold, 21 silver, 25 bronze 65 total
2. China 35 gold, 13 silver, 13 bronze 61 total
3. Australia 9 gold, 10 silver, 12 bronze 31 total
4. Russia 7 gold, 12 silver, 12 bronze 31 total
5. Great Britain 11 gold, 6 silver, 8 bronze 25 total

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