Players banned for match-throwing, UK wins golds
2012-08-02 07:11:06Eight badminton players were disqualified by the sport's governing body for trying to lose on purpose, while the hosts finally claimed their first gold medals.
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Weightlifting Moments Projections:Day 6
World champion Jiao captures butterfly gold
2012-08-02 03:47:50China's world champion Jiao Liuyang posted super-fast final 50m sprint to capture gold medal in women's 200m butterfly at London Olympics on Wednesday.
Lu Xiaojun wins men's 77kg weightlifting gold
2012-08-02 04:20:08Lu lifted 175kg in snatch and 204kg in clean and jerk for a total of 379kg, beating her own world mark of 378kg.
Li Xiaoxia wins table tennis gold medal
2012-08-02 00:43:07It was also the 21th Olympic gold medal that China won in table tennis since the game was introduced at the 1988 Seoul Games.
China wins men's synchro 3m springboard gold
2012-08-02 00:00:20Qin Kai and Luo Yutong, winners of the 2011 FINA World Championships, led all the way in the final and compiled 477.00 points to take the gold.
Germany snatches men's eight gold at rowing regatta
2012-08-01 21:44:43Germany lifted the title of men's eight at the London Olympic Games rowing regatta at the Eton Dorney Lake here on wednesday.
Phelps and Lochte through to medley semis
2012-08-01 21:17:55Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte both safely qualified for the semi-finals of the men's 200 metres individual medley at the London Olympics on Wednesday.
China investigates shuttlers' suspicious play
2012-08-01 20:47:56The Chinese Olympic delegation has started an investigation into allegations Chinese shuttlers' deliberately lost the group stage of the tournament in London.
Ukraine win first Olympic rowing gold
2012-08-01 20:44:09Ukraine cruised to victory in the women's Olympic quad scull on on Wednesday to claim their first Olympic rowing gold medal in an event they have dominated all season.
Phelps 'probably not'" greatest Olympian, says Coe
2012-08-01 20:11:30American swimmer Michael Phelps is "probably not" the greatest Olympic champion of all time, despite winning a record total of 19 medals, London 2012 Games chief Sebastian Coe said on Wednesday.
Britain wins 1st gold in women's rowing pair
2012-08-01 19:47:55Britain captured its first gold medal of the London Games when Helen Glover and Heather Stanning won the final of the women's pair at the Olympic rowing regatta on Wednesday.
Papers urge British athletes on ... with sideburns
2012-08-01 19:40:52Host Britain has been urged to get behind its team as hopes for its first gold medal at the Olympics turn to something bordering on desperation.
Medal Count |
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1 | 46 | 29 | 29 | |
2 | 38 | 27 | 22 | |
3 | 29 | 17 | 19 | |
4 | 24 | 25 | 33 | |
5 | 13 | 8 | 7 | |
6 | 11 | 19 | 14 |