Table tennis players seek net gains from star trainers
2012-08-03 02:36:33Table tennis "young guns" are getting a helping hand from more experienced "shooters" who know what its like to face an Olympic showdown.
Lin Dan stands by Yu Yang, Wang Xiaoli
2012-08-02 13:22:46Lin Dan, the No 2-ranked men's badminton singles player, defended his fellow Chinese badminton players who were disqualified for trying to lose, and chastised the sport’s federation for not anticipating that its new round-robin format would lead to this strategy.
A little bit of China in everyone
2012-08-02 07:40:11They might be wearing other nations' flags, but half the 16 players in the women's singles table tennis tournament at the London Olympics are former Chinese national or provincial team members.
Wang Hao enters men's table tennis semis
2012-08-01 21:51:49China's Wang Hao, seeded No. 2, comfortably booked a seat in the semifinal after beating Seiya Kishikawa in four straight sets (11-4, 11-5, 11-3, 11-5), dashing Japan's last hope of claiming an Olympic medal in table tennis singles events in London.
China's Yang to beat odds in judo title defence
2012-08-01 18:53:36Yang Xiuli looks to become the most successful judoka in women's -78kg judo at the Olympic Games when she starts her title defence on Thursday here.
Silver and bronze are golden too
2012-07-31 02:01:38Leaving the issue of gold behind, people in China generally are giving their full support to all the athletes. Top of medal table Men's gymnastics team gold Weightlifting gold: Li Xueying Diving gold: Cao Yuan and Zhang Yanquan Shared silver medals for Sun Yang and Park Predict winners
London Games see third doping case in two days
2012-07-30 11:05:38Two athletes saw their Olympic hopes cut short on Sunday after being suspended from the 2012 Games for using banned performance-enhancing drugs.
Uzbek gymnast provisionally banned for doping
2012-07-30 10:40:24Uzbek gymnast Luiza Galiulina was provisionally banned from the 2012 Olympics on Sunday after becoming the second athlete in two days to test positive for a banned drug, the International Olympic Committee said.
Skydiving Queen revealed to be a man
2012-07-29 21:44:31One of the highlights of Friday's ceremony was a filmed segment in which James Bond met the Queen Elizabeth II and the pair boarded a helicopter, supposedly en-route to the Olympic Stadium.
Guo wins women's shooting 10m air pistol
2012-07-29 20:41:23China's Guo Wenjun won the gold medal in the women's 10m Air Pistol finals competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the Royal Artillery Barracks at Woolwich in southeast London July 29, 2012.
Spirited queen happy to play Bond girl
2012-07-29 19:57:47Queen Elizabeth needed little persuading in making her film debut, appearing with the country's most famous fictional spy James Bond during the London Olympic opening ceremony.
Ticket scandal overshadows Games opening
2012-07-29 19:42:52Olympic organisers scrambled on Sunday to quell a scandal over depressing TV images of half-empty stands at the London Olympics as a government minister said an urgent inquiry had been launched to identify just who had failed to show up, and why.
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 |