Olympic Updates

BEIJING - China's He Kexin has won a tiebreaker over all-around champion Nastia Liukin of the United States for the uneven bars gold medal Monday at the Beijing Olympics.

BEIJING - Usain Bolt served up a speedy reminder Monday night that despite losing one of the Beijing Games' biggest attractions, there's still plenty to look forward to in Olympic track and field.

BEIJING - Chen Yibing has extended China's perfect run of gold in men's gymnastics by winning the still rings competition.

BEIJING - Michael Phelps kept every swimsuit, every cap, every pair of goggles he wore during nine magical days at the Water Cube. Every memory will be savored, too, from goofing off with his U.S. teammates to bowing his head not one, not two, but eight times to receive a gold medal at the Beijing Games.

BEIJING - Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser are in the beach volleyball final four after beating Germany 21-13, 25-23.

BEIJING - Sarah Hammer crashed out of the Olympic women's cycling points race Monday, falling after two racers clipped wheels in front of her and caused a pileup.

QINGDAO, China - Australia has scored double gold in Olympic sailing with wins in the men's and women's 470 class.

BEIJING - Emma Snowsill of Australia has won the Olympic women's triathlon, pulling away toward the beginning of the 10-kilometer run to finish over a minute ahead of the field.

QINGDAO, China - Denmark's Jonas Warrer and Martin Kirketerp Ibsen are now the official winners of the 49er skiff gold medal in sailing after protests against their winning race delayed the result by nearly a day.

BEIJING - China has defeated Germany 3-0 to win the gold medal in the men's team table tennis event.

BEIJING (AFP) - Britain's greedy team of track cycling stars continued to sweep up Olympic medals here Monday, smashing their own world record on their way to ending a 100-year wait for Olympic team pursuit gold.

BEIJING - China's He Wenna has won the gold medal in women's trampoline, wowing the home crowd with her flips and twists.

BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese superstar Liu Xiang sensationally pulled out of the 110m hurdles heats injured Monday, putting a huge dampener on China's celebrations at achieving their most successful Olympics.

BEIJING (AFP) - Britain smashed their own world record in a time of 3min 53.314sec to end a 100-year wait for Olympic team pursuit gold here on Monday.

BEIJING (AFP) - Jamaica's Usain Bolt, searching for an elusive Olympic sprint double, cruised into the semi-finals of the men's 200m here on Monday in another effortless display of sprinting.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Stephanie Brown Trafton hurled her way to women's Olympic discus gold on Monday to claim the title for the United States for the first time in 76 years.

BEIJING - Andrei Aramnau of Belarus broke three heavyweight world records to win his country's first Olympic gold in weightlifting.

BEIJING - An Iraqi sprinter whose coach had to bribe militiamen so she could train. A Palestinian swimmer unable to use the Olympic-size pool nearest her home. A pioneering runner from war-wracked Afghanistan who placed last in the 100 meters.

BEIJING - Chinese authorities have not approved any of the 77 applications they received from people who wanted to hold protests during the Beijing Olympics, state media reported Monday.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese fans were stunned into silence and tears as national hero and 110 meters hurdles Olympic champion Liu Xiang hobbled out of the Games injured on Monday.

SHANGHAI (AFP) - Brazil came from a goal down to stun Germany 4-1 Monday and book a place in the women's Olympic decider, avenging their painful defeat to the European powerhouse in last year's World Cup final.

BEIJING - Stephanie Brown Trafton of the United States has won the Olympic gold medal in the women's discus throw.

BEIJING - Leszek Blanik of Poland won a tiebreaker over France's Thomas Bouhail in men's vault at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday night.

HONG KONG (AFP) - Britain's show jumping medal hopes were dealt a blow Monday when the anchor of the team was ruled ineligible to compete.

BEIJING - In any other city, at any other stadium, under any other circumstances, Liu Xiang might not have shown up at all.

BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. world champions Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser beat Germany in a tight and contentious match on Monday, winning a place in the semi-finals of the Olympic beach volleyball.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Overseas funding and training has boosted the number of medals that have gone to African athletes at the Beijing Olympics.

BEIJING - Britain has won the men's team pursuit gold medal at the Laoshan Velodrome, knocking nearly two seconds off the world record it set a day earlier.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Surprise package the United States pulled off a stunning 8-7 victory over Germany on Monday to reach the final four of the men's Olympic water polo tournament for the first