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- Beijing. Wukesong Basketball venue, men’s victory ceremony.
  The United States defeated Spain 118-107 to take the Men’s Basketball gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games,it’s also the last gold medal in the all competitions. The bronze medal went to Argentina, who downed Lithuania 87-75.
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- Beijing. National Stadium. Men’s 5000M final. Bekele Kenenisa from Ethiopia achieves gold and sets a new Olympic record with 12:57.82
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- Beijing. Laoshan Bicycle Moto Cross (BMX) Venue. Woman and Men’s final. In 2003, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made BMX part of the competition program of the 2008 Olympic Games. Maris Strombergs from Latvia and Anne Caroline Chausson from France are the first gold medals winners in the BMX history.
- Beijing. Olympic Green Hockey Stadium. Woman’s final. China vs. Netherlands. Host China has entered its first ever Olympic women’s hockey final. Finally, the Netherlands won 2~0.
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- Beijing. Women’s 10m Platform Final. Chinese Chen Roulin won the gold medal with a score of 447.70.
- Beijing. Women’s Water Polo Final. The Netherlands vs. USA. The Dutch team won the gold medal.
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- Beijing. Men’s 200 metres final. Jamaican Usain Bolt smashes the world record with 19:30.
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- Beijing. +105 kilogram weightlifting competition. Nauru’s weight lifter Itte Detenamo.
- Beijing. Men’s 400 Metres Hurdles. Standing ovation of the audience, singing the U.S. national anthem as the three medal-winners are all US athletes.
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- Beijing. PKU Gymnasium,Table Tennis,Men’s Team Gold Medal Contest, China V.S. Germany.
  China won its first Table Tennis Man Team gold medal in the history of Olympics.
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- Beijing. National Aquatics Center. Swimming competition. Men’s 4 × 100m Medley Relay Final,
  23 years old US swimmer Michael Phelps made history winning his eighth gold metal.
- Beijing. Olympic Green Tennis Center. Tennis Men’s Singles Final. Rafael Nadal won a first ever gold for Spain in Olympic Tennis.
- Beijing. Olympic Green Tennis Center. Tennis women’s single victory ceremony. Three Russian players classified as top 3: Elena Dementieva (gold medal), Dinara Safina (silver medal) and Vera Zvonareva (bronze medal).
- Beijing. National Stadium. Athletics. Women’s 100M final. Jamaican Shelly-AnnFraser won the gold medal in 10.78 seconds, her best score ever.
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- Beijing. Laoshan Velodrome. Cycling-Men’s Points Race. Spanish athlete Llanera Joan won the gold metal.
- Beijing. The national stadium. Men’s 100M final. Jamaican sprinter Bolt Usain has set a new World Record with a time of 9.69 seconds.
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- Beijing. Wukesong Baseball Sports Center Baseball Field. External view.
- Beijing. Baseball Men’s Preliminaries. China vs. Chinese Taipei.
  At last, China won with the score 8-7.
- Beijing. The Olympic park area.
- Beijing. National stadium. Women’s 10,000m Final. Dibaba Tirunesh from Ethiopia won the gold medal by breaking the Olympic record with 29:54.66
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- Beijing. Shooting Range Hall. Women’s 50m Rifle. 3 position qualification.
  Chinese player Du Li won the gold medal achieving a new Olympic record for the final score of 690.3.
- Beijing. USTB Gymnasium. Men Judo -100 kg Bronze Medal Contest.
  Fight between Grol Henk, from the Netherlands, and Levan Zhorzholiani, from Georgia. Grol Henk is the bronze medal winner.
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- Beijing. The national indoor stadium. Artistic Gymnastics women’s team final. Deng-linlin during her performance. She’s 16 years old.
- Beijing. The national indoor stadium. Artistic Gymnastics women’s team final.
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- Beijing. The national indoor stadium. Men’s team final of Artistic Gymnastics. The stadium is crowded especially by the Chinese supporters, who created the best host advantage for the Chinese Olympic teams.
- Beijing. Women’s Synchronized 10-Meter Platform final. 16 years old Wang Xin and Chen Ruolin are the Chinese gold medal winners.
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- Beijing. Men’s Synchronized 10-Meter Platform final. Teenage athletes Lin-Yue and Huo-Liang, named, according to the pronunciation of their Chinese names), by the Media "the perfect combination of Noon and Sun", won gold medals for China in the Diving competition.
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- Beijing. National indoor stadium. Women’s Gymnastics Qualification. He Kexin, the youngest member of the Chinese team, after her fall from the parallel bars.
  The Chinese Olympic women’s gymnastics team and the inclusion of at least two athletes has raised questions about whether the host nation for the Beijing Games is using under-age competitors. In fact, even though He Kexin and Jiang Yuyuan’s passport indicate that both athletes are 16, online records listing Chinese gymnasts and their ages, however, seem to contradict the passport information, indicating that He and Jiang may be as young as 14 — two years below the Olympic limit.
- Beijing. Men’s Basketball competition USA-China.
  After the defeat, Chinese superstar player YAO-Ming holds his leg, which hasn’t completely healed after the last operation.
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- Beijing. View from the Great Wall of Badaling. The men’s cycling-road race.
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- Beijing. Grand Opening of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The fireworks show.
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- Beijing.Thousands of volunteers waiting on a section of the Great Wall of China.
- Beijing.The Great Wall at Badaling.
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- Beijing. Tiananmen Square. The ceremony for the Olympic torch relay.
- Beijing. The Stadium. Reserved entrance for the VIPs
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- Beijing. The huge complex of transportation center, business center and the parking lots under the Olympic park area
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- Beijing. Olympic park area. The torch-shaped building.
- Beijing. The TV studio tower near the national stadium.