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August 22, 2008

US Wins Men's Olympic Beach Volleyball Gold Medal
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Phil Dalhausser, Todd Rogers make history by beating Brazilian team,
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Philip Dalhausser (L) and teammate Todd Rogers (R) pose with their gold
medals following awards ceremony in Beijing, 22 Aug 2008American beach
volleyballers Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers have made history by
winning the men's gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. Dalhausser and
Rogers beat the Brazilian team of Fabio and Marcio 23-21, 17-21, 15-4.
Combined with Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh's win in the women's
competition, the victory made the Beijing games the first time a country
has won both crowns at a single Olympics. Maris Strombergs of Latvia and
Anne-Caroline Chausson of France won the first ever BMX (bicycle
moto-cross) Olympic gold medals. Italy's Alex Schwazer won the men's
50-kilometer walk gold medal in 3:37:09. In the men's 1,000-meter K-1
kayak, Britain's Tim Brabants won the gold. Hungary's Attila Vajda won
the gold in the men's 1,000-meter single canoe event. Also in the
canoe-kayak venue, Germany won the gold in the women's 500-meter kayak
four.!
  Germany's Martin Hollstein and Andreas Ihle won gold in the men's K-2
1000-meter race. Belarus took home two golds in canoe-kayak, winning
both the men's 1000-meter kayak four and the men's C-2 canoe doubles
gold medals. Later in athletics, Jamaica's Usain Bolt will try to
capture his third gold medal of the games in the 4x100-meters relay.
Bolt won the 100 and the 200-meters title and set new world records in
both events. 


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