Olympic champion Nastia Liukin honored with parade

Over a thousand fans lined Parker Road on Saturday morning waiting for gymnastics golden girl and hometown hero Nastia Liukin to appear.

Riding ahead of Miss Liukin was Carly Patterson, who won all-around Olympic gymnastics gold in Athens in 2004.

But it was Miss Liukin whom the girls screamed for, the boys stared at, and the parents photographed.

She's a positive role model, said Tammy Johnson of Allen. Ms. Johnson and her family moved to Texas from New Jersey so her daughter Carly, 8, could train at WOGA.

Carly had to sleep during the nighttime Olympic performances but watched the routines the day after, excited to see her hero Nastia win gold, Ms. Johnson said.

"I think it's really great that what they dream of doing is right in front of their eyes," she said.

Overall Medal Standings Olympics 2008 - Day 4

Overall Medal Standings - Day 4


Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 China 13 3 4 20
2 USA 7 7 8 22
3 South Korea 5 6 1 12
4 Germany 4 1 1 6
5 Italy 3 4 2 9
6 Australia 3 2 5 10
7 Japan 3 1 2 6
8 Russia 2 4 3 9
9 Great Britain 2 1 3 6
10 Czech Republic 2 0 0 2
11 Dem P Rep Korea 1 2 4 7
12 Azerbaijan 1 2 0 3
13 Netherlands 1 1 2 4
14 Slovakia 1 1 0 2
15 Finland 1 0 1 2
16 Romania 1 0 1 2
17 Spain 1 0 1 2
18 India 1 0 0 1
19 Thailand 1 0 0 1
20 France 0 7 2 9
21 Zimbabwe 0 2 0 2
22 Austria 0 1 1 2
23 Cuba 0 1 1 2
24 Kazakhstan 0 1 1 2
25 Colombia 0 1 0 1
26 Hungary 0 1 0 1
27 Norway 0 1 0 1
28 Sweden 0 1 0 1
29 Turkey 0 1 0 1
30 Vietnam 0 1 0 1
31 Brazil 0 0 3 3
32 Armenia 0 0 2 2
33 Chinese Taipei 0 0 2 2
34 Indonesia 0 0 2 2
35 Algeria 0 0 1 1
36 Argentina 0 0 1 1
37 Belarus 0 0 1 1
38 Croatia 0 0 1 1
39 Georgia 0 0 1 1
40 Kyrgyzstan 0 0 1 1
41 Mexico 0 0 1 1
42 Switzerland 0 0 1 1
43 Tajikistan 0 0 1 1
44 Togo 0 0 1 1
45 Ukraine 0 0 1 1
46 Uzbekistan 0 0 1 1

China won Team gold in Men's Gymnastics

China dominated Men's Gymnastics today, winning the Team Gold with a total of 286.125 points. Japan won the silver medal with 278.875 points and the United States won the bronze medal with 275.850 points.

Japan's attempt to win the gold medal failed, as they performed very poorly at Vault – it was the lowest ranking team on the apparatus with only 46.750 points.

The United States looked as though it was going to challenge Japan for the silver medal, but its performance in the last two rotations was poor.

The gold medal is a glorious success for China, who failed to win a medal in the Men's Team event at Athens 2004 after winning the gold medal at Sydney 2000. Three members of today's team, Yang, Li and Huang were all part of the gold-medal-winning team in Sydney.

China is currently leading the Overall Medal Standings, with 13 gold medals, 3 silver and 4 bronze.

Romania's Alina Dumitru has won the gold medal in JUDO

Women's -48kg

Alina Alexandra Dumitru, from Romania, ranked No.1 in the world, defeated Yanet Bermoy of Cuba with an ippon in the gold medal contest in JUDO. She defeated in the semifinal Athens Olympic champion Tani Ryoko of Japan . Alina Dumitru clearly dominated the extra-lightweight category in Europe , having five consecutive European Championships between 2004 and 2008. She also won bronze medals at the 2005 and 2007 World Championships.

The first gold medallist of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Katerina Emmons is the first gold medallist of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

She is the winner of the Women's 10 meter Air Rifle; you should also know that she's the daughter of two-time world champion Petr Kurka, who doubles as her coach and her husband is Athens shooting gold medallist, Matt Emmons.

In fact, the 24-year-old Czech Republic sharp-shooter met her husband at Athens 4 years ago, when, competing under the name Katerina Kurkova, she won a bronze medal and Matt, representing USA, took the Men's 50m Rifle Prone gold (a title he will defend in Beijing on August 15). Nice couple, huh?