Second-seeded US pair cruises to final

Second-seeded Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers of the United States ousted surprise semifinalists, 15th-seeded Jorge Terceiro and Renato Gomes of Georgia 21-11, 21-13 in 42 minutes to advance to the final of the Olympic Men's Beach Volleyball tournament, which is scheduled to be staged on August 22 at the Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground.

They will meet Brazil's Fabio Magalhaes and Marcio Araujo, the fourth-seeded pair who edged out their compatriots Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego, the Athens 2004 gold medalists, 22-20, 21-18 in 53 minutes.

Funny moments in Olympics Beijing 2008

Here are some funny moments from different sports. Enjoy!

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.

New World & Olympic Records today

Here are the new World & Olympic Records for today. I see that Michael Phelps did a great job today, 12th august, byu beating not one, but 4 Olympic records!

Aug 12 2008	Final Olympic Record	Shooting	190	ELLER Walton	United States
Aug 12 2008	Olympic Record	Swimming	00:02:08.680	GYURTA Daniel	Hungary
Aug 12 2008	Olympic Record	Swimming	00:00:52.540	PEIRSOL Aaron	United States
Aug 12 2008	Equal Olympic Record	Swimming	00:01:53.700	PHELPS Michael	United States
Aug 12 2008	Olympic Record	Swimming	00:01:53.700	PHELPS Michael	United States
Aug 12 2008	Olympic Record	Swimming	00:02:09.530	COVENTRY Kirsty	Zimbabwe
Aug 12 2008	World Record	Swimming	00:00:52.540	PEIRSOL Aaron	United States
Aug 12 2008	Olympic Record	Swimming	00:01:05.170	JONES Leisel	Australia
Aug 12 2008	Olympic Record	Shooting	145	ELLER Walton	United States
Aug 12 2008	World Record	Swimming	00:01:42.960	PHELPS Michael	United States
Aug 12 2008	Olympic Record	Swimming	00:01:42.960	PHELPS Michael	United States
Aug 12 2008	Olympic Record	Swimming	00:07:04.660	VENDT Erik WALTERS David KELLER Klete BERENS Ricky	United States

Overall Medal Standings Olympics 2008 - Day 2

Overall Medal Standings - Day 2

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 China 4 1 0 5
2 United States 2 2 4 8
3 Korea 2 2 0 4
4 Czech Republic 2 0 0 2
5 Australia 1 0 1 2
5 Netherlands 1 0 1 2
7 SpainESP - Spain 1 0 0 1
7 Great Britain 1 0 0 1
7 Romania 1 0 0 1
7 Thailand 1 0 0 1
11 Russian Fed. 0 3 1 4
12 Italy 0 2 1 3
13 Austria 0 1 0 1
13 Cuba 0 1 0 1
13 Hungary 0 1 0 1
13 Sweden 0 1 0 1
13 Turkey 0 1 0 1
13 Zimbabwe 0 1 0 1
19 Argentina 0 0 1 1
19 Belarus 0 0 1 1
19 Croatia 0 0 1 1
19 Georgia 0 0 1 1
19 Germany 0 0 1 1
19 Japan 0 0 1 1
19 DPR Korea 0 0 1 1
19 Switzerland 0 0 1 1
19 Chinese Taipei 0 0 1 1
19 Uzbekistan 0 0 1 1

Total: 16 16 18 50

How did the Chinese people prepare for the Olympics

Chinese people did their best to prepare for the Olympics. They even translated all Chinese signs in English. Most of the translations are ok but some translations are funny. Here's a few very funny mistakes. The one with "dying here is strictly prohibited" made my day :))