Imagine that, George W. Bush to receive a PEACE prize! Apparently, if its “for his contribution to the fight against HIV/AIDS and other diseases”. The Huffington Post reports:
To mark World AIDS Day, Saddelback Pastor Rick Warren is hosting a Civil Forum on Global Health at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Warren will present President Bush [...]
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Drop into exciting WWII combat! Play as Boyd Travers, a rank-and-file soldier with a heroic future. Join the 82nd Airborne division and enter the fast-paced fray. Complete missions in famous WWII battles, including D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge. Use cover to survive enemy tanks, mortar, and strafing fire as you battle in cities and open plains. With an array of weapons, you'll have the firepow
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has officially released the Para-Sports Medal Events Programme for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games following consultation with the International Paralympic Committee. The Commonwealth Games will take place from 3-14 October 2010 in Delhi, India, and will showcase world-class sporting opportunities for elite athletes with a disability.The 15 Para-Sports med
Seperti seri sebelumnya Medal Of Honor Airborn juga masih mengambil setting Perang Dunia II ( War of the world II ). Game Medal Of Honor Airborn ini tidak hanya keluar dalam serie PC tetapi juga Xbox. Medal Of Honor Airborn dari Xbox di beri pilihan multi player, kemudian stage yang bagus memanjakan mata anda [...]
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Em Medal of Honor Airborne você sobe aos céus e participa de ataques impiedosos ao solo, em uma aposta para virar a maré da Segunda Guerra Mundial. Inicie cada missão já no ar, sobre os campos de batalha controlados pelo Eixo, e deixe sua marca nas maiores operações aéreas da história. A partir do salto de pára-quedas de um avião de transporte C-47, cada escolha que você fizer poderá
Amazon's Omnivoracious blog reports that Stan the Man Lee has won the National Medal of Arts Award. Many congratulations!
H/T: Soccerdad and Instapundit.
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has suggested that next seasons grand prix drivers will recieve a gold medal for winning a race, with silver and bronze medals going to second and third places, similar to the Olympic games.
The breaking F1 news from Ecclestone says that the championship will then be decided by the driver who has [...]
It's a disgrace! A travesty of justice!From what I can gather, Eric Carle has never won a Caldecott Medal (or even the "runner-up" Honor medal). The Caldecott is awarded to the artist making an outstanding contribution to children's literature. One sticking point that I've found is that the author has to be a U.S. citizen, or living in the U.S., which Carle does and has since he's written, but
Back in August, Amanda and Kyle and I were in our favorite discount bookstore in New York City, The Strand. Amanda came across The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, and asked if she could have it. It was pretty thick and cheap (under $3), so I gave it the green light. She didn't read it for a while, but when she was in between books earlier this month, I suggested that she try it. I wondered how she
The Nike Beijing Medal Stand 643 Cap is a six-panel, true-fitted wool classic cap. With a 3D USA logo on left front panel, USA Flag on wearers right side and Beijing '08 woven label on center back, you'll be making a statement of pride in our US Olympic Team! Back and side panels are constructed of 100% wool. Front panels are 85% acrylic/15% wool. Imported.When I saw this cap, I am impressed and l
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Pajamas TV Video: John Howard - The Long War Against Radical IslamWe congratulate John Winston Howard on another great achievement. Coming soon after accepting the Irving Kristol award our former Prime Minister has been awarded the Winston S Churchill Medal of Freedom at a ceremony in Los Angeles.The American Freedom Alliance, an LA-based think tank, presented Mr. Howard with the award for being
The John Eales Medal is up for grabs again. It's where the Wallaby players themselves vote for who they reckon the best player was after each match on a 3-2-1 basis. Included in this was our inglorious performance at the RWC last year and all 9 tests played under Aussie Robbie in 2008 to date.
Past winners were:
2007 - Nathan Sharpe (!)
2006 - Chris Latham
2005 - Jeremy Paul
2004 - David...
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The John Eales Medal is up for grabs again. It's where the Wallaby players themselves vote for who they reckon the best player was after each match on a 3-2-1 basis. Included in this was our inglorious performance at the RWC last year and all 9 tests played under Aussie Robbie in 2008 to date.
Past winners were:
2007 - Nathan Sharpe (!)
2006 - Chris Latham
2005 - Jeremy Paul
2004 - David...
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Carrie Underwood at Medal of Honor Concert.
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Misty May and Kerri Walsh on Beijing gold medal match.
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A produtora americana Electronic Arts anunciou hoje que está comemorando o décimo aniversário de "Medal of Honor", popular série de tiro em primeira pessoa ambientado na Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Quem ganha os presentes aqui são os fãs, já que a companhia vai lançar uma coletânea com cinco títulos da série para PC. O pacote, que [...]
China topped the Beijing 2008 Paralympics Medal Table by some distance winning 211 medals including a whopping 89 golds.Great Britain was second, following on from the country's good medal performance at the Beijing Olympics and the USA was third.Position Country Gold Silver Bronze Total1 China 89 70 52 2112 Great Britain 42 29 31 1023 United States 36 35 28 994 Ukraine 24 18 32 745 Australia 23 2
Below you will find the recent AWS Statement made by Jim McFarlane, the new AWS President, which has now been posted on the 2008-2009 Gold Medal Award page of the American Watercolor Society's website. It's reproduced in full below. This relates to my earlier post Art competitions and copyright - the AWS Gold Medal debate.
2008–2009 AWARDS
Founded 142 years ago, and the oldest watercolor
You've got to be able to laugh at yourself, and this is hilarious.
Also a good break from harping on about Kaplan's inadequacies.
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You've got to be able to laugh at yourself, and this is hilarious.
Also a good break from harping on about Kaplan's inadequacies.
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track list01. Medal Of Honor Main Theme02. Taking Out The Railgun03. The Radar Train04. Rjuken Sabotage05. Underground - Escape From Casablanca06. Underground - Labyrinth Of The Minotaur07. Underground - The Battle Of Monte Cassino08. Underground - The Motorcycle Chase09. Frontline - Manor House Rally10. Frontline - The Halftrack Chase11. Frontline - The Rowhouses12. Frontline - Sturmgeist's Armor
This is a lengthy post highlighting issues relating to the use of reference photographs for artwork and is of relevance to:
art societies which have to deal with disputes about copyright
artists selling work or entering competitions with artwork based on a reference photo taken by somebody else, and artists who work in a hyperrealistic/photorealistic way.
Regular readers will know that earlier
It wasn’t enough. Ronaldinho and company are not happy, but Belgium couldn’t repeat a podium in football as many decades ago.At Shanghai, Brazil (Diego and Jô, twice) beats Belgium 3-0. Many people from Brazil pretended to be beaten to be Dunga dismissed. Let’s see what happen with his future.Line-ups:Belgium: Logan Bailly, Sepp de Roover, Thomas Vermaelen, Sebastian Pocognoli, Jeroen Simay
Japan wins 86 - 78 over the Nationals
Japan U18 cruised past Philippines U18 in Day 5 of FIBA Asia U18 Championship for Men. Taking the full control of the game the team overcame Philippines U18 86:78. Yusoke Karino paced all the winners with 25 points. Makoto Hiejima netted 22, Kaito Ishikawa scored 14 and Daichi Taniguchi added 12. Norberto Torres top-scored in defeat with 24 points. Matthew
The Philippines got no gold in the just concluded World Olympics. We got zero once again and what does this mean? i don't know anything about it or what happened to the gold hopefuls that we have. Our bets, I thought had the big chance but when they were already playing, not even a glimpse at channel 9 about the contest on gold.Better luck next time, contests are really something that we cannot pr
Washington, DC - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez joined President George W. Bush in announcing and congratulating the 2007 laureates for the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the nation’s highest honor for technological and scientific achievement. President Bush will present the six individuals and two corporations with their medals at a White House ceremony on Septembe
It turns out there are many ways to represent the same data (surprise, surprise), as you can see below. The official record is that China led the Olympics with the most gold medals. But US media decided to display it differently, instead by medal count, making it almost appear as though the US outdid the [...]
The Olympics Medal Table snapped in Trafalgar Square 19.08.08.
I've been avoiding too many references to the Olympics but it suddenly struck me that just like with Lessons from American Idol about creating and marketing art there were a few things that the Olympics have to teach us all as artists about success.
Now that the GB team have arrived back with "The Great Haul of China" (that's 47
The results are in from our Hookah Olympics Youtube contest! We had a lot of fun watching the videos and we thank everyone who participated. Without further ado, here are our medal winners:
Gold Medal winner: Water Games!
A lot of effort went into this aquatic-themed hookah Olympic video, and our judges unanimously gave it [...]
Did you get chills when Michael Phelps won his 8th gold medal in Beijing and made Olympic history? If watching it on TV moved you, imagine sharing the excitement of the Olympic games from inside the arenas and stadiums where...
In the waning days of the now-departed Beijing games, out Australian diver Matthew Mitcham not only gave us the gay moment we were all looking for -- he also provided a fantastic moment of TV drama when he unexpectedly upset...
USA’s basketball team won the gold medal which ended the 8 year drought at the Olympics. The team consisted of Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Dwayne Wade, Jason Kidd, Carmelo Anthony, Carlos...
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The Penguin Games have started! To start playing, click on the medal in the upper right.
The first race is the Marathon at the Ski Village. Start behind the starting line and wait for the countdown before you start racing. Then move along the track and STOP at every light and MAKE IT LIGHT UP.
If you miss one light, you’ll have to go back and get it or you won’t finish. The Marathon goes
Olympics: Singapore paddler Li loses in bronze medal playoff
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Li Jiawei lost to China’s Guo Yue 2-4 in the women’s table tennis individual bronze medal playoff in the Beijing Olympics on Friday.
27-year-old Li, the world number six, lost 6-11, 12-14, 11-9, 11-7, 3-11, 4-11 to the 20-year-old world number two.
Li had been hoping to [...]
Is this the best team performance ever, for a nation of 1.8 million? -Beijing-The good times kept rolling on Friday for Usain Bolt and the Jamaican national team. Bolt ran a lightening fast third leg that helped to crush the World Record previously held by the United States. The U.S. had poor hand offs and did not make the final.The Jamaica squad was made up of Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Bol
Mitcham rewelacyjnie przeszedł eliminacje z 10-metrowej wieży. Drugie miejsce za Chińczykiem i świetne wyniki, no to jutro trza oglądać. Ja nie będę, bo odwiedzam Zamość - niestety miasteczko ciut przereklamowane i dlatego już w hotelu. Oglądam serial na TVP Polonia, jakbym nie widział obrazu to sikał bym po nogach ze śmiechu. Katastrofa.No i szykuje się okazja na wyjazd do Krakowa
Bloodyelbow reports. Japan's 21-year old Olympic Gold Medal Judo winner, Satoshi Ishii, wants a fight with Russian Heavyweight king Fedor Emelianenko.From Dave Meltzer.In Beijing, China, after winning the gold medal in the superheavyweight division in judo this past week, Japan’s Satoshi Ishii said he wanted to fight "Emelianenko Fedor," as the legendary Russian fighter is known in Japan.Ishii,
Team USA came out the gates strong, but looked quite shaky in the second quarter allowing Argentina to cut what was a 21 point lead to 9 at the half (49-40). Manu Ginobili went down mid 2nd quarter with what looked to be a sprained ankle and Argentina just wasn’t quite the same.
USA came out [...]
It wasn’t enough. Ronaldinho and company are not happy, but Belgium couldn’t repeat a podium in football as many decades ago.At Shanghai, Brazil (Diego and Jô, twice) beats Belgium 3-0. Many people from Brazil pretended to be beaten to be Dunga dismissed. Let’s see what happen with his future. Line-ups:Belgium: Logan Bailly, Sepp de Roover, Thomas Vermaelen, Sebastian Pocognoli, Jeroen Sim
USA has got a lot to smile about as they have won the men’s beach volleyball, making it two gold medals in the sport for the U.S. team. Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers beat Brazil’s Marcio and Fabio 2-1 (23-21, 17-21, 15-4). The USA women’s team had also won the Olympic gold, beating China.
The first [...]
S’PORE’S Li Jiawei kept her medal dream alive by making the final four players of the women’s table tennis singles tournament at the Beijing Olympics.
She beat American Wang Chen to face World No. 1 Zhang Yining of China at 10am today. Their match will be telecast live over Channel 5 and Channel 604.
The other semi-final [...]
Is there hope for this country!! Perhaps Afghanistan's first Olympic medal - might be an indication of a start.Beijing, 20 August (AKI) - Rohullah Nikpai won Afghanistan's first medal ever at the Beijing Olympics after winning a bronze in Taekwondo on Wednesday.Nikpai, 21, easily defeated world flyweight champion Juan Antonio Ramos from Spain in the under 58-kilogramme competition.When he realised
The following article has also been sent to Malaysiakini as a letter to the editor. As a Malaysian, I avidly followed the path of our shuttler Lee Chong Wei in the ongoing 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, making sure that I watched him play whenever I possible could. I personally cheered in delight and began celebrating with my housemates when Chong Wei beat Korean shuttler Hyun Il in the semifinal
Nueva entrega de la saga de acción bélica Medal of Honor. Este nuevo título está protagonizado por el soldado Boyd Travers, un paracaidista de la División 82 de Paracaidistas, cuyas misiones tendrán lugar en varios campos de batalla europeos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, como Sicilia o Alemania entre otros. ( en español)Requisitos Minimos: P4 2.8GHzRAM:1GbTarjeta grafica 3D:256mb con Shader
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USA 26 Gold, 82 total
China 45 Gold, 79 total
Russia 13 Gold, 45 total
Great Britain 16 Gold, 37 total
Australia 11 Gold, 36 total
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Bio Data of Sushil KumarDate of Birth : May 26 1983Weight : 66 kg / 145 lbsHeight : 163cm / 5′4″Gender : MaleResidence : New Delhi (India)Birth Place : Delhi (India)Sport Speciality: WrestlingEvent(s): Men’s Freestyle 66 kgSushil Kumar an Indian Wrestler, wins bronze medal in olympics 2008 Photos ,Sushil Kumar an Indian Wrestler, wins bronze medal in olympics wallpapers,Sushil Kumar an Indi
Abhinva Bindra's gold medal in the Beijing Olympics gave the billion plus population of India a huge boost in self confidence and now there is another medal in the grappling sport of wrestling....
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Below, people can video of Sushil Kumar’s Bronze medal winning performance in Beijing Olympics. Now, India has total two medals in Beijing Olympics and hopes of few more medals are also alive.Also visit-Sushil Kumar won Bronze in wrestling event Beijing OlympicsJitender Kumar lost quarter final 15-11 match Georgy Balakshin Video Abhinav Bindra getting Gold medalAbout Abhinav Bindra (Indian Olymp
India finally managed to get a couple of medals at the Olympics. Three sons of the nation saved our face from yet another humiliation. A couple of days back there was an entire nation praying for the success of three boxers who managed to sneek into the quarter-finals of their respective category. All of a sudden there was so much hype with television channels interviewing their parents and friend
It seem something trouble if you see the overall medal count on Yahoo olympics sport pages. Yes, It set sort by total medal count. You can see the first country is USA in the list, with 26 gold medal and China at the second with 43 gold medal.
I think it should set Sort By Gold to default.
Paul Goodison of Great Britain clinched gold in the Laser (Men's One Person Dinghy) with a ninth finish in the medal race and an overall point total of 63, eight points ahead of Vasilij Zbogar of Slovenia who finished second in the medal place to claim silver. Goodison, who finished fourth in Athens, added to Great Britain's impressive gold medal -- making it three gold so far for his NOC. Di
USA are definitely favorites to win the Gold Medal in Olympics 2008. They face Australia on Wednesday in what looks a sure win for them. US were big favorites since the beginning of Beijing Olympics. Their betting odds were 1.35, while they have dropped to 1.11 today. The betfair trader could make relatively easy money, trading this odds movement and secure profits well before the quarter final ag
BEIJING (AP) -- Michael Phelps locked arms with his three teammates, as though they were in a football huddle calling a play, then hugged each one of them.It took a team to make him the grandest of Olympic champions. And one last big push from Phelps himself.Going hard right to the end of a mesmerizing nine days in Beijing, Phelps helped the Americans come from behind Sunday in a race they've neve
(NewDesignWorld Press Release Center) August 18 2008, Beijing, China -- Michael Phelps owned the pool at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with an astonishing eight gold medal performance. As if that weren't enough, all but his 100m Butterfly victory1 Vote(s)
The National Stadium or "Birds Nest" as it is known, was the result of a design partnership between Swiss based Herzog & de Meuron and Chinese based ArupSport.I'm the first to admit that I'm a bit of an Olympics junky. I can tune in to almost every event from basketball to badminton and become totally enthralled by the level of competition, and this year is no exception. However, I must admit
Ara Abrahamian, who protested his bronze award in wrestling by discarding it during the presentation ceremony, has been disqualified from the rest of the Games and stripped of his medal. The Swede said he's the victim of "blatant errors in judging."Abrahamian, who feels he deserved the gold medal, shouted at the referee and confronted the judges after his loss to eventual gold winner Andrea Minguz
Sozinho atrás das linhas inimigas, você deve recuperar as informações sobre os foguetes V2 e da sabotagem da operação. Através de seis missões, intensa batalha nas ruas da cidade e edifícios fortemente vigiado usando melee ataque, fuzil, sniper âmbito de aplicação e metralhadoras. A paz depende do resultado desta operação, soldado. Você tem que fazer?Download
Keep updated with the medal count/medal tally at the ongoing 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games by visiting this page regularly. It will house the updated medal table and show the latest results from Beijing.
Will China top this years games? Will the USA still lord it over as they have done in the past? Which sport will spell the difference for both countries? Let's wait and see as the Games
This has definitely been the most exciting Olympics I have ever witnessed. Not only have I been in awe of the beauty of China as a backdrop to the Olympics, but I have also seen possibly the gre...
The Beijing Olympics has been a showcase of the rise of China, and this is reflected in the medal tally. Over the coming decades this tally will only increase as the Chinese better manage their population and sporting institutions.With a traditional medal tally the powerhouse nations always top the list, but I often wonder about the smaller nations that over-achieve. The Economist have also ponder
Lisbeth Trickett's 4 medal haul at the Olympics, which includes 2 golds, a silver and a bronze is powered by a secret menu - Pecking Duck. A delicious crispy glazed roasted duck, that has been prepared since the Yuan Dynasty, and is now considered one of China's national foods, and also Beijing's most famous dish.(Photo credit: AP)AdelaideNow reports that Libby has been having the Chinese specialt
Slugging winners from the baseline and slamming shots at the net, the American sisters overpowered Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain 6-2, 6-0. When Ruano Pascual sent the championship point long, the sisters shrieked in unison. Then they jumped for joy and hugged. "I'm so excited, I can't even speak," said the 28-year-old Venus, who has already won seven doubles
This salutation patch movement in face of my computer, I definite to place a widget for the 2008 Peiping athletics Medal Tally | 2008 Peiping Summer athletics Medal Count because I’m trusty everyone is ending to undergo most the results. So here it is!
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While I was cooking “Nilagang Baka” last night, I was also watching the finals of the Women’s Table Tennis in the Beijing Olympics 2008. The finals were between China and Singapore. The defending...
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Michael Phelps in action at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, that what this page is all about. It contains photos of the golden boy in his quest for an unprecedented 8th gold medal in Olympic swimming, and a place in sports history. “Nothing is impossible,” Phelps said. “With so many people saying it couldn’t be done, all it takes is an imagination, and that’s something I learned and someth
Day nine was by far the busiest day of Beijing 2008 so far -- with some 37 medals doled out as competitions concluded and old Olympic friends left the limelight, while others emerged from the shadows. Today, though, the spotlight shone on just one man.Sometimes words are not enough. The impish smile – one of pride at his immense achievements this past week – across the face of Michael Phelps s
photo by PETER MEECHAM/Fairfax MediaOn Saturday night New Zealand cyclist Hayden Roulston won a silver medal in the men's individual pursuit. Roulston came in second to reigning world champion Bradley Wiggins of Britain. According to Stuff.co.nz, "For Roulston, 27, it marked the end of a bumpy journey which included two brushes with law and a health scare that had forced him into early retiremen
BEIJING: Lee Chong Wei won the silver medal in the badminton men's singles after losing in the final to China’s Lin Dan 12-21, 8-21.The world No 2 lost in two straight sets, faltering to Lin Dan, who remains the top men’s singles shuttler in the world.In previous clashes between the two, Lin Dan had won nine times while Chong Wei had won five times.The last time a Malaysian shuttler won a meda
Britain's sailors, rowers and cyclists won four more gold medals on Sunday to match the team's Saturday surge and reach third in the Olympic medal table. There were sailing golds for Yngling trio Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson, and Ben Ainslie in the Finn. Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter took GB's first lightweight rowing gold, and Rebecca Romero won cycling's pursuit. Fellow cyclist Wendy
Reigning Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal of Spain defeated Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 6-3, 7-6(2), 6-3 to capture the gold medal in the Men's Single Tennis at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 17. Gonzalez took the silver medal.Courtesy : www.en.beijing2008.cn
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Serena Williams and Venus Williams (front) of the United States compete. (Photo credit: Xinhua)Reigning Wimbledon champions Serena Williams and Venus Williams of United States defeated French Open champions Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain 6-2, 6-0 to capture the gold medal in the Women's Doubles Tennis at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 17.
Elena Dementieva of Russia returns to Dinara Safina of Russia. (Photo credit: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)Sydney 2000 silver medalist Elena Dementieva of Russia defeated teammate Dinara Safina 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 to capture the gold medal in the Women's Single Tennis at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 17. Safina took the silver medal.Courtesy : www.en.beijing2008.cn
Remarkable, On Sunday at the Beijing Olympics, Michael Phelps has won his record eighth gold medal as a member of the victorious U.S. 400-meter medley relay team, breaking a tie with Mark Spitz for most gold medals in single games.
Brendan Hansen, Aaron Peirsol, Phelps and Jason Lezak have won in a world-record of 3 minutes, 29.34 seconds, lowering the old mark of 3:30.68 set four years ago in
Michael Phelps took home his 8th gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The U.S. Swimmer broke Mark Spitz's record of 7 gold medals, the most ever one at one Olympic Games. This time, Michael Phelps shared the gold medal with his teammates - the U.S. won the 4×100m medley relay.
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American Michael Phelps won his seventh gold on Saturday in the Men's 100m Butterfly final at the National Aquatics Center, to equal Mark Spitz (USA) as the only person ever to have won seven gold medals at a summer Olympic Games.But Phelps had to survive a big scare from unheralded Serbian Milorad Cavic to do it.Phelps won in an Olympic record time of 50.58, to take his gold medal tally to seven,
BEIJING - Michael Phelps won his record eighth gold medal Sunday at the Beijing Olympics as a member of the victorious U.S. 400-meter medley relay team, breaking a tie with Mark Spitz for most golds...
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Michael Phelps beat Milorad Cavic of Serbia to the wall to win the 100-meter butterfly Saturday, tying Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals at a single Olympics.
Phelps’s Olympics looking lost, he decided to flap those gangly arms one more time. Cavic, inches from spoiling it all, glided along just under the surface, convinced he had won gold. However, it did not matter who was fastest.
