Men’s Freestyle of Turkey defeated Andriy Stadnik of Ukraine to become the Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 66kg champion. The bronze medals went to Sushil Kumar of India and Otar Tushishvili of Georgia.

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Two Chinese old ladies who are in their 70s were sentenced by the Chinese authorities to one year of “re-education through labour”. The reason is that they applied quite faithfully to protest during the Beijing Olympics.

Wu Dianyuan, 79, and her neighbour Wang Xiuying, 77, sought to protest about their forced eviction from their homes in 2001. They went to the Beijing Public Security Bureau four times this month to request permission to demonstrate in the new zones — created for the Olympics to counter criticism of the limits to political expression in China.

Note to old folks: Never upset Chinese government during this Olympic period.

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Mexican Guillermo Perez of Mexico defeated Gabriel Yulis Mercedes of the Dominican Republic to claim the Men’s 55kg taekwondo title. Rohullah Nikpai of Afghanistan and Chu Mu-yen of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) had bronze.

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Chinese Wu Jingyu was the Women’s -49kg Taekwondo Champion. She defeated Buttree Puedpong of Thailand 1-(-1) to win the gold. Dalia Contreras Rivero of Venezuela and Daynellis Montejo of Cuba scored bronze.

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Aksana Miankova of Belarus covered 76.34m, an new Olympic record, to capture the Women’s Hammer Throw gold medal. Yipsi Moreno of Cuba threw 75.20m to snatch silver. Chinese Zhang Wenxiu took bronze with 74.32m.

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You thought the world number 1 table tennis player and Beijing Olympics ping pong gold medalist, Zhang Yining (张怡宁), is cool as a cucumber and more manly than men. Think again.

Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova of Russia won the Synchronized Swimming Duet’s gold beautifully on 20th August 2008 at the Water Cube (National Aquatics Center). Gemma Mengual and newcomer Andrea Fuentesof Spain took silver, Harada Saho and Suzuki Emiko of Japan are placed third.

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Larisa Ilchenko of Russia used 1 hour 59 minutes and 27.7 seconds to bag the Women’s 10km Marathon Swimming gold. Keri-Anne Payne and Cassandra Patten, both from Britain, took silver and brozne respectively.

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At Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center, Tom Ashley of New Zealand captured the Men’s RS:X (Windsurfer Men) title on 20th August 2008. Julien Bontemps of France got silver with 53 points and Shahar Zubari of Israel landed bronze with 58 points.

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