Johnson ends silver streak with gold
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:46 AM PDT
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| Rob Carr | Associated Press
U.S. gymnast Shawn Johnson poses with her gold medal on the podium for the balance beam apparatus finals at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Tuesday. |
STAR
Shawn Johnson finally ended her silver streak in Beijing with a gold medal on the balance beam. The world champion, who already had three silvers, edged fellow American Nastia Liukin, who finished with a gold, three silvers and a bronze.
Medals
The United States secured its 26th gold medal, and a total of 79 medals overall, while China has 43 golds and 79 medals overall.
Gym Dandy
China’s men swept both events on the final day, with Zou Kai winning high bar and Li Xaiopeng winning parallel bars. China took all but one men’s event, the vault — in which there was no Chinese finalist. China’s men won the team title, Yang Wei took the all-around, and the Chinese also took the still rings, pommel horse and floor exercise.
A-Hoy
Britain’s Chris Hoy won his third gold medal, beating teammate Jason Kenny in the men’s track cycling sprint. Hoy’s earlier medals were in the men’s team sprint and the keirin.
QUOTE
‘‘There’s so many people concerned about me and who support me. I feel very sorry. But there’s really nothing I could do.’’ — Popular Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang, who pulled out of the 110-meter hurdles Monday due to injury.
toDAY’S SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt races in the 200 meters, trying to become the first man since American Carl Lewis in 1984 to sweep the 100 and 200, which begins at 8:20 a.m. MDT.
Medal count |
Country G S B Tot
China 45 14 20 79
United States 26 26 27 79
Russia 13 14 18 45
Britain 16 10 10 36
Australia 11 12 12 35
France 4 12 14 30
Germany 11 8 9 28
South Korea 8 10 6 24
Japan 8 6 9 23
Italy 6 7 7 20
Ukraine 5 5 8 18
Netherlands 4 5 4 13
Canada 2 6 5 13
Belarus 2 3 8 13
Cuba 1 6 6 13
Spain 3 5 2 10
New Zealand 3 1 5 9
Romania 4 1 3 8
Poland 3 4 1 8
Kenya 2 4 2 8
Kazakhstan 1 3 4 8
Denmark 2 1 3 6
North Korea 2 1 3 6
Brazil 1 0 5 6
Czech Republic 2 3 0 5
Jamaica 2 3 0 5
Switzerland 2 0 3 5
Azerbaijan 1 2 2 5
Norway 1 2 2 5
Slovenia 1 2 2 5
Bulgaria 1 1 3 5
Indonesia 1 1 3 5
Uzbekistan 0 2 3 5
Hungary 0 4 1 5
Armenia 0 0 5 5
Slovakia 3 1 0 4
Georgia 2 0 2 4
Zimbabwe 1 3 0 4
Turkey 1 2 1 4
Ethiopia 2 1 0 3
Finland 1 1 1 3
Sweden 0 3 0 3
Austria 0 1 2 3
Greece 0 1 2 3
