Latest Medal Standings on August 2008 as at 9.30pm
Overall Standings for the latest updates of Medal Tally on August 15, 2008 at 9.00pm
(L-R) Staff, Hoy and Kenny celebrate after winning gold. (Thank you and credits to Clive Rose/Getty Images)
Beijing - August 15, 2008: Great Britain flew past long time rival France to win their first Men's Team Sprint Olympic gold medal on Friday, opening five days of competition at the Laoshan Velodrome.
The German team pipped Australia by 0.008 seconds to claim bronze thanks to a stunning final leg by Stefan Nimke, the only returning member from the Olympic champions in Athens 2004.
France had beaten Great Britain in three consecutive world championships, but an emotional final-leg showdown between Men's Sprint rivals Chris Hoy (Great Britain) and Arnaud Tournant (France) fell in favor of the British.
After topping both qualifying rounds, Great Britain sprinted to victory in 43.128 seconds with France settling for the silver medal with 43.651.
Great Britain were the fastest on all three laps, with Jamie Staff setting the tone ahead of Gregory Bauge in the first lap.
Jason Kenny held the gap against Kevin Sireau in the second lap, before Hoy sealed the victory.
The French team removed veteran Tournant in favor of Mickael Bourgain in the first round, a decision that almost backfired, with France only edging Germany by 0.046 seconds to pass to the gold medal round. Tournant was back in the rotation for the gold medal race.
The Netherlands team, a medal outsider after taking bronze at the Manchester 2008 World Track Cycling Championships in March, failed to make the medal rounds.
The US team qualified for the final spot in the first round after the race jury relegated Poland for deliberately riding on the blue band during the initial qualifying round.
(L-R) Park Sung-Hyun, Viktor Ruban and Bair Badenov (Thank you and credits to Vladimir Rys/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Ukraine's Ruban wins Men's Individual Archery gold - (L-R) Shawn Johnson, Nastia Liukin and Yang Yilin. (Thank you and credits to Getty Images)
Ukraine's Viktor Ruban scored 113 points to win the men's individual archery gold medal at the Olympic Games here on Friday.
The losing finalist, Park Kyung-Mo of the Republic of Korea took the silver medal with 112 points.
Russia's Bair Badenov took the bronze medal by beating Mexico's Juan Rene Serrano 115-110.
The US gymnastics team finished the first six days gold-less. It could only watch as China won gold in the Men and Women's Team event.
However, today was another day. Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson starred in the Women's All-Around final to win the gold and silver medals. The bronze medal went to China's Yang Yilin.
In the first rotation of four, Johnson was ranked first after a difficult move gave her 15.875 in the Vault. China's best gymnast, Jiang Yuyuan, was unable to land cleanly after dismounting from the Vault and scored a low 14.825. Once a gymnast's score dips below 15.000 on a single apparatus, their medal chances skydive. Liukin and Yang Yilin earned 15.025 and 15.175 in the Vault respectively.
Uneven Bars specialist Yang, who is the best-ranked qualifier in the Uneven Bars final, caught up to Johnson after she scored an outstanding 16.725 on the Uneven Bars in the second rotation. Liukin was the second-highest scorer on the apparatus with 16.650. Johnson, whose specialty lies with the Floor Exercise and the Vault, finished with 15.275.
Johnson competed first on the Beam in the third rotation. She scored 16.050, her first Beam score above 16.000 at Beijing 2008. Yang finished with a Beam score of 15.750. Liukin, who competed last in this rotation, needed 15.975 to replace Yang in first place, which she did with an outstanding 16.125.
Liukin held onto her lead with 15.525 in the Floor Exercise, taking her total score to 63.325. Johnson finished with a total score of 62.725 and Yang finished with a total score of 62.650.
China wins in Judo Women's +78kg(Thank you and credits to Wu Xiaoling/Xinhua Images)
Tong Wen of China beat defending Olympic champion Tsukada Maki of Japan with an ippon in the final seconds of the match to win gold in Judo Women's +78kg, the last Women's Judo event of the Beijing Olympics. Tong's victory gives China its third Women's Judo gold medal of the Games.
Satoshi Ishii from Japan wins Men's +100kg Judo gold (Thank you and credits to Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
Japanese judoka Satoshi Ishii claimed the Men's +100kg title at the Beijing Olympics on Friday, beating Abdullo Tangriev from Uzbekistan in the final. The bronze medals went to Oscar Brayson from Cuba and Teddy Riner from France.
France beats Poland to win Men's Team Epee gold.The gold medal match of the Men's Team Epee Fencing event took place at the Fencing Hall on Day 7 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 15, 2008 in Beijing, China.
France beat Poland 45-29 to win the Men's Team Epee gold medal at the Olympic Fencing competition here on Friday.
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