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![Victoria Pendleton of Britain won the Women's Sprint Cycling gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games here on August 19, 2008. Australian Anna Meares finished second and Chinese Guo Shuang got the bronze. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080819/001aa0ba6dbd0a1523272e.jpg){kind=small}
![Defending Olympic champion China will take their title defense to the semifinals of the Women's Volleyball tournament after defeating Russia 25-22, 27-25, 25-19 in the quarterfinal match on Tuesday, August 19. Reaching the gold medal match will not be easy: their opponent in the semis will be Brazil, who have yet to drop a set in six matches in Beijing. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080819/001aa0ba6dbd0a15236b2f.jpg){kind=small}
![World record holder Dayron Robles breezed through the second round of the men's 110 meters hurdles on night of August 19, 2008 at the Beijing Olympic Games. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080819/001aa0ba6dbd0a15239b30.jpg){kind=small}
![Lu Chunlong of China became the first Chinese man to win an Olympic title in Gymnastics Trampoline, in the Men's final at the National Indoor Stadium on August 19, 2008. [XInhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080819/001aa0ba6dbd0a151e352a.jpg){kind=small}
![Germany's Matthias Steiner wins the gold in the men's +105kg weightlifting class, showing a picture of his wife on the podium. [XInhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080819/001aa0ba6dbd0a151d6728.jpg){kind=small}
![Shawn Johnson of the United States won the gold medal in the Beam event at the Olympic Gymnastics tournament on August 19, 2008. Shawn Johnson collected 16.225 points for the title, edging her fellow American Nastia Liukin to the second place at 16.025. Cheng Fei of China settled for the bronze medal at 15.950. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080819/001aa0ba6dbd0a151b9427.jpg){kind=small}
![Juan Esteban Curuchet and Walter Fernando Perez of Argentina clinch the gold in Men's Madison competition on August 19, 2008. Spain finished second to take the silver. Bronze medalist is Russia. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080819/001aa0ba6dbd0a1518b112.jpg){kind=small}
![Russian Mavlet Batirov won the Beijing Olympic 60kg freestyle wrestling gold medal, beating Unkainian Vasyl Fedoryshyn in the final on August 19, 2008. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080819/001aa0ba6dbd0a1517af10.jpg){kind=small}
![Li Xiaopeng of China won the gold medal in the Parallel Bars with a score of 16.450 points at the Beijing Olympic Games on August 19, 2008. The silver medal was taken by Yoo Won-chul of the Republic of Korea at 16.250, followed by Anton Fokin of Uzbekistan in third place at 16.200. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080819/001aa0ba6dbd0a15167f0f.jpg){kind=small}
![Henry Cejudo of the United States won the gold medal in the men's freestyle wrestling 55kg class at the Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing on August 19, 2008. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080819/001aa0ba6dbd0a1515b60d.jpg){kind=small}
![Weightlifter Itte Detenamo, the only athlete representing the tiny island nation in Beijing, set a personal best on August 19 of 2008 in the super heavyweight class. It wasn't enough to win a medal, but the 150-kilogram (330-pound) Pacific strongman said he's aiming for a podium finish in London 2012. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080819/001aa0ba6dbd0a15117d09.jpg){kind=small}
![Xu Lijia of China competes in the laser radial medal race of the Beijing Olympic Games sailing event in Olympic co-host city Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 19, 2008. Xu clinched the bronze medal in this event. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080819/001aa0ba6dbd0a150e7708.jpg){kind=small}
![Henry Cejudo, a son of undocumented Mexican immigrants, became the first American to win a men's freestyle wrestling gold in 16 years as he won the 55kg category at the Beijing Olympic Games on on August 19, 2008. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080819/001aa0ba6dbd0a150d1707.jpg){kind=small}
![Anna Tunnicliffe from the United States was crowned Laser Radial champion at the Olympic Sailing Regatta in Qingdao on August 19, 2008. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080819/001aa0ba6dbd0a150b9a06.jpg){kind=small}
![Players of China celebrate after the match China VS Belarus in women's quartefinal of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Basketball event in Beijing, China, Aug. 19, 2008. China beat Belarus 77-62 and qualified the next round. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080819/001aa0ba6dbd0a1509c005.jpg){kind=small}
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