How are the Beijing Olympics Medals Made?

Selecting stones

Jade cutting

Jade polishing

Checkup details

Medal mould

Bronze medal

Medal machine tool

Medal after punching

Groove making machine

Groove checking-up

Putting jade into the medal

Finishing

Source: beijing2008.cn

Medal standings as of 20th Aug

TV Schedule for 20th,21st and 22th of Aug

Wednesday, Aug. 20

NBC and NBC HD, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. — Men's Volleyball Quarterfinal (LIVE); Women's Diving - Platform Competition

8 p.m.-Midnight — Track & Field - Gold Medal Finals: Men's 200-meter, Women's 400-meter Hurdles; Gymnastics Gala Exhibition; Women's Beach Volleyball Gold Medal Match (LIVE); Women's Diving - Platform Semifinal (LIVE); Cycling - BMX Gold Medal Finals (LIVE)

12:35-2 a.m. — Women's Volleyball - Semifinal (LIVE); Women's Track & Field - Hammer Throw Gold Medal Final; Women's Beach Volleyball Bronze Medal Match

CNBC and CNBC HD, Midnight-2 a.m. — Softball Semifinal

5-8 p.m. — Boxing - 51kg, 75kg Quarterfinals

USA and USA HD, 2 a.m.-Noon — Men's Basketball Quarterfinal (LIVE); Canoeing Semifinals (LIVE); Women's Swimming - Marathon Gold Medal Final; Men's Water Polo

MSNBC, 5 a.m.-5 p.m. — Softball Bronze Medal (LIVE); Men's Volleyball; Baseball - USA vs. Japan; Freestyle Wrestling 66kg, 74kg Gold Medal Finals; Table Tennis; Men's Handball Quarterfinal

OXYGEN, 6-8 p.m. — Synchronized Swimming - Duet Gold Medal Final

TELEMUNDO, 2-6 a.m. — Men's Basketball Quarterfinal; Track & Field Gold Medal Finals; Men's Diving - Springboard Competition

8-10 a.m. — Men's Beach Volleyball Semifinal; Gymnastics - Individual Event Gold Medal Finals

Midnight-1 a.m. — TBA

UNIVERSAL HD — 24-hour MSNBC, & CNBC HD Simulcasts and Coverage

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL, 2:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. — Men's Games

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL, 6 a.m.-6 p.m. — Best of Women's & Men's Semifinals
___

Thursday, Aug. 21

NBC and NBC HD, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. — Men's Swimming - Marathon; Gymnastics - Rhythmic Competition; Women's Water Polo Gold Medal Match; Equestrian - Individual Jumping Gold Medal Final; Softball Gold Medal Game Report

8 p.m.-Midnight — Track & Field Gold Medal Finals: Men's 400-meter, Men's 110-meter Hurdles, Men's Triple Jump; Women's 200-meter, Women's Javelin Throw, Men's Decathlon Day 1; Women's Diving - Platform Gold Medal Final; Men's Beach Volleyball - Gold Medal Match (LIVE)

12:35-2 a.m. — Men's Volleyball Semifinal (LIVE); Men's Beach Volleyball Bronze Medal Match

CNBC and CNBC HD, Midnight-2 a.m. — Women's Track & Field - 20k Walk

5-8 p.m. — Freestyle Wrestling 84kg, 96kg, 120kg Gold Medal Finals

USA and USA HD, 2 a.m.-Noon — Women's Soccer Gold Medal Match (LIVE); Softball Gold Medal Game (LIVE); Canoeing Semifinals (LIVE); Freestyle Wrestling 84kg, 96kg, 120kg Competition; Women's Table Tennis Quarterfinals; Men's Table Tennis

MSNBC, 5 a.m.-5 p.m. — Women's Basketball Semifinal (LIVE); Women's Soccer Bronze Medal Match (LIVE); Women's Water Polo Bronze Medal Match (LIVE); Women's Handball Semifinals; Women's Volleyball Semifinal

OXYGEN, 6-8 a.m. — Gymnastics Gala Exhibition

TELEMUNDO, 2-6 a.m. — Track & Field Gold Medal Finals; Women's Diving - Platform Competition and Semifinal

8-11 a.m. — Women's Soccer - Gold Medal Match (LIVE); Women's Beach Volleyball Gold Medal Match

Midnight-1 a.m. — TBA

UNIVERSAL HD — 24-hour MSNBC, & CNBC HD Simulcasts and Coverage

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL, 6 a.m.-6 p.m. — Women's Gold Medal Match

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. — Women's Semifinals
___

Friday, Aug. 22

NBC and NBC HD, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. — Men's Basketball Semifinal (LIVE); Canoeing - Gold Medal Finals; Women's Table Tennis - Gold Medal Final

8 p.m.-Midnight — Track & Field - Gold Medal Finals: Men's 4x100-meter Relay, Men's Pole Vault, Women's 4x100-meter Relay, Women's Long Jump, Women's 5000-meter, Men's Decathlon 1500-meter; Men's Diving - Platform Semifinal (LIVE); Gymnastics - Rhythmic Competition

12:35-2 a.m. - Women's Volleyball Bronze Medal Match (LIVE); Men's Table Tennis - Singles Semifinals; Synchronized Swimming Team Competition

CNBC and CNBC HD, Midnight-4 a.m. — Boxing 51kg, 57kg, 64kg, 75kg, 91kg Semifinals (LIVE); Baseball Semifinal (LIVE)

5-8 p.m. — Boxing 48kg, 54kg, 60kg, 69kg, 81kg, 91kg-plus Semifinals

USA and USA HD, 2 a.m.-Noon — Men's Basketball Semifinal (LIVE); Men's Water Polo Semifinal (LIVE); Track & Field - Men's 50k Walk; Women's Table Tennis - Singles Semifinal; Men's Table Tennis Quarterfinals; Canoeing Gold Medal Finals

MSNBC, 5 a.m.-5 p.m. — Men's Soccer Bronze Medal Match (LIVE); Baseball Semifinal; Men's Volleyball Semifinal; Women's Field Hockey Bronze Medal Game; Women's Modern Pentathlon; Women's Mountain Bike; Men's Handball Semifinal

OXYGEN, 6-8 p.m. — Women's Field Hockey Gold Medal Game

TELEMUNDO, 2-6 a.m. — Women's Diving - Platform Gold Medal Final; Track & Field Gold Medal Finals; Men's Beach Volleyball Gold Medal Match

6:55-10 a.m. — Men's Soccer Bronze Medal Match (LIVE); Men's Basketball Semifinal (LIVE)

11 p.m.-2 a.m. — Men's Soccer Gold Medal Match (LIVE)

UNIVERSAL HD — 24-hour MSNBC, & CNBC HD Simulcasts and Coverage

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. — Men's Bronze Medal Match and Women's Gold Medal Match

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. — Men's Semifinals

Jitender follows Akhil Kumar while Vijender ensures another medal..

Bhiwani volcano erupted on the Equadorian.....

Indian boxer Vijender Singh ensured another medal for India at the Beijing Olympics by outpunching Carlos Gongora of Ecuador in the quarterfinal of the 75kg category bout today.
With this victory, he is now assured of at least a bronze medal.



He led all the rounds over Equadorian and clinched the bout 9-4. Although Carlos managed to close the gap in the last round but Vijender's evading tactics and excellent footwork won him the bout.
Video
http://olympics.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/showvideo/3386135.cms


Jitender Kumar lost to Russia's Georgy Balakshin in the quarter-finals of the 51kg flyweight category in the Beijing Olympics.

The Indian boxer lost the bout 15-11 against his experienced Russian rival and European champion at the Workers' Gymnasium to end hopes of a medal.

The Russian took the lead of 2 - 1 in the first round itself. But they both equaly done well with 5 points each in the second round...But Russian raced ahead with counter punches and won the secured points in 3rd and 4th rounds to win the semi berth..

"I'm sorry I could not win the medal but I tried my best," rued Jitender, blood dripping from the cut he had received in the chin.

His other 10 wounds from previous match also made him weak in the match.

Video
http://olympics.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/showvideo/3385994.cms

The other day boxer Akhil Kumar from Bhiwani failed to qualify for the semifanals.

Another bronze for India through Sushil Kumar

Freestyle wrestler Sushil Kumar wins a historic bronze medal in the 66kg category in the Beijing Olympics. Sushil Kumar beat Kazakhistan’s Leonid Spiridonov in a play-off bout for the Bronze medal..


Against Leonid, Sushil grabbed early initiative by scoring two technical points that proved decisive in the end.

Though the Kazakh wrestler scored one in the second period and managed to thwart Sushil, the Indian proved his superiority again in the third period and eventually prevailed 3-2 to trigger frenzied celebration among the Indians present at the venue.

"I thought I'll do whatever it takes and the end result is the medal is mine. It's an unforgettable moment in my life and it seems I'm living in a dream," Sushil said.

"Probably you may say that there was no expectation from the people back home and the media too. But me and my coach (Satpal) always knew I had a fair chance of winning a medal and I'm happy I could achieve that," a beaming Sushil said after winning the medal at the China Agricultural University.

"While it is good not to have that burden of expectation on your shoulder, I think we can give even more provided we get better facilities," said the wrestler.

Video
http://olympics.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/showvideo/3385025.cms

Ramazan Sahin won Turkey's first gold medal of the Olympics with victory in the same competition over Ukraine's Andriy Stadnik. Sahin emerged victorious from a close encounter, 2-2 2-1 2-2, to add Olympic gold to his world and European crowns.

Another Jamaican digs gold in 400m Hurdles...

Another Jamaican Melanie Walker wins the 400m Hurdles in Beijing Olympics 2008...

She set a new Olympics record of 52.64s in the final..

Terrific run by Bolt...Gold in 200m...

Terrific man....terrific..

He looks into the electronic timer and screams.....

oh....The 200m race won by the Jamaican with a world record time of 19.30S leaving behind the others over 5m..

The world record of 19.32S set by American Michael Johnson in the 1996 Olympic Games has become history in the "Lightning Bolt".

Usain Bolt is dancing now....

His win comes day before his 22th birthday....

The 21-year-old had already broken the 100m world mark in the Games when he became the fastest man in the world in 9.69 seconds.

Churandy Martina of the Dutch Antilles got the silver in 19.82 seconds and Shawn Crawford of the United States won the bronze in 19.96 seconds.

Medal standings upto 50 as of 19th..

Easy for Bayeva.....

The cute bird of Russia flies over the pole as well as bird's nest..

Yelena Isinbayeva won a second consecutive gold in the pole vault and broke her world and Olympic records in the process.

With a world record if 5.05m, Yelena Isinbayeva won the gold medal in Beijing Olympics. This is the 24 time she breaking the world record set by herself. The last world record 4.95m was only 20 days old. She broke the record in her 3rd attempt itself.

26-year-old Isinbayeva's only close competitor was United States' Jennifer Stuczynski. But her challenge ended in 4.80m.

"I was trying to do my best for the crowd," she said afterwards. "It makes me happy, so happy, I felt that I could not go out without the world record because of the support the crowd gave me." She said.

So, with 50,000 spectators clapping her on, she set about an assault on her own records, beginning with the Olympic mark of 4.92m that she set in the Athens final.

Sergey Bubka, the great Ukrainian vaulter who set 35 world records himself, was in the stadium to watch. He would have approved of the manner in which Isinbayeva has raised the mark one centimetre at a time, just as he did, making himself rich in reward money as he did so. "I will do it," she replied when asked whether she could surpass Bubka's tally, "I just have 12 more to go. Life would be boring without records to break, so I want to continue on forever."

"It is hard to be more perfect than this. I will still improve and the next goal is London," she confirmed.

Pics
Videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYFRLovltCM

http://www.celebrity-link.com/c114/showcelebrity_categoryid-11492.html

http://www.metacafe.com/tags/isinbayeva/

http://china.global-travel.mobi/beijing-olympics-clips/Olympics%20Yelena%20Isinbayeva/

http://www.mahalo.com/Yelena_Isinbayeva

http://www.perfectpeople.net/celebrity-star/4783/yelena-isinbayeva.htm

Romanian ruled the floor..not Johnson or Liukin

Romania's Sandra Izbasa grabbed the gold medal on floor away from world champion Shawn Johnson at the Beijing Olympics.

All-around champ Nastia Liukin took bronze, giving the United States two medals in the event and its women's team five total medals.

Johnson, who also won silver in the all-around, had the unwanted chore of going first. Her performance lacked the usual flair, but a series of somersaults and twists at the end drew a roar from the crowd — and the mark she seemed to need to hold on: 15.50.

But Izbasa, the final competitor, wowed the judges, who gave her a 15.65. Izbasa also helped her country get bronze in the team finals.

Source