Date:22/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/22/stories/2008082256092000.htm

Sport - Chess

GOLDIES

• LaShawn Merritt (USA): Athletics: Men’s 400m.

• Dayron Robles (Cub): Athletics: Men’s 110m hurdles.

• Nelson Evora (Por): Athletics: Men’s triple jump.

• Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jam): Athletics: Women’s 200m.

• Barbora Spotakova (Cze): Athletics: Women’s javelin throw.

• Olga Kaniskina (Rus): Athletics: Women’s 20km walk.

• USA (Kerri Walsh, Misty May-Treanor): Women’s beach volleyball.

• Ruolin Chen (Chn): Diving: Women’s 10m platform.

• USA: Women’s football.

• Andrey Moiseev (Rus): Men’s modern pentathlon.

• Fernando Echavarri & Anton Paz (Esp): Sailing: Tornado.

• Iain Percy & Andrew Simpson (GBR): Sailing: Star.

• Japan: Women’s softball.

• Maarten van der Weijden (Ned): Swimming: Men’s marathon 10km.

• Taejin Son (Kor): Taekwondo: Men’s 68kg.

• Sujeong Lim (Kor): Taekwondo: Women’s 57kg.

• The Netherlands: Women’s water polo.

• Revazi Mindorashvili (Geo): Wrestling: Men’s freestyle 84kg.

• Shirvani Muradov (Rus): Wrestling: Men’s freestyle 96kg.

• Artur Taymazov (Uzb): Wrestling: Men’s freestyle 120kg.

• Eric Lamaze (Can): Equestrian: Jumping individual.