Michael Phelps won a gold on the same day that China triumphed in the gymnastics men

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August 12, 2008

The U.S. is going for his brand of eight gold in Beijing
BEIJING - The American swimmer Michael Phelps is the greatest sensation of the Games: on Tuesday added his third gold in Beijing on Wednesday and could become the most laureate Olympic athlete in history with ten titles.

United States and Spain joined his second triumph in the men’s basketball competition, while Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal advance with solvency in the tennis tournament.

The newt Baltimore, which won in the 200 free with a consequent world record (1:42.96), equalled his compatriot Mark Spitz with nine gold and metals is a step to overcome all records.

Phelps can also leave behind other legendary athletes who won nine gold, as the Finnish athlete Paavo Nurmi, Soviet gymnast Larysa Latynina and American athlete Carl Lewis.

Without forgetting its challenge round the neck of eight gold in Beijing. Still remaining five.

U.S. account of their basketball games by beating. Today was the victim Angola (97-76), while the world champion, Spain, suffered for a break in the additional 85-75 to host an exhibition of china with Pau Gasol, author of 29 points.

Argentina defender of gold, is rehizo his initial defeat to Lithuania and straightened the path to crush Australia by 85-68.

Rafael Nadal does not feel dizzy and being the only Spanish representative in the individual table tennis. The future of world number one Lleyton Hewitt overwhelmed the Australian, who until now had always lost in fast track, and only three games left to score (6-1 and 6-2).

The Salvadoran Rafael Arevalo went with their heads high before the Swiss Roger Federer, who needed eighty minutes to defeat Central American, who at times it complicated life for even better racket in the world (6-2 and 6-4).

Argentina v Australia

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Argentina recovered to win before Australia
Nicolas Massu will not be able to revalidate in Beijing gold in Athens because it beat the Argentine David Nalbandian, but has not lost the illusion that nothing else lose Olympic commented to the press which is already thinking of the Games in London.

The advantage in china medallero is more apparent each day. With 13 gold in four days almost doubled since the United States, which holds 7.

The success by the most precious moment of the Chinese is made on Tuesday in the competition in artistic gymnastics team, relegating the Americans to bronze.

Korea maintains the third largest of medallero (5 gold) and three titles include Italy, Australia, Japan and Germany. Russia on Tuesday was achieved its first two gold medals.

The table of honour at the Games already has a new tenant. Canoeing Benjamin Boukpeti, bronze in the test of K-1 canoeing in the waters Brave, gave him the first medal in its history to Togo.

Mexico also was installed in medallero in Beijing with his first presea, bronze Paola Espinoza and Tatiana Ortiz in the platform synchronized jumps.

The quarter-finals of female football are already served. Argentina lost all three matches and was eliminated. Brazil, however, demonstrated its potential to at least repeat the silver in Athens four years ago.

The Brazilian will be measured by one seat in semifinals to Norway. The other pairings are United States-Canada, China-Japan-Germany and Sweden.

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