Speedy fumble at Olympic

The US 4x100m RElay women and men team fumble during the heats

....And the expected winner and even record breaker women's 4x100m team of the Jamaica also fumble at the 2nd to 3rd leg during the final....and the Russian won

Olympic 2008..........some random takes

Rafael Nadal took gold in Men's tennis and overtake Roger Federer as Number One in Ranking

Usain Bolt of Jamaica set a new WR in the final of the 100m sprint at the Beijing Olympics even with deceleration after 80m

Michael Phelps with 7 WR and 1 OR and 8 golds

Liu Xiang of China limped out of Men's 110m hurdles heats due to injury

Angelo Taylor, Kerron Clement and Bershawn Jackson were the best three in the Olympics, becoming the fifth U.S. trio to sweep the hurdles medals but the first since 1960.

Tomescu-Dita, a 38-year-old mother from Romania won the Olympic women's marathon gold medal Sunday in a time of 2 hours 26 minutes 44 seconds and she was 22 seconds ahead of silver medalist Catherine Ndereba of Kenya who is the defending world champion.

American record-holder Deena Kastor of Mammoth Lakes, Calif., who won the bronze medal in Athens, collapsed onto one knee about three miles into the race and clutched her right foot.

Liu Zige gave China its first swimming gold medal of the Beijing Olympics, winning the women's 200m butterfly in a world record with her teammate Jiao Liuyang taking the silver. - AN Australian swim coach has sparked a storm after admitting selling the training programme used by his protege Jessica Schipper for 'big money' to the Chinese girl who beat her at the Olympics.

World record holder Kenenisa Bekele secured what he hopes will be the first leg of the long-distance double when he retained his Olympic 10,000 metres title with a devastating last lap on Sunday...it was an OR....The rapid closing speed was too much for Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie and his bid for a third gold after triumphs in 1996 and 2000 fell short as he fell back to sixth in the final 200 metres.

Lin Dan of China overpowered Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei in straight sets Sunday to win the gold medal in men's singles at the Olympic badminton tournament....saluting the crowd, throw his racket and his shoes to the supporters...how I wish I was there catching them

Germany's Jan Frodeno sprinted down the final straight to claim a shock win after a thrilling Olympic Games men's triathlon on Tuesday

Congrats Team Singapore Women's Table Tennis Team

Congrats to our women's table tennis team of Li Jia Wei, Wang Yue Gu and Feng Tian Wei for putting up a good fight in the Table Tennis final......they win with pride and hardwork....the China team of Zhang Yining , Guo Yue and Wang Nan are just too strong

Beijing Olympic 2008 - 100m Final

Incredible run by Jamaican Usain Bolt ....slowed down at 80m somemore...I guess, he want to break world record bit by bit....so that the list of record break will have several entries to his name...hahaaa

After 48 years waiting....finally an Olympic Medal for Singapore!!!

Finally after 48 years of waiting for a medal, our women's table tennis team finally made it to the final of the 2008 Beijing Olympic women's table tennis with a confirmed medal....remember that during last olympic, our Singapore ladies lost to the korean and the tides has turned this time round........kudos to our ladies, especially Feng Tianwei, who won the 2 singles matches.....

Feng Tianwei (SIN) bt Dang Ye Seo (KOR) 11-5, 11-5, 11-2

Kim Kyung Ah (KOR) bt Li Jiawei (SIN) 5-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9

Wang Yuegu/Li Jiawei (SIN) bt Park Mi Young/Kim Kyung Ah (KOR) 11-7, 11-6, 11-9

Dang Ye Seo (KOR) bt Wang Yuegu (SIN) 11-8, 14-12, 11-9

Feng Tianwei (SIN) bt Park Mi Young (KOR) 11-7, 12-10, 3-11, 11-9

Tao Li came in 5th!! Susilo lost to a better player....

One fo the most anticipated race of the olympic for Singapore is the Women's 100m butterfly final held this morning at 10.24am where Tao Li will be featured in the finals....the last semi-final swim got her the new Asian record and her personal best....Unforunately, she did not performed better than that in the final...coming in 57.99s for 5th...losing to the China ger who came in 4th...as the swimmers came into the pool..u will notice Tao Li being the shortest but with one fo the broader shoulder and wings...and she is one of the two 18 years old in the line-up...so she got more room to improve...probably going under 57s one day.Here the final Results

Another event holding at the same time was Men's single badminton Men's Singles Round of 32 where Singapore Susilo Vs Malaysia Lee Chong Wei who is seeded 2nd....too bad for susilo to meet him so early...no way he can matched Lee Chong Wei's speed and power...so Susilo lost 13-21,14-21...Here is the final result