Scenes from the Bird’s Nest – August 19

The action continues over at the National Stadium. Here’s what happened on Tuesday:

In the women’s 100m hurdles, Dawn Harper of the United States won the Gold Medal, followed by Sally McLellan of Australia for the Silver Medal and Canada’s Priscilla Lopes-Schliep for the Bronze. Favorite and two-time indoor champion, Lolo Jones of the United States led the race before stumbling on the 9th hurdle. She ended up finishing seventh.

There was similar drama in the women’s 400m event. Great Britain’s Christine Ohurogu won the Gold Medal, followed by Shericka Williams of Jamaica for the Silver. Sanya Richards of the United States, favorited to win the race, pulled up with a tight hamstring muscle near the end of the race and finished third for the Bronze Medal.

In the men’s 1500m race, Rashid Ramzi of Bahrain took the Gold Medal, followed by Asbel Kipruto of Kenya for the Silver Medal and Nicholas Willis of New Zealand for the Bronze Medal. Ramzi’s win gives the Mideast nation of Bahrain its first ever Gold Medal in track and field.

In the men’s discus event, it was an Eastern European sweep. Estonia’s Gerd Kanter won the Gold Medal. Piotr Malachowski of Poland earned the Silver and Virgilijus Alekna of Lithuania took the Bronze Medal.

Finally, in the men’s high jump, Andrey Silnov of Russia won the Gold Medal. Germaine Mason of Great Britain took the Silver Medal and Yaroslav Rybakov of Russia earned the Bronze.