The track and field events of the XXIX Olympiad concluded on Saturday. Here are the results:

The American women took the Gold Medal in the women’s 4×400m relay, with anchor Sanya Richards passing Russian, Anastasia Kapachinskaya in the final meters. The Russian women took the Silver Medal and the Jamaican team earned the Bronze. In addition to Richards, the US team included Allyson Felix, Monique Henderson, and Mary Weinberg.

Nancy Langat of Kenya took the Gold Medal in the women’s 1500m event, followed by Iryna Lishchynskia and Nataliya Tobias of Ukraine for the Silver and Bronze Medals, respectively. American Shannon Rowbury finished …read more

The action continued at the Bird’s Nest in Beijing on Friday. Here are the results:

In the women’s 5000m event, Ethiopa’s Tirunesh Dibaba Kenene took the Gold Medal, her second of the Beijing Olympic Games. She was followed to the finish line by Elvan Abeylegesse of Turkey for the Silver Medal and Meseret Defar Tola of Ethiopia for the Bronze Medal.
Dibaba also won the Gold Medal in the women’s 10,000 event. She is the first woman to win both long distance events in a single Olympics. American Kara Goucher finished ninth.

In the womens long jump competition, Brazil’s Maurren Higa Maggi …read more

The Australian riders made a strong showing during the first day of the dressage competition at the Olympic equestrian venue in Hong Kong. Leading after the first day is Australian Lucinda Fredericks (on Headley Britannia), followed by Belgian Karin Donckers (on Gazelle de la Brasserie) and Australian Megan Jones (on Irish Jester). Clayton Fredericks (Lucinda’s husband-on Ben Along Time) is in fifth place and New Zealand’s Mark Todd (on Gandalf), competing in his sixth Olympic Games, is currently 17th.
Below are highlights of Megan Jones’ ride: