Women sport news

After disappointment, with the Great Britain Women's 4x200m freestyle relay team narrowly missing out on a place in the final, the strength of team spirit within the GB camp was evident. Embracing the Olympic spirit, the relay team supported each other and we keen to emphasise the need to stay positive for the rest of the team, especially after the spectacular performances we have seen thus far.

Strength of team spirit shown by British Team

In the heats on day six of the swimming at the Olympic Games, two GB girls had record breaking swims. Rebecca Adlington showed her strength by setting a new Olympic record in her preferred event, the 800m freestyle and Lizzie Simmonds broke the British record in the 200m backstroke.

Beijing-Girl Power

In the womenâ€™s fleet, Valerie Ghibaudo extends her event lead with two more race wins, taking her tally to six wins out of eight races. photo PWA

The 2008 Pegasus Airlines AlaÃ§ati PWA World Cup â€“ Day Four

Beijing, China (August 13).â€” A controversial call late in the game cost Australia victory in the womenâ€™s water polo encounter with Hungary at the Olympic Games in Beijing today. The match was squared 7-all and left head coach Greg McFadden furious. photo pearsephotography.com

Controversy surrounds Stingers' draw with Hungary

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Racing heats up as medal race draws closer for some

Anna Tunnicliffe from the United States continues to do what she does best -- staying at the front end of major events. There was only one race sailed Wednesday in which Tunnicliffe finished well enough to increase her lead to seven points -- a great start towards gold.

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Action from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games - 13th August

It was an agonisingly slow day on the water, with a hazy fog hanging over Qingdao and the wind flaking between two to six knots. As the wind reduced during the afternoon, races were postponed in the Finn, Yngling, Laser Radial and Laser classes who all managed only one slow spin around the course each today.

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Athletes Win Overall Titles On Day 2 Of GOODE Water Ski National Championships

Athletes won national overall titles in respective divisions Wednesday as the 66th annual GOODE Water Ski National Championships, presented by Speedo, continued at Okeeheelee Park. The worldâ€™s largest three-event water ski tournament, which began Tuesday, runs through Saturday.

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Armstrong wins Olympic gold medal in time trial

With a victory in the individual time trial on Wednesday, Kristin Armstrong (Boise, Idaho) became just the second woman in American cycling history to win Olympic gold. photo Casey Gibson

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Beijing-Badminton seeds fight for Semi Final places

In Mixed Doubles, seeded players World No. 1 Liliyana Natsir and Nova Widianto, third seeds Flandy Limpele and Vita Marissa of Indonesia, and fourth seeds He Hanbin and Yu Yang of China will fight in separate matches for semifinal entry.

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Equestrian Day 5 Review-Germany leads Individual Dressage rankings after first session

(HONG KONG, August 14) -- Defending Team Gold medalists Germany are well placed to retain their Dressage crown after their first rider notched the best Individual score on the opening day of competition at HK Equestrian (Shatin) on Wednesday, August 14.

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Italy's Cainero wins Women's Skeet gold

Italy's Chiara Cainero won the Women's Skeet gold at the Beijing Olympic Games on Thursday. Cainero defeated American Kimberly Rhode and German Christine Brinker in a shoot-off after the trio tied at 93 hits. Rhode grabbed the silver and the bronze went to Brinker.

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Ukraine def China in Team Sabre

Ukraine has won the gold in the inaugural Women's Team Sabre event at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 14, defeating China 45-44.

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Germany wins Dressage Gold in Beijing

Germany won its second Equestrian Team gold in Shatin on August 14 on an average score of 72.916 in Dressage, led by Isabell Werth who scored 76.417 percent. Germany also won Team and Individual gold in Equestrian Eventing on August 12.

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PARK KOR breaks Olympic record, Korean women primed for sweep

No. 1 seed PARK Sung-Hyun (KOR) shot a near perfect score of 116 out of 120 to set a 12-arrow Olympic record in the women's 1/8 individual elimination round at the Olympic Green Archery Field on Thursday. photo FITA Beijing 08

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ZHANG (CHN) takes gold to break Korea's 24-year reign

ZHANG Juan Juan (CHN) broke Korea's 24-year stranglehold on the women's individual event, claiming the gold medal with the last arrow of a riveting final against PARK Sung-Hyun (KOR) at the Olympic Green Archery Field on Thursday. photo FITA Beijing 08

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Vanessa Fernandes confident but respectful of competition

Portuguese triathlon star Vanessa Fernandes spoke to the media today at a press conference organized by the Portuguese National Olympic Committee. Earlier in the day, Fernandes tested out the triathlon course for the first time since landing in Beijing earlier this week.

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Isinbayeva is The Female European Athlete of the Month for July

Russia's Queen of the Pole Vault Yelena Isinbayeva has been voted the European Female Athlete of the Month for July. photo PA

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Lang: My Chinese experience will count for nothing on Friday

Beijing, China, August 13, 2008 â€“ USA Head Coach â€œJennyâ€ Ping Lang has said her years of experience as player and coach for China will count for nothing when the Americans and the Olympic hosts clash on Friday in the Womenâ€™s Olympic Volleyball Tournament.

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Three and easy for Brazil as win over Serbia has Guimaraes purring

The South Americans secured their third straight 3-0 victory in the Olympic Volleyball Tournament on Wednesday with a win over Serbia that had Head Coach Jose Roberto Guimaraes purring. photo FIBA Beijing 08

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Beijing 2008 Olympic Games features important Beach Volleyball match

Beijing, China, August 13, 2008 - Cristine â€œSakaâ€ Santanna and Andrezza â€œRtveloâ€ Martins of Georgia rallied from a first set setback and saved a match point in the second set to defeat Alexandra Shiryaeva and Natalya Uryadova of Russia 10-21, 22-20 and 15-12 at Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground here Wednesday. photo FIVB Beijing 08

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RUS/BLR â€“ Late third-quarter scoring burst propels Russia to win over Belarus

BEIJING (Olympics) â€“ Russia broken open a close game late in the third quarter but then had to hold on over the final minutes of the game to beat Belarus 71-65 on day three of the Olympic womenâ€™s basketball competition. photo FIBA Beijing 08

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LAT/BRA â€“ Jekabsone-Zogota clinches thriller over Brazil with late basket

BEIJING (Olympics) â€“ Anete Jekabsone-Zogota dribbled into the lane and scored with 2.7 seconds left to lift Latvia to a 79-78 Group A triumph over Brazil â€“ their first victory at the Olympics. photo FIBA Beijing 08

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CHN/NZL â€“ Chen dominates early as China defeat Tall Ferns

BEIJING (Olympics) â€“ Chen Nan erupted for her biggest game of the tournament with 26 points and 17 rebounds as China beat New Zealand 80-73. photo FIBA Beijing 08

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ESP/CZE â€“ Spain come alive in second quarter, blow out Czechs after half-time

BEIJING (Olympics) â€“ Spain overcame an early deficit and hammered the Czech Republic 74-55 in Group B of the Olympic womenâ€™s basketball tournament. photo FIBA Beijing 08

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Australia's Stephanie Rice wins 200m Individual Medley Gold

Stephanie Rice of Australia underlined her dominance in the Medley events when she broke her own world record to win the Olympic Women's 200m Individual Medley gold medal.

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British and World Swimming has moved on

At just over the half way point of the swimming competition in Beijing, seventeen British records and sixteen World records, six today, have been broken. Former GB Olympic medallist Steve Parry highlighted this saying, "It has been a morning of smashing what I thought were unbreakable records. Britain are progressing all the time but so are the rest of the world."

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The 2008 Pegasus Airlines AlaÃ§ati PWA World Cup â€“ Day Three

Valerie Ghibaudo continues to cement her position at the top of the womenâ€™s rankings after a day of perfect first place finishes. photo PWA Carter

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Late Goal By Italy Leads To 9-9 Draw For U.S. Olympic Team For Women's Water Polo

Beijing, China - August 13 - The U.S. Olympic Team for Women's Water Polo found themselves in a hole early on, in the lead late, and tied 9-9 when all was said and done in their match against Italy at the Ying Tung Natatorium. Elisa Casanova's goal with 22 seconds remaining following an exclusion on the United States led to a draw

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Australia draw with Hungary on Day 2

(BEIJING, August 13) -- Australia and Hungary have recorded a 7-7 draw in the first game of Day Two competition of the group B preliminary round in Women's Water Polo at the Yingdong Natatorium on Wednesday, August 13. photo Pearsephotography.com

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Day four review: Testing times for Team GB sailors

The trio of Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson extended their lead at the top of their respective Finn and Yngling fleets, with both British boats finishing second in their only race of the day. photo onEdition