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  • Gold Medal Winners on Day 5 of the 2012 Summer Olympics

    Day 5 of the Olympic games brought us a new fastest swimmer in the world, as Nathan Adrian of the United States beat the favorite, James Magnussen of Australia by 0.01 seconds; the best Gymnast in the world winning his first Olympic gold medal, Kohei Uchimura; The host nation won its first and second gold medals, as Bradley Wiggins won the men’s road time trial.

  • Gold Medal Winners on Day 4 of the 2012 Summer Olympics

    Chad le Clos of South Africa, only 20, ended Michael Phelps’ reign at the 200 meters butterfly, overtaking the man with more medals (19) than any other athlete in the history of the Olympic games with one final stroke. But Phelps did get his first gold of the Olympics, anchoring Team USA to gold, alongside Ryan Lochte, winning the 4×200 meters freestyle relay.

  • Gold Medal Winners on Day 3 of the 2012 Summer Olympics

    Once again, the pool brought us the most interesting stories with Yannick Angel of France continuing to dominate in the 200 meters freestyle, blowing everyone out of the water and leaving Ryan Lochte without a medal, while 15 year old Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania became the youngest gold medalist in the pool. China (still leading the medal table) dominated diving and Gymnastics as always while North Korean men continue to dominate weightlifting.

  • Gold Medal Winners on Day 2 of the 2012 Summer Olympics

    Dana Vollmer set a new world record, one of two on the day in the pool, winning the 100 meters butterfly competition, while France and South Africa took gold in the pool as well with the French overtaking Ryan Lochte and the United States in the final meters of the relay race, while China had another good day with gold medals in diving (as always) and shooting and Marianne Voss of the Netherlands won the most dramatic gold of the day in the Women’s road race.

  • Gold Medal Winners on Day 1 of the 2012 Summer Olympics

    Ryan Lochte won the first gold of what should be many more in the London Olympic games, but China came away as the golden nation of the first day with gold medals in swimming, weightlifting and shooting. Italy dominated women’s fencing as always while also picking up a surprising gold medal in archery.

  • Gold Medal Winners on Day Eight of the 2011 IAAF World Championships

    The men and women who won gold on day eight of the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Daegu, highlighted by the one and only Usain Bolt, winning his first gold medal in these Championships with a 19.40 in the 200 meter race.

  • Gold Medal Winners on Day Seven of the 2011 IAAF World Championships

    The men and women who won gold on day seven of the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Daegu, highlighted by the wonderful Veronica Campbell-Brown in the 200 meters for Women and an exciting finish by LaShawnn Merritt in the 4×400 men’s relay race.

  • Gold Medal Winners on Day Six of the 2011 IAAF World Championships

    The men and women who won gold on day six of the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Daegu, highlights by Britian’s Danny Greene (400 meter hurdles) and Jesse Williams in the Men’s high jump.