Winnipeg Free Press

Manitoba six-shooter

Six Manitoba athletes take to the world stage at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing next week and all are threats to earn medals in their respective sports. Updated 12:45 AM 08/29/08

1. Our Paralympic athletes a mini-powerhouse

   Updated 9:21 AM 08/29/08

2. 5 Olympic Sports we should be funding less and five Olympic sports we should be funding more

   1. Take away money from swimming...

   Updated 8:55 AM 08/27/08

3. Most of nation satisfied with showing

   OTTAWA -- Canadians were overwhelmingly satisfied with their athletes' performance at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, a new poll suggests. Updated 8:09 AM 08/26/08

4. Our Olympians return

   Hundreds of enthusiastic fans and families descended on airports across the country Monday to greet returning Olympians as they arrived back on Canadian soil. Updated 9:18 AM 08/26/08

5. London sets stage for 2012 Oly party

   LONDON -- Pop stars, choirs, dancing policemen and a boisterous singalong to We Are The Champions. After the orderly precision of the Beijing Olympics, it was time on Sunday for a first look at what organizers hope will be the fun of London 2012. Updated 9:24 AM 08/25/08

6. Marathon gold makes Kenya tops in Africa

   BEIJING -- The scramble for Africa's supremacy at the Beijing Olympics was decided Sunday when Ethiopia's Deriba Merga slowly wilted in the morning heat and Kenyan runner Samuel Wanjiru surged through to win the marathon. Updated 9:19 AM 08/25/08

7. For Iceland, silver is gold

   BEIJING -- It was dawn in Iceland and my spy from Fort Garry, now living in a barren land far away, was staring into the homes of his neighbours. Updated 12:50 AM 08/25/08

8. We asked ... Cal Botterill

   Cal Botterill is Winnipeg's best-known sports psychologist, having worked with NHL players and many Olympic athletes. Updated 8:19 AM 08/25/08

9. Games help China's image

   BEIJING -- The XXlX Olympiad began with a throbbing drumbeat and ended with a bang of firecrackers large enough to light up the Beijing skyline. Updated 12:50 AM 08/25/08

10. More funds, or so fourth

    BEIJING -- It like that movie Groundhog Day again as the caretakers of Canada's Olympic program begin their posthumous assessment of the 2008 Beijing Olympics by outlining their qualified success in China. Updated 12:50 AM 08/25/08

11. It's a team redeemed

    BEIJING -- One World, One Dream. Updated 12:50 AM 08/25/08

12. Disappointed mountain biker

    LAOSHAN, China -- If Marie-Helene Premont's Olympic mountain biking career ended Saturday not with a gold medal but with an abandonment owing to a racing pulse rate and hyper-ventilation, she sure was philosophical and realistic about it. Updated 9:21 AM 08/24/08

13. Increased testing sends desired message

    BEIJING -- The numbers haven't been quite what doping experts predicted, but no one is doubting that increased testing has had an impact at the Beijing Olympics. Updated 9:21 AM 08/24/08

14. Bolt's behaviour A-OK with IAAF chief

    BEIJING -- The president of the IAAF disagreed with IOC head Jacques Rogge's comments about the behaviour of Usain Bolt after the Jamaican's world record races at the Olympics, saying such occasions merit extraordinary celebrations. Updated 9:20 AM 08/24/08

15. Cockburn to be proud carrier of Maple Leaf

    BEIJING -- Perhaps it's fitting that Canada selected a trampolinist to carry its flag at the closing ceremonies of the Beijing Games. Updated 9:19 AM 08/24/08

16. Bolt & Co. make fools of field in 400 relay

    BEIJING -- In the Bird's Nest, this was a Roadrunner cartoon missing only the crackling trail of flames, the winners thbbbting their tongues to seven slack-jawed Wile E. Coyotes. Updated 9:18 AM 08/24/08

17. Cuban wins Olympic shames

    BEIJING -- Cuba's Angel Matos deliberately kicked a referee square in the face after he was disqualified in a bronze-medal match, prompting the World Taekwondo Federation to recommend he be banned for life. Updated 9:17 AM 08/24/08

18. Up from the sync-hole

    BEIJING -- Russia earned its third straight Olympic gold medal in the team synchronized swimming event at the 2008 Olympic Games here at the Water Cube on Saturday. Updated 9:17 AM 08/24/08

19. Track & field team raises bar for 2012

    BEIJING -- Canadian track and field is headed in the right direction, its head coach believes, the team having statistically enjoyed its best Olympic Games in recent memory. Updated 9:17 AM 08/24/08

20. Canada matches third best medal total

    BEIJING -- Adam van Koeverden delivered for both himself and his country today, paddling to a silver in the K1 500-metre race that eased the self-doubt in his mind and allowed Canada to match its third-best medal total ever at the Summer Games. Updated 8:42 AM 08/23/08

21. Chinese are own worst enemies...

    BEIJING -- Their architecture is stunning, their organization makes a Swiss watch seem as accurate as the knockoffs they sell for peanuts in the manic city markets. Their politeness is to the point of suffocating. Updated 8:32 AM 08/23/08

22. Hurts so good

    BEIJING -- Karine Sergerie looked forward to a long-denied glass of red wine to numb the pain of her broken toe. Updated 8:31 AM 08/23/08

23. Who will hoist flag in closing ceremonies?

    BEIJING -- A list of possible Canadian flag-bearer candidates for the Beijing Closing Ceremonies (in alphabetical order). The Canadian Olympic Committee plans to name the flag-bearer Sunday morning Beijing time: Updated 8:29 AM 08/23/08

24. Olympic Briefs

    Wrestling coach won't be punished

    Updated 8:26 AM 08/23/08

25. Hall-elujah, his hard work pays off

    BEIJING -- Canadian canoeist Thomas Hall put every last bit of energy he had into his final few strokes in Friday's final in the C-1 1,000 metres on Friday. Updated 8:21 AM 08/23/08

26. Karine Sergerie wins silver medal in taekwondo

    BEIJING -- Karine Sergerie of Sainte-Catherine, Que., won silver in Olympic taekwondo today. Updated 7:15 AM 08/22/08

27. Redeeming ride to gold for Lamaze

    HONG KONG -- From outcast to Olympic champion, Canadian equestrian Eric Lamaze believes he's living proof that people deserve as many second chances as they need. Updated 12:35 AM 08/22/08

28. Wittman's wit, wisdom sorely missed in Beijing

    BEIJING -- The subject of revered Winnipeg broadcaster Don Wittman has been broached, and it is simply too much for Scott Oake, an old colleague and dear friend. Updated 12:35 AM 08/22/08

29. Heymans atones for Athens

    BEIJING -- Emilie Heymans has been thinking about what happened in Athens for four years. Updated 12:35 AM 08/22/08

30. Great Wall just a pretty Good Wall

    GREAT WALL OF CHINA -- It's over 6,000 kilometres long and, at its peak, was once guarded with over a million men. Could use them these days to keep out the tourists. Updated 12:35 AM 08/22/08

31. Classy canoeist cheers chums

    BEIJING -- Mark Oldershaw's best side was apparent after one of his worst experiences in canoeing. Updated 12:35 AM 08/22/08

32. Rogge lambastes 'disrespectful' sprinter Bolt

    BEIJING -- IOC president Jacques Rogge criticized Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt on Thursday for showing a lack of respect to other competitors after his record-breaking gold medal performances in the 100 and 200 metres. Updated 12:35 AM 08/22/08

33. Lost medal means U.S. has 140,000 new enemies

    BEIJING -- Here's how the Olympic tally sheet for the U.S. read Thursday afternoon: 27 gold medals, 83 overall medals, 140,000 new enemies. Updated 12:35 AM 08/22/08

34. Medal standings

    Country G S B Total Updated 9:12 AM 08/22/08

35. Emilie Heymans wins silver

    BEIJING -- Emilie Heymans banished the ghosts of past Olympic disappointments with a silver medal in 10-metre platform diving Thursday. Updated 12:56 PM 08/21/08

36. Sprinter's from another world

    BEIJING -- This time, history was not a hot dog. Updated 12:40 AM 08/21/08

37. Confucious says, 'Win at all costs, baby'

    BEIJING -- And now a little story about scaling the Great Wall, or trying to, for Olympians from the Great White North. Updated 12:40 AM 08/21/08

38. Beijing Olympics

    Medal standings

    Country G S B Total Updated 9:00 AM 08/21/08

39. Politician gives Latvia a lift

    BEIJING -- There was no consoling the member of parliament from Latvia, all 142 kilograms (313 pounds) of him and that wasn't even including the weight of his country. Updated 12:40 AM 08/21/08

40. Paddlers are one smart crew

    BEIJING -- The media guide for Canada's canoe-kayak team reads more like an academic journal. Updated 12:40 AM 08/21/08

41. Stubby exits with dinger, double in his final game

    BEIJING -- Stubby Clapp said goodbye to his playing days in typical Stubby fashion -- with all-out effort. Updated 12:40 AM 08/21/08

42. Kicks to head make no impact on judges

    BEIJING -- When Ivett Gonda nails a headshot, she knows it because she can feel her opponent's face on her foot. Updated 12:40 AM 08/21/08

43. Afghanistan erupts over first medal

    KABUL, Afghanistan -- Noor Ahmad Gayezabi said a silent prayer while watching the small family TV with his 13-year-old son. "Help Nikpai. Help Nikpai. Help Afghanistan." Updated 12:40 AM 08/21/08

44. Postcards from Beijing

    BEIJING -- Finally some postcards home as the 2008 Summer Olympic Games start winding down. Updated 12:40 AM 08/21/08

45. Marleau, veteran Heymans advance in 10-metre event

    BEIJING -- No one was worried about Emilie Heymans on Wednesday night at the Water Cube. Updated 12:40 AM 08/21/08

46. Jamaica’s Usain Bolt breaks 200-metre record, gets sprint double

    BEIJING -- A sprint double was all too predictable. To make the Olympics absolutely special, Usain Bolt added a world record double today by winning the gold medal in the 200 metres. Updated 12:36 PM 08/20/08

47. Whitfield's a winner -- domestiquely speaking

    BEIJING -- Simon Whitfield, the Canadian institution, cited another vaunted Canadian institution for the theme song that fuelled his charge to the podium. Updated 12:25 AM 08/20/08

48. Olympics today

    Looking ahead

    BEIJING -- Usain Bolt is already the fastest man in the world over 100 metres. Updated 8:02 AM 08/20/08

49. Say it loud: 'Wow, Canada!'

    BEIJING -- OK, are all of us hosers off the ledge now? Updated 6:47 AM 08/20/08

50. Out of the shadows

    BEIJING -- Priscilla Lopes-Schliep drove hard to the finish -- leaning with all her might -- and in that split second, she raced out of the shadows for good. Updated 12:25 AM 08/20/08

51. Emotions well up for diver Despatie

    BEIJING -- Pretty much all of diver Alex Despatie was on display to the world Tuesday night, and it wasn't unlike seeing a child actor having grown into adult roles. Updated 12:25 AM 08/20/08

52. High risk, high reward for 'Skills'

    BEIJING -- Jason Burnett's nickname around the Skyriders trampoline club in Toronto is Skills. Updated 12:25 AM 08/20/08

53. For Oldershaw, canoeing is in his genes

    BEIJING -- Adam van Koeverden casts a long shadow, but there are other Canadian hopes for medals on the Canadian Olympic canoe/kayak team. Updated 12:25 AM 08/20/08

54. Three golds the charm

    BEIJING -- AVK-III is steaming right along. Updated 12:25 AM 08/20/08

55. Poster boy for perseverance

    HONG KONG -- Ian Millar has competed in more Olympic Games than almost any other athlete. Now he has the medal to go with the memories. Updated 7:39 AM 08/19/08

56. Raptor switches his shtick

    BEIJING -- Remember Kaboom? That Winnipeg Thunder mascot who, back in the early 1990s, worked the sidelines at the Winnipeg Arena for a doomed minor-league basketball team partly owned by some guy named Sam Katz? Updated 7:25 AM 08/19/08

57. World's fastest man quick to clarify status

    BEIJING -- Usain Bolt lived up to his surname after hurriedly answering a few questions from a swarm of media Monday night at the Beijing Olympics. Updated 7:25 AM 08/19/08

58. Not your normal bike ride

    LAOSHAN, China -- To get to the Olympic BMX course here, you exit the superb indoor velodrome, walk across a parking lot, take an elevator to the top of a 15-metre cliff, and when you emerge, it's a whole new world. Updated 7:25 AM 08/19/08

59. Whitfield's late push propels him to podium

    BEIJING -- Canadian Simon Whitfield has won another Olympic medal. Updated 7:25 AM 08/19/08

60. Whitfield's late push propels him to podium

    BEIJING -- Canadian Simon Whitfield has won another Olympic medal. Updated 12:25 AM 08/20/08

61. Vancouver organizers trying to fix empty-seat syndrome

    BEIJING -- When International Olympic Committee members go to the gold-medal hockey game in Vancouver in 2010, they'll be sitting in the upper bowl of GM Place, a far away from the front rows that will be sold to John Q. Public. Updated 12:25 AM 08/20/08

62. 1 bad knee -- ow! 3 medals -- priceless

    BEIJING -- Karen Cockburn didn't limp when she walked down the aisle last December, the day she married fellow trampolinist Mathieu Turgeon. Updated 7:25 AM 08/19/08

63. Big-bucks endorsements turn Phelps' golds green

    MILWAUKEE -- Visa Inc. popped out ads almost as quickly as he swam his laps. Pizza Hut is giving Michael Phelps and his teammates free pizza and pasta for a year for beating Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals in one Olympics. Updated 7:25 AM 08/19/08

64. Canadian runner focusing on prelims

    BEIJING -- With the elimination of Tyler Christopher, Gary Reed is Canada's best bet for a track and field medal at the Beijing Olympics. Updated 7:25 AM 08/19/08

65. Oldest Olympic gymnast goes silver, ready for more

    BEIJING -- In a gymnastics meet that has been littered with controversy about allegedly underage gymnasts, a 33-year-old woman, oldest by a decade in the Olympics, won a medal Sunday. Updated 12:15 AM 08/18/08

66. Emotional Hartley loses last Oly battle

    BEIJING -- Knowing it would be her final diving competition, Blythe Hartley was at war with her emotions as she battled for bronze in women's three-metre springboard Sunday. Updated 12:15 AM 08/18/08

67. Cancer can't keep coach away

    BEIJING -- They wheeled Bent Jensen down to a gaggle of waiting Canadian reporters, just after his young charges, the lightweight men's fours, had captured bronze. Updated 12:15 AM 08/18/08

68. Crackdown on Greek dopers urged

    BEIJING -- Greek Olympic committee president Minos Kyriakou is calling for the Greek government to do more to catch drug cheats after Olympic champion Fani Halkia was thrown out of the Beijing Games for a positive doping test. Updated 12:15 AM 08/18/08

69. Gold takes pain away

    BEIJING -- They could sense the finish line, all nine of them. Updated 12:15 AM 08/18/08

70. Put Phelps atop the all-time Olympic podium

    BEIJING -- The naysayers argue that Michael Phelps's eight gold medals and seven world records in one stupendous Beijing Olympic swim meet do not make him the greatest Olympian in history. Updated 12:15 AM 08/18/08

71. Nadal makes ball bounce his way in final

    BEIJING -- Hard not to feel a measure of sympathy for Fernando Gonzalez. Hey, the guy's got cred. Updated 12:15 AM 08/18/08

72. Beijing Olympics

    Country G S B Total Updated 12:15 AM 08/18/08

73. Video raises no doubts about Canadian shot-putter's finish

    BEIJING -- Canadian track and field officials say there is nothing to a YouTube video that raised questions about Dylan Armstrong's fourth-place finish in the men's shot put. Updated 12:15 AM 08/18/08

74. Jamaica one-two-three, mon

    BEIJING -- Depending on your perspective, the Olympic track and field competition Sunday featured either a stunning sweep or a shocking shutout. For the second night in a row, a fun-loving and exuberant 21-year-old Jamaican speedster ran away from the field in the 100 metres. Updated 12:15 AM 08/18/08

75. Bombers loss Canada's gain

    BEIJING -- The story that is David Calder's life is part tragedy, part redemption and in so many ways a blessing. Updated 11:44 AM 08/17/08

76. 'Lightning' Bolt electrifies

    BEIJING -- How fast could he have gone? That was the question raging in Beijing on Saturday night, the question raging all over the world, the only question to ask after we watched Jamaica's Usain Bolt reinvent the 100-metre dash at the Olympics. Updated 12:15 AM 08/17/08

77. Cochrane ends pool drought with bronze

    BEIJING -- Ryan Cochrane collected Canada's fourth medal of the Olympic Games and ended the swim team's eight-year drought in the pool by finishing third Sunday in the gruelling 1,500 metres. Updated 12:15 AM 08/17/08

78. First gold completes the circle

    BEIJING -- How fitting that Canada's first gold medal of the 2008 Olympic Games was won in a ring. Updated 12:25 PM 08/17/08

79. Veteran Verbeek pins down bronze

    BEIJING -- There were times when she pondered the notion of walking away. Pinning her wrestling career to the mat. Getting on with her life. Updated 12:15 AM 08/17/08

80. Sight of the mighty Maple Leaf inspires Zelinka

    BEIJING -- Even competing shoulder to shoulder in a field of 43 athletes, in a cavernous stadium packed to the rafters, heptathlon can be a lonely sport. Updated 12:17 PM 08/17/08

81. A Lyon on the archery range

    BEIJING -- Let's put this into perspective, shall we? Updated 12:25 AM 08/16/08

82. Thoroughbreds of the sprint

    BEIJING -- If, as they tell you, the Olympic equestrian events are being held in Hong Kong, what are these thoroughbreds doing at National Stadium? Updated 11:26 AM 08/16/08

83. Phelps' Great Haul of China hits No. 7

    Olympic history with a magnificent finish Updated 10:15 AM 08/16/08

84. Second, third dopers expelled, lose medals

    BEIJING -- Two more drug cheats were expelled from the Beijing Games and stripped of their medals on Friday, raising the count of athletes caught using drugs to three. Updated 11:27 AM 08/16/08

85. Tears fall as U.S. nips us in soccer

    SHANGHAI -- Karina LeBlanc's bloodshot eyes betrayed her as she talked about coming up short in the game of her life. Updated 12:25 AM 08/16/08

86. Controversy over age of gymnasts takes twist

    BEIJING -- Just nine months before the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese government's news agency, Xinhua, reported that gymnast He Kexin was 13, which would have made her ineligible to be on the team that won a gold medal this week. Updated 12:35 AM 08/15/08

87. Over the top Down Under

    SHANGHAI -- After three hours of all Mandarin, all the time, the welcome sounds of English wafted through departure lounge C52 at the Beijing Capital Airport. Updated 12:35 AM 08/15/08

88. Track coach not the romantic type

    The veteran head coach of Canada's track and field team has made it emphatically clear to his athletes that boyfriends, girlfriends, spouses, fiances and family members are to maintain a distance so as not to detract from preparations for the Summer Olympics. Updated 12:35 AM 08/15/08

89. Reitsma's arm will die trying

    BEIJING -- The arm that dangles down from Chris Reitsma's right shoulder, in a baseball sense, is terminal. Updated 12:35 AM 08/15/08

90. Water polo coach gets heave-ho, will have to miss Saturday contest

    BEIJING -- Canadian men's water polo coach Dragan Jovanovic was ejected from Thursday's match against Australia, a penalty that comes with a one-game suspension from Olympic competition. Updated 12:35 AM 08/15/08

91. Cyclist counting on Olympic spirit

    LAOSHAN, China -- Quebec's Martin Gilbert is used to making do with less than perfect conditions, but now the track cyclist has to scramble to find a bicycle before his race on Tuesday. Updated 12:35 AM 08/15/08

92. Going for gold takes cold, hard cash

    OTTAWA -- Five days into the Beijing Olympics, the Australians have already made a dozen trips to the podium. Updated 7:47 AM 08/14/08

93. Mr. Arrow-dynamic

    BEIJING -- Winnipeg's own William Tell had just walked away from the target field, with just two reporters awaiting to record a little slice of Canadian history.
    
    Family tight as bowstring while following son on Net Updated 10:15 AM 08/14/08

94. Family tight as bowstring while following son on Net

    They have been watching their son's Olympic dream unfold arrow by arrow in the wee hours of the morning on the Internet. Updated 12:30 AM 08/14/08

95. Be afraid Tajikistan, we're comin' to get you

    BEIJING -- Okay, this is where the gang along press row starts to get a little edgy. Updated 12:30 AM 08/14/08

96. Swim medal not fourthcoming

    BEIJING -- Mike Brown bit his lip and shook his head. Updated 12:30 AM 08/14/08

97. Big Brother's watching Yu

    BEIJING -- As Brent Hayden walked into the start area of the spectacular Water Cube, if he glanced to his right he caught an image of himself on a three-storey high television screen walking in and looking up. Updated 12:30 AM 08/14/08

98. Bailey's 100-metre record sure to be shattered

    BEIJING -- Here's hoping that Canada's Donovan Bailey has enjoyed his 100-metre Olympic record for the past dozen years, because it's now got one foot in a very shallow grave. Updated 12:30 AM 08/14/08

99. Stubby's 'line drive' lit the fire

    BEIJING -- Just to see that bulldog smile and bald pate again, glistening in the China heat, reminds you of a place and time far removed from these Beijing Olympic Games. Updated 12:30 AM 08/13/08

100. London calling loud and clear

     BEIJING -- And to think Janine Hanson had seen her career in rowing in the rear-view mirror. Updated 12:30 AM 08/13/08

101. Phelps all-time greatest

     BEIJING --Tied no more. Michael Phelps swam into history as the winningest Olympic athlete ever with his 10th and 11th career gold medal -- and fourth world record of the Beijing Games. Updated 9:43 AM 08/13/08

102. Canadians sharpen claws for U.S. clash

     BEIJING -- Her nose badly busted and bruised, Melissa Tancredi had no time for political correctness Tuesday in the mixed zone at Beijing Workers' Stadium. Updated 12:30 AM 08/13/08

103. B.C. premier put on defensive in Beijing

     BEIJING -- B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell stopped by Beijing's international media centre Tuesday, to sell his message about the state-of-the-art media centre the province is building in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Games. Updated 12:30 AM 08/13/08

104. Boissevain adopts swim star

     BEIJING -- She's the fastest woman in water in Canada. Ever. Updated 12:25 AM 08/12/08

105. Fantastic Phelps swims to third gold

     BEIJING -- Michael Phelps made it a perfect triple -- so far -- on Tuesday morning (local time) at the Water Cube as he shredded the field to win the men's 200-metre freestyle in a world record time of one minute and 42.96 seconds for his third gold medal, all of them in world-record time. Updated 12:25 AM 08/12/08

106. Cormier has high hopes

     BEIJING -- Rheal Cormier was at a crossroads in his baseball career. Updated 12:25 AM 08/12/08

107. Shot through the heart

     BEIJING -- Less than an inch. Updated 12:25 AM 08/12/08

108. Thrill of Games doesn't extend to uniforms

     BEIJING -- The opening ceremony is always the most-watched event of an Olympic Games. Updated 12:25 AM 08/12/08

109. Olympian finds gear 'goofy'

     Canada's Olympians had to wait until they landed in Beijing to receive their apparel designed by HBC. Updated 12:25 AM 08/12/08

110. Itsy bitsy, teeny weeny red bikini

     BEIJING -- With less than 10 minutes to go before the most anticipated Monday matchup at this Olympic venue, cheerleaders run out on to the sand court with their long, dark hair flying behind them. Updated 12:25 AM 08/12/08

111. She's rowing on Cloud 9 now

     BEIJING -- Rowers are used to getting up at the crack of dawn, but what about the middle of the night? Updated 12:00 AM 08/11/08

112. Team USA slam-dunks the home side

     BEIJING -- Not since James Naismith first cut the bottom out of a peach basket, perhaps, has there been a more historic basketball game, watched by an estimated worldwide television audience of one billion, including two U.S. presidents gawking from the stands. Updated 12:00 AM 08/11/08

113. Swimmers cast aside anchor

     BEIJING -- There were no Canadians on the podium when the first swimming medals were handed out Sunday at the Olympics. But some strong results show the country's swimmers are at least in the race in Beijing, not watching wide-eyed from the sidelines. Updated 12:00 AM 08/11/08

114. 'Grandma' Nattrass aims for first Oly medal

     BEIJING -- The athletes at the Beijing Shooting Range call Susan Nattrass "Grandma." Updated 12:00 AM 08/11/08

115. Gymnast keeps it all in balance

     BEIJING -- Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, who has developed into one of Canada's most successful female gymnasts, failed to qualify for any event finals -- not even on the beam, her signature apparatus -- but she did crack the top 24 to book a place in the all-around final. Updated 1:11 PM 08/11/08

116. Georgian, Russian athletes friends despite war at home

     BEIJING -- Their countries may be in a conflict, but a Russian and a Georgian shared a podium and an embrace after winning Olympic medals Sunday. Updated 12:00 AM 08/11/08

117. Around The Games

     Injured Ivanovic exits

     BEIJING -- Top-seeded Ana Ivanovic withdrew from Olympic tennis Sunday because of inflammation in her right hand that has bothered her for several weeks. Updated 3:16 PM 08/11/08

118. When the five-ring circus leaves town

     BEIJING -- The scene: A trio of Canadian journalists sitting Updated 12:15 AM 08/10/08

119. He'd like to snap his arrows

     BEIJING -- Go figure that an archer would be a straight shooter. Updated 12:10 AM 08/10/08

120. Canadians kick to a tie

     TIANJIN -- A crowd of 60,000 flag-waving, foot-stomping, national-anthem-screaming Chinese packed Tianjin Olympic Centre stadium Saturday to cheer on their beloved Steel Roses. Updated 12:10 AM 08/10/08

121. An update in Forbidden City

     BEIJING -- Just a few steps into the ancient Forbidden City and a visitor discovers the only thing forbidden these days, apparently, are any souvenirs not "Officially Licensed by the 2008 Beijing Olympics" -- as one shop proclaims. Updated 8:35 AM 08/10/08

122. Shewfelt's heroic Games return over quickly

     BEIJING -- It was always going to be a tall order for Kyle Shewfelt to win another Olympic gold medal in gymnastics after having less than a year to recover from two broken legs and torn ligaments in one of his knees. Updated 12:15 AM 08/10/08

123. Phelps earns his first gold

     BEIJING -- American Michael Phelps won his first gold medal of the Summer Olympics by setting a world record in the 400-metre individual medley today, while Brian Johns showed Canada's swim program has raised its head above the water with a seventh-place finish. Updated 12:10 AM 08/10/08

124. Scalpers ignore labour camp threats

     BEIJING -- There may be swarms of security volunteers and police officers posted every 30 metres along Beijing's main roads, but scalpers are still managing to sell the coveted sporting billets despite threats of being sent to labour camps if caught. Updated 12:15 AM 08/10/08

125. Awe-inspiring show

     BEIJING -- It was almost closing time in the world's largest outdoor sauna, and Carol Yu was bursting. Updated 11:45 AM 08/09/08

126. Kobe big as Beatles in Beijing

     BEIJING -- If Yao Ming is the biggest sports star in China, Kobe Bryant must be a close second. Updated 11:42 AM 08/09/08

127. Gymnast Gafuik inspires Canucks

     BEIJING -- Kyle Shewfelt's journey from the seat of a wheelchair to the pinnacle of his sport, the Olympic Games, could very well grace the next installment of Chicken Soup for the Soul. Updated 11:43 AM 08/09/08

128. Ex-gold medallist turns to coaching

     BEIJING -- It seemed like old times. There was Daniel Igali, Maple Leaf on his shirt, mingling and flashing his toothy grin during a Canadian Olympic team function earlier this week at the athletes village. Updated 11:43 AM 08/09/08

129. World record not fast enough

     BEIJING -- In a race that will go down as one for the ages, Canada's men's 4x100-metre relay team relay -- the swim team's first legitimate medal hope at the Beijing Olympics -- broke a world record Monday but still had to settle for sixth place. Updated 12:25 AM 08/12/08

130. Around The Games

     BEIJING -- In the first official doping case of the Beijing Olympics, Spanish cyclist Maria Isabel Moreno was kicked out of the games Monday after testing positive for EPO. Updated 12:25 AM 08/12/08

131. The kids are all right

     The unpredictability, the hopes, the coming of age. The groping around trying to find out where you fit in the world, which seems to grow larger every day. Updated 11:05 AM 08/08/08

132. Of Canada's 332 athletes, only 200 will parade

     While Canada has 332 athletes in these Olympics, only about 200 will march in today's opening ceremony. Updated 8:32 AM 08/08/08

133. If it's fair or foul. they know

     BEIJING -- Trouble is brewing in Hong Kong, literally, for Team Canada's equestrian team, which is already fearing trouble with spooks. Updated 8:33 AM 08/08/08

134. Famous in China, but she's fencing for Canada

     BEIJING -- She sat surrounded by a crowd of television cameras and microphones, a 50-year-old mother of three who will compete for Canada as a fencer at the 2008 Summer Olympics but who remains a hero in China. Updated 8:32 AM 08/08/08

135. At Olys, Federer hoping it's third time lucky

     BEIJING -- Roger Federer is thinking more about the number eight than the No. 1 ranking he will lose after the Olympics. Updated 8:31 AM 08/08/08

136. China again chooses Yao to carry flag at Games

     BEIJING -- Olympic host China has selected Houston Rockets star Yao Ming to be its flag bearer at the opening ceremony for the second time. Updated 8:30 AM 08/08/08

137. Our unknown Olympians

     MARY Hanson's little girl is going to the Olympics. Updated 2:00 AM 08/07/08

138. Former Sudan refugee to carry American flag

     Another stunning chapter was added to the incredible story of Lopez Lomong when his U.S. Olympic teammates chose the Sudanese refugee as the flag-bearer in Friday's opening ceremony at the 2008 Olympics. Updated 7:39 AM 08/07/08

139. Games to get a turban twist

     BEIJING -- Some Canadians might not agree with the notion of altering or adding to the national team marching uniform for an Olympic opening ceremonies. Updated 7:38 AM 08/07/08

140. Beijing has my mouth agape

     BEIJING -- My taxi driver is weaving through the streets of Beijing, dodging the bicyclists and pedestrians with an inate skill that must be part of the Chinese DNA, while I repeatedly try to stick my Chairman Mao pin, without success, onto my Olympic accreditation lanyard. Updated 12:50 AM 08/06/08

141. Will podium mend his broken heart?

     BEIJING -- For starters, Kyle Shewfelt recovered from two broken legs to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Updated 7:20 AM 08/06/08

142. Our athletes lavish praise on Beijing digs

     BEIJING -- The food is good, the beds are comfortable and the venues great. Updated 12:45 AM 08/05/08

143. Randy Turner in China: Everybody's so helpful...

     BEIJING -- The first 24 hours in Beijing: A tale of smog, a mass of smiling humanity and beers for 25 cents a pint... Updated 9:10 AM 08/05/08

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