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January 6, 2009, 4:04 pm
AOC chief John Coates says over 70 former youth Olympics athletes represented Australia in Beijing.
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Youth Olympics kick off next week
January 6, 2009, 8:20 am
Usain Bolt can go even faster if he sharpens his skills out of the starting blocks, his coach says.
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Bolt set to go even faster, says coach
January 2, 2009, 11:18 am
Stephanie Rice's coach is confident living the high life won't cost her a world title berth.
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Rice not off the boil: swim coach
December 31, 2008, 1:44 pm
Murray Rose says world records set in high-tech swimsuits need to have asterisks attached to them.
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LZR world records need asterisk: Rose
December 31, 2008, 11:40 am
British cyclist Chris Hoy has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year's Honour's List.
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Triple gold medalist Hoy knighted
December 25, 2008, 10:35 am
Michael Phelps is ready to get back in the pool after taking months off following the Olympics.
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Phelps ready to jump back into pool
December 15, 2008, 7:43 am
Olympic track cycling star Chris Hoy, pictured in August 2008, was crowned the BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2008 at an awards ceremony in Liverpool on Sunday after topping a viewers' poll.
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Hoy wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year award
December 12, 2008, 6:14 pm
Japanese hammer thrower Koji Murofushi, seen here, said Friday he was honoured to receive the Beijing Olympic bronze four months later but regretted the doping scandal that handed it to him
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Belated Olympic medal bittersweet for Murofushi
December 12, 2008, 4:43 pm
Young Chinese women wait for customers at a barber shop in Beijing on December 12, 2008.
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Young Chinese women wait for customers at a barber shop in Beijing on...

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BEIJING 2008 MEDAL TALLY

Position

Country

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total
1 China 51 21 28 100
2 United States 36 38 36 110
3 Russia 23 21 28 72
4 Britain 19 13 15 47
6 Australia 14 15 17 46

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