At the Beijing Olympics, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has won the 200 metre track event in the world record time of 19.3 seconds, adding to his gold medal in the 100-metre sprint.
Churandy Martina of the Dutch Antilles claimed silver, and the bronze went to fourth-placed finisher, Shawn Crawford of the United States, after his compatriot Wallace Spearmon was disqualified for running out of his lane. Earlier on Wednesday, the Olympic silver medallist in the heptathlon tested positive for steroids. Ukrainian Lyudmila Blonska could be stripped of her Olympic Anti-Doping Efforts Up as Positive Tests Drop ...
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Bolt bolts to new 100m record ... medal and banned from the games if her second test comes back positive. The German women's hockey team has been knocked out of the semi-finals after losing 2:3 to hosts China.
(Deutsche Welle)
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