Recap of Days 11 & 12
Women’s Beach Volleyball Semifinals
The U.S. teams of Misty May-Treanor & Kerri Walsh Jennings and Jen Kessy & April Ross played in the Gold Medal Match. Misty and Kerri defended their previous gold medals in fine style winning both sets in a close battle. It was a great game, ladies!!
Water Polo
The U.S. Men’s team lost their quarterfinal game to Croatia, 8-2.
The U.S. Women’s team won their semifinals match against Australia and will be playing Spain in the Gold Medal Match today.
Basketball
The U.S. Women’s team won their quarterfinal match and will play Australia in the semifinals today.
The U.S. Men’s team won their quarterfinal match against Australia.
Gymnastics Individual Apparatus Finals
Men’s Highbar
Gold – Epke Zonderland – The Netherlands
Silver – Fabian Hambeuchen – Germany
Bronze – Zou Kai – China
Men’s Parallel Bars
Gold – Zhe Feng – China
Silver – Marcel Nguyen – Germany
Bronze – Hamilton Sabot – France
Women’s Balance Beam
Gold – Deng Linlin – China
Silver – Sui Lu – China
Bronze – Aly Raisman – United States
Women’s Floor Exercise
Gold – Aly Raisman – United States
Silver – Catalina Ponor – Romania
Bronze – Aliya Mustafina – Russia
Track & Field
Women’s Long Jump
Gold – Brittney Reese – United States
Silver – Elena Sokolova – Russia
Bronze – Janay De Loach – United States
Women’s 400m Hurdles
Gold – Natalya Antyukh – Russia
Silver – Lashinda Demus – United States
Bronze – Zuzana Hejnova – Czech Republic
Women’s 200m
Gold – Allyson Felix – United States
Silver – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce – Jamaica
Bronze – Carmelita Jeter – United States
Men’s 110m Hurdles
Gold – Aries Merritt – United States
Silver – Jason Richardson – United States
Bronze – Hansle Parchment – Jamaica
What To Watch On Television (Afternoon & Prime Time)
The U.S. Women’s Basketball team will play their semifinal match against Australia. The U.S. Women’s Soccer team will be playing Japan in the Gold Medal Match. The Women’s 10m Platform Diving final will be shown in primetime coverage, as will several Track & Field finals including the Men’s 200m, the Women’s 4 x 100m Relay, the Men’s Triple Jump, Men’s 800m, and the Women’s Javelin Throw.
great information. i dont like to watch any sports. keep up the great job. take care.
Wish I had found this site earlier in the Olympics! Great work. The Beach Volleyball was a great game played in a wonderful atmosphere and setting.
Thanks, so much, for the compliment. I’m just starting out with this new blog and thought the Olympics would be a great beginning for it. I’ve become a big fan of Beach Volleyball and I thought that the Gold Medal Match was great. My new favorite sport has become Water Polo. Go figure. Thanks, Olympics, for broadening my horizons.