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17 gru 2008 · Phelps is a runaway choice to head up a list of the Top 10 Athletes of 2008. 1) Long before the Games began, the national spotlight fell on the Baltimore native. Could he break the record of seven gold medals set by Mark Spitz in 1972? It seemed impossible–except for Phelps who burst upon the scene four years earlier as a teen prodigy.
3 mar 2008 · Bode Miller. The hard-partying bad boy of skiing has bounced back from his 2006 Olympic flame-out in a major way. After quitting the U.S. ski team to form the one-man “Team America,” he’s won...
Highlight performances at the Games were by swimmer Michael Phelps and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. In Beijing, Usain Bolt unleashed a monster that the world had not witnessed before and more likely will never again. He set a new world record in the 100m at 9.69 seconds.
Euroleague won by CSKA Moscow of Russia by defeating Maccabi Tel Aviv 91–77 in the final. The Detroit Shock would win their 3rd championship in franchise history after sweeping the league-best San Antonio Silver Stars in the 2008 WNBA Finals. It was the first sweep in the finals in a best-of-5 series.
An unprecedented 87 countries won at least one medal during the 2008 Games. Host nation China won the most gold medals (48), and became the seventh different team to top the Summer Olympics medal
7 sie 2008 · Relive the moments that went down in history at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes.
28 gru 2008 · Overexposed Sports Figures Of 2008. Steve Auger December 28, 2008. As the last few days of December tick off the calendar and a new year approaches, we can look back on 2008 and remember all the...
