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1. Michael Phelps after all did win 8th gold medal at a single Olympics from the pool with slightest of a margin -- his 100m butterfly event was only 1/100 of a second ahead of Milorad Cavic of Serbia.
2. Usain Bolt of Jamaica is indeed running like a lightning bolt in the 100m men sprint event with a world record time of 9.69 second. The final showdown between Bolt, Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay did not materialize after Gay failed to qualify for the final. Powell finished the event in the 5th place.
3. Roger Federer of Switzerland did win the gold medal from Beijing -- not from the men single but from the double event in which he teamed up with Stanislas Wawrinka to beat Sweden pair of Simon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson in the men tennis double final.
4. Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates his world no.1 status with an emphatic win over Chilean Fernando Gonzalez in the final of men tennis to win the gold medal.
5. Can China win the overall title from United States of America? China is still leading in the gold medal haul but USA is closing the gap fast with Olympics is only less than a week to go.
