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Matthew Mitcham of Australia celebrates his gold medal in the Men's 10m Platform Final diving event held at the National Aquatics Center on Day 15 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 10, 2008.

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Richie Campbell (Water Polo, 1st Games)
Events: Water Polo - MenRESULTS
WIN 12-8 - Water Polo vs GREECE 1st Round 10/08/2008
LOSS 8-9 - Water Polo vs SPAIN 1st Round 12/08/2008
WIN 8-5 - Water Polo vs CANADA 1st Round 14/08/2008
LOSS 12-13 - Water Polo vs HUNGARY 1st Round 16/08/2008
DRAW 5-5 - Water Polo vs MONTENEGRO 1st Round 18/08/2008


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The Australian Mens Water Polo Team is now out of the games.

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Michael Diamond (Trap Shooting, 5th Games)
Events: Trap - MenRESULTS
4th - Shooting Men's Trap Final 11/08/2008

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Michael Diamond Finishes 4th in the Trap Shooting (125 targets)

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Belinda Wright (Softball, 1st Games)
Natalie Ward (Softball, 4th Games)
Events: Softball - Women
RESULTS
LOSS 3-4 - Softball vs JAPAN 1st Round 12/08/2008
LOSS 0-3 - Softball vs USA 1st Round 13/08/2008
WIN 3-1 - Softball vs CHINA 1st Round 14/08/2008
WIN 3-1 - Softball vs TPE 1st Round 15/08/2008
WIN 8-0 - Softball vs NEDERLANDS 1st Round 16/08/2008
DRAW 4-0 - Softball vs CANADA 1st Round 17/08/2008


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The Women's Softball team finished 3rd achieving the BRONZE medal!

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Matthew Gray (Archery, 3rd Games)
Events: Individual - Men
Team - MenRESULTS
39th - Mens Individual Archery Preliminary Round 09/08/2008
2nd - Mens Individual Archery Last 64 13/08/2008
2nd - Mens Teams Archery Last 16 11/08/2008

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Matthew continues to compete in the Team and Individual events.

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Benn Harradine (Discus, 1st Games)
Events: Discus Throw - MenRESULTS
17th - Discus Throw Preliminary round 16/08/2008

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Benn Harradine does not go through to the final 12

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Jenni Screen (Basketball, 1st Games)
Suzy Batkovic (Basketball, 2nd Games)
Event: Basketball - WomenRESULTS
WIN 83-64 - Basketball vs BELARUS 1st Round 09/08/2008
WIN 80-65 - Basketball vs BRAZIL 1st Round 11/08/2008
WIN 90-62 - Basketball vs KOREA 1st Round 13/08/2008
WIN 96-73 - Basketball vs LATVIA 1st Round 15/08/2008
WIN 75-55 - Basketball vs RUSSIA 1st Round 17/08/2008

WIN - Basketball vs CHINA Semi Final 19/08/2008

WIN 75-55 - Basketball vs USA Finals 23/08/2008

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The Women's Basketball has finished 2nd receiving the SILVER MEDAL

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Heath Ryan (Equestrian, 1st Games)
Events: Equestrian Dressage - Individual, TeamRESULTS
35th - Equestrian Dressage Individual Grand prix 13/08/2008
8th - Equestrian Dressage Team Final 16/08/2008

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Heath Ryan Finishes 35th for Individual and 8th for the Team Event.

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Mathew Helm (Diving, 3rd Games)
Events: 10m Platform - Men
Synchronised Diving 10m Platform - MenRESULTS
4th - Synchronised Diving 10m Platform FINAL 11/08/2008
6th - Diving 10m Platform FINAL 23/08/2008

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Matthew finishes 4th in the Synchronised Diving and continues finished 6th in the Individual event

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Stuart Musialik (Soccer, 1st Games)
Jade North (Soccer, 2nd Games)
Events: Football - MenRESULTS
DRAW 1-1 - Soccer vs. SERBIA 1stRound 07/08/2008
LOSS 1-0 - Soccer vs. ARGENTINA 1stRound 10/08/2008
LOSS 1-0 - Soccer vs. IVORY COAST 1stRound 13/08/2008

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The Australian Mens Soccer Team is now out of the games.

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Ben Austin (Sailing 49er Class, 1st Games)
Nathan Outteridge (Sailing 49er Class, 1st Games)
Events: Sailing 49erRESULTS
19th - Mixed Sailing Regatta 10/08/2008
1st - Mixed Sailing Regatta 10/08/2008
7th - Mixed Sailing Regatta 10/08/2008
1st - Mixed Sailing Regatta 11/08/2008
6th - Mixed Sailing Regatta 13/08/2008
4th - Mixed Sailing Regatta 13/08/2008
6th - Mixed Sailing Regatta 13/08/2008
5th - Mixed Sailing FINAL 13/08/2008

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The Sailing Duo finished their final in 5th.

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Angie Bainbridge (Swimming, 1st Games)
Events:
4 x 200m Freestyle - WomenRESULTS
3rd - Swimming 4x200m freestyle relay
Heat 13/08/2008
1st - Swimming 4x200m freestyle relay
Final (ANGIE DID NOT SWIM) 14/08/2008

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Angie finished 3rd in the heats with the team finishing 1st in the final.
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Here are all the stats for the medals:

#

Country

Gold

Silver

Bronze

TOTAL

6

AUSTRALIA

14

15

17

46

Australian Medals

Medal

Athlete

Sport

Event

Day

GOLD

Stephanie Rice

Swimming

400m Individual Medley Women

2

Bronze

Cate Campbell, Alice Mills, Melanie Schlanger, Lisbeth Trickett

Swimming

4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Women

2

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GOLD

Lisbeth (Libby) Trickett

Swimming

100m Butterfly Women

3

Bronze

Jessica Schipper

Swimming

100m Butterfly Women

3

Bronze

Eamon Sullivan, Andrew Lauterstein, Ashley Callus, Matt Targett

Swimming

4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Men

3

Bronze

Hayden Stoeckel

Swimming

100m Backstroke Men

4

GOLD

Leisel Jones

Swimming

100m Breaststroke Women

4

Silver

Melissa Wu, Briony Cole

Diving

Synchronised 10m Platform Women

4

Bronze

Robin Bell

Canoe/Kayak

Slalom - C1

4

Silver

Equestrian Eventing Team

Equestrian

Eventing Team Event

4

GOLD

Stephanie Rice

Swimming

200m Individual Medley Womens

5

Bronze

Nick Ffrost, Grant Brits, Patrick Murphy, Kirk Palmer

Swimming

4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Mens

5

Australian Medals (con't)

Medal

Athlete

Sport

Event

Day

Silver

Brenton Rickard

Swimming

200m Backstroke Mens

6

GOLD

Stephanie Rice, Bronte Barratt, Kylie Palmer, Linda MacKenzie

Swimming

4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Womens

6

Bronze

Jessica Schipper

Swimming

200m Butterfly Womens

6

Silver

Eamon Sullivan

Swimming

100m Freestyle Men

6

Silver

Leisel Jones

Swimming

Women's 200m Breaststroke

7

Silver

Libby Trickett

Swimming

Women's 100m Freestyle

7

Silver

Jacqueline Lawrence

Kayak

Slalom (Women's K1)

7

Bronze

Warren Potent

Shooting

50m Prone Rifle

7

GOLD

Duncan Free, Drew Ginn

Rowing

Men's Pair

8

GOLD

David Crawshay, Scott Brennan

Rowing

Men's Double Sculls

8

GOLD

Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones, Jessicah Schipper, Libby Trickett, Tarnee White*, Felicity Galvez*, Shayne Reese* (*heat swim)

Swimming

4x100m Medley Relay

8

Silver

Francis Hegerty, James Marburg, Cameron McKenzie-McHarg, Matt Ryan

Rowing

Men's Four

8

Bronze

Andrew Lauterstein

Swimming

100m Butterfly Mens

8

Bronze

Jared Tallent

Athletics

20km Walk

8

Australian Medals (con't)

Medal

Athlete

Sport

Event

Day

Silver

Grant Hackett

Swimming

Men's 1500m Freestyle

9

Silver

Hayden Stoeckel, Brenton Rickard, Andrew Lauterstein, Eamon Sullivan, Adam Pine*, Ashley Delaney*, Christian Sprenger*, Matt Targett* (*heat swim)

Swimming

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

9

Bronze

Cate Campbell

Swimming

Women's 50m Freestyle

9

GOLD

Emma Snowsill

Athletics

Triathlon

10

Bronze

Emma Moffatt

Athletics

Triathlon

10

GOLD

Malcolm Page and Nathan Wilmot

Sailing

Two Person Dinghy 470

10

GOLD

Elise Rechichi, Tessa Parkinson

Sailing

Two Person Dinghy 470

10

Silver

Anna Meares

Cycling

Sprint

11

Silver

Sally McLellan

Athletics

100m Hurdle Women

11

Silver

Australian Womens Softball Team

Softball

Women's Softball

12

Silver

Darren Bundock, Glenn Ashby

Sailing

Tornado Multihull

13

Bronze

Australian Womens Water Polo Team

Water Polo

Women's Water Polo

14

Silver

Jared Tallent

Athletics

50km Walk Mens

14

Australian Medals (con't)

Medal

Athlete

Sport

Event

Day

Bronze

Ken Wallace

Canoe/Kayak

K1 1000m

14

Bronze

Lyndsie Fogarty, Hannah Davis, Chatal Meek, Lisa Oldenhof

Canoe/Kayak

K4 500m

14

GOLD

Steven Hooker

Athletics

Pole Vault

14

Bronze

Australian Men's Hockey Team

Hockey

Men's Hockey

15

GOLD

Ken Wallace

Canoe/Kayak

K1 500m

15

GOLD

Matthew Mitcham

Diving

Men's 10m Individual Platform

15

View all your Olympic Coverage
on Prime / Seven and SBS.

All Times in Eastern Standard Time.

Day 16 - 24th August 2008

Prime/ Seven: 9am - 6pm

Sandy Roberts and Johanna Griggs bring you coverage
of today's competition from Beijing.
Athletics - Men's Marathon;
Gymnastics - Rhythmic Group All Around Final;
Basketball - Men's Bronze Medal Match;
Water Polo - Men's Finals;
Boxing - Finals

Prime/ Seven: 6:30pm - 10pm

Matthew White and Johanna Griggs continue
today's coverage from Beijing.
Basketball - Men's Gold Medal Match;
Water Polo - Men's Final;
Boxing - (Finals) Men's Light Fly Weight (48kg) Men's Bantam Weight (54kg) Men's Light Weight (60kg) Men's Welter Weight (69kg) Men's Light Heavy Weight (81kg) Men's Super Heavy Weight (+91kg).

Prime/ Seven: 10pm - 1am
CLOSING CEREMONY
After 16 days of brilliant competition it's time to celebrate as the world's best athletes put on one last show before saying goodbye to Beijing and preparing for their four year journey to London. Hosted by Matthew White with commentary from Bruce McAvaney, Sandy Roberts, Ric Birch and Rebecca Wilson.

SBS
11am
Table Tennis - Day 16
12pm
Mens Volleyball - Bronze
1:30
Highlights Day 16
2pm
Mens Volleyball - Gold
4:10pm
Mens Handball - Bronze Medal
5:45pm
Mens Handball - Gold Medal

This information was resourced from www.yourTV.com.au

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20/08/2008 - 3pm - Womens Softball Team wins BRONZE MEDAL - DAY 12
20/08/2008 - 3pm - KAMIKAZE and GRAVES for Australia through to BMX Mens Semis - DAY 12
19/08/2008 - 11:50pm - SILVER for SALLY McLELLAN in Women's 100m Hurdle Final - DAY 11
19/08/2008 - 11pm - SILVER for ANNA MEARES in Women's Sprint Track Cycling Final - DAY 11
18/08/2008 - 6pm - DOUBLE SAILING GOLD for AUSTRALIA in the 470 Class - DAY 10
18/08/2008 - 5pm - GOLD and BRONZE in Womens Triathlon for Australia - DAY 10
11/08/2008 - 1:15pm - Libby Trickett has won Australia's 2nd gold medal - 100m Butterfly - DAY 3
10/08/2008 - 10pm - Australia leading the eventing dressage
08/08/2008 - 11:50pm - Australia to appear 203 from 205 teams in the Opening Ceremony
07/08/2008 - 11pm - Rower James Tomkins to carry Flag in Opening Ceremony
07/08/2008 - 9pm - SOCCER - Ollyroos draw Serbia 1-1

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What? The National Stadium, "The Bird's Nest".

Who? A Design competition was held in 2002 for the design of the new National Stadium. This was won by architects Herzog & de Meuron. Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei, was the Artistic Consultant for design.

When?
Design: Competition + Design Selection 2002
First Ground Broken: 24th December 2003
Construction Started: March 2004
Construction Completed:

Where?

Facts?
Seating Capacity: 91,000 (80,000 after the games)
Dimensions: 330m long x 220 wide x 69.2m tall
Area: 258,000 square metres (204,000 usable)
Materials: 36 km of unwrapped steel (45,000 tonnes)
Cost: 3.5 billion yuan ($560 million AUD)

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What? The National Aquatics Centre, "The Water Cube".

Who? The structure was designed by the Australian company PTW Architects, structually engineered by CSCEC International Design and Arup and built by CSCEC (China State Construction Engineering Corporation).

When?

Where?

Facts?
Seating Capacity: 17,000 (6,000 after the games)
Base Area: 32,000 square metres base area
Surface Area: 65,000 square metres
Materials: Steel space frame, it is clad with ETFE and is the largest ETFE clad structure in the world.(over 100,000 m² of ETFE pillows that are only eight one-thousandths of an inch in total thickness). The ETFE cladding allows more light and heat penetration than traditional glass, resulting in a 30% decrease in energy costs.
The outer wall is a foam structure based on the formation of soap bubbles.
Cost: 800 million yuan ($128 million AUD)

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Beibei (blue Fish),
Jingjing (black Panda),
Huanhuan (red Flame),
Yingying (yellow Antelope) and
Nini (green Swallow).

Their five names together - Bei Jing Huan Ying Ni -
say "Welcome to Beijing".

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