Monday, August 25, 2008

Day 16: Final Results: Beijing 2008 Italy Wins 28 Medals for NINTH Place

From My Last Report of : Day 14: Beijing 2008: Italy's Alex Schwarzer Gold in 50km Marathon Walk -Total 22 Medals and Still 10th.
Italian Medal Count: Seven (7) GOLD; Seven (7) SILVER; Eight (8) BRONZE equals a TOTAL of TWENTY TWO (22)
On Day 15: ONE (1) SILVER; Taekwondo 80 kg; Mauro Sammiento and TWO (2) BRONZE ; Canoe/Kayak, Men's K-2, 1000 , and N?A for a Total of TWENTY FIVE (25)
On Day 16: FINAL DAY: ONE (1) GOLD; Boxing Men's Super Heavy (+91kg) Roberto Cammarelle; ONE (1) BRONZE; Boxing Men's Heavyweight (91kg); Clemente Russo; ONE (1) BRONZE, Boxing Men's Boxing Flyweight (51 kg) Vincenzio Picardi with a Total of EIGHT (8) GOLDS, TEN (10) SILVERS, TEN (10) BRONZE; for a GRAND TOTAL OF TWENTY EIGHT (28) Medals,
This would place Italy in NINTH Place in Total Medals, or even if the Ranking was determined by Number of Golds.
The number of Narrow Italy fourth place finishes were incredibly disapointing
Final Results:
Discipline
GOLD
Event
Name
Boxing Men's Super Heavy (+91kg) CAMMARELLE Roberto
Athletics Men's 50km Walk SCHWAZER Alex
Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg MINGUZZI Andrea
Fencing Women's Individual Foil VEZZALI Maria Valentina
Shooting Women's Skeet CAINERO Chiara
Fencing Men's Individual Epee TAGLIARIOL Matteo
Swimming Women's 200m Freestyle PELLEGRINI Federica
Judo Women -57 kg QUINTAVALLE Giulia
SILVER
BRONZE
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Overall Medal Count


Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States 36 38 36 110
China 51 21 28 100
Russia 23 21 28 72
Britain 19 13 15 47
Australia 14 15 17 46
Germany 16 10 15 41
France 7 16 17 40
South Korea 13 10 8 31
Italy 8 10 10 28
Ukraine 7 5 15 27
Japan 9 6 10 25
Cuba 2 11 11 24
Belarus 4 5 10 19
Spain 5 10 3 18
Canada 3 9 6 18
Netherlands 7 5 4 16
Brazil 3 4 8
15

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/medals;_ylt=AmsH8csjkDYAaYLHx2E22LSVTZd4

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Italy's Cammarelle wins Final Boxing Gold

Associated Press

BEIJING (AP) ? Roberto Cammarelle of Italy has won the super heavyweight boxing gold medal in the final Olympic bout, stopping China's Zhang Zhilei in the final round.

Cammarelle is the defending world champion and a bronze winner in Athens. He picked apart the larger Zhang with combinations and sharp hooks Sunday before staggering him to the canvas early in the fourth round.

The referee stopped the bout 19 seconds into the round because of the serious head blow.

Cammarelle emphatically prevented China from winning its third boxing gold of the day. China and Russia paced the overall Beijing tournament with two gold medals apiece, while Cuba led with eight total medals ? but no golds.

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Boxing Heavyweight

Russia's Chakhkiev Beats Champion Italy's Clemente Russo for Gold

Associated Press

BEIJING (AP) — Rakhim Chakhkiev of Russia has won the heavyweight boxing gold medal, avenging a loss to Italy's Clemente Russo at last year's world championships with a 4-2 victory.

Chakhkiev is the only Russian to win gold so far from a touted 11-man boxing team that had an awful Olympics. He got the decisive points late in his gritty bout Saturday with Russo, the world champion after beating Chakhkiev last fall.

Chakhkiev is the first non-Cuban to win the Olympic heavyweight title since 1988 and just the third non-Cuban to win it since George Foreman's victory in 1968. Cuba's heavyweight, Osmai Acosta, lost to Chakhkiev in the semifinals.

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