Indonesia Winner Pertamina Independence Cup 2008

This night Indonesia Wins Pertamina Independence Cup 2008, but not normal prossesion, because after first half with Libya leading score at 1-0.

At Fitting room happen insiden, between Libya coach with Indonesian official. and libya team invoke guarantee security from indonesia police department to continue second half.

But when second half start libya team not entrance stadion, after 15 minutes, referree from brunei Shahabuddin Moh Hamiddin, start the game, and decide that Indonesia wins with WO, 3-1 score for indonesia.

After score 1-0 for libya, the game came hard n not fair, many accident and foul make the game running hardly.

Indonesia player and libya player cant control the emotive, so the match be not attractive.

For Final result :

first winner : Indonesia A (Senior), with award 27.000 US $
second place : Libya, with award 18.000 US $
third place : Indonesia B ( Junior) with award 10.000 US $

Pertamina Independence Cup 2008

Coinciding with the country's 63rd independence anniversary, the Indonesian Soccer Association (PSSI) will kick off the 2008 Pertamina Independence Cup international soccer tournament in Jakarta. Named as Pertamina Independence Cup because PT. Pertamina support this event as General Sponsor.

National teams from Libya, Myanmar, Brunei Darussalam and two teams from Indonesia will be competing at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium for the 18-carat gold cup and Rp 200 million (US$22,222) in prize money.

The competition, which is back after seven years of absence, will run from Aug. 21 to 29.

"Two Indonesian teams will compete -- the senior team and the under-21s," PSSI Secretary General Nugraha Besoes said at a press conference in Jakarta on Tuesday.

The senior team will use the tournament as a warm-up session ahead of the Asian Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup in December and the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers in January 2009. The under-21 team will be practicising for the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games to be held in Laos next year.

It will be the eighth time the tournament has been held since its inception in 1985.

"The last Independence Cup was held in Jakarta in 2000. That year Indonesia grabbed the title," Nugraha said.

Indonesia won the 2000 tournament with a convincing 3-0 win over Iraq in the final. The host also finished the tournament as the winners in 1987, beating Algeria 2-1 in the final.

Nugraha said they also invited teams from Europe, United States and Japan this year.

"But they turned down the invitation. The European countries have just wrapped up their Euro Cup, while the U.S. team is currently starting their regular competition and Japan is grooming players for the next World Cup."

Among the champions of the Independence Cup since its inception are Chile (1985), Algeria (1986), China (1988), Australia (1990), Malaysia (1992) and Thailand (1994).

According to competition chief Herman Ago, the 2008 Independence Cup will feature two matches a day, scheduled at 6.30 p.m. and 9.15 p.m. Some 56,000 tickets will be available for each match, with prices ranging between Rp 20,000 and Rp 100,000.

Today, Friday, August 29, At Grand Final Match, Indonesia Senior Versus Libya, at Semifinal Libya team beated Myanmar with score 5-3, and Indonesia Senior team Beated Indonesia Junior, with score 1-0.

USA General Winner at Beijing Olympic 2008

Any two version who is win the General Medal at Beijing Olympic 2008. First version come from yahoosport official site, who realeased than USA is the First Country Get much medal at Beijing olympic, but wikipedia realeased other version.

This screenshot for two version the general winner at Beijing Olympic 2008 :

this yahoosport version

and this form wikipedia

i dont know what the rule to declarate who get the General Winner for Olympic event.

Tuvshinbayar Naidan Mongolain Judo Wins Gold Medal at Beijing

First time for history following olympic, mongol get Medal after Tuvshinbayar Naidan beated Kazakhstan's Askhat Zhitkeyev in men's 100-kilogram judo.

Naidan, who upset Athen's Olympic champion Keiji Suzuki of Japan in his opening bout, scored a waza ari with just under two minutes remaining, then added on two yuko to seal the victory.

Azerbaijan's Movlud Miraliyev took the bronze by scoring a waza ari over Poland's Przemyslaw Matyjaszek. The second bronze went to Henk Grol of the Netherlands, who defeated Georgia's Levan Zhorzholiani.

Judo awards two bronze medals in each weight class.

Hadi Saei winner Gold for Iran at Olympic Beijing

In the Friday men’s -80kg final, the Iranian world and Olympic champion beat the European bronze medalist to win his second Olympic taekwondo gold medal and Iran’s first gold medal in the Beijing Olympic Games.

Saei, who stepped up to welterweight after winning the -68kg Olympic gold in Athens, lost the first round 4-2 after the 6-foot-5-inches Sarmiento stunned the Iranian with a two-point axe kick to the head.

Saei battled back in the second round and managed to tie the score at 4-4 with roundhouse kicks to his opponents left side.

The 32-year-old Saei attacked first in the third round to score two points and secure a 6-4 victory in a stunning-comeback fashion.

Sarmiento, who had earlier defeated American champion Steven Lopez in the quarterfinals, raised Saei’s hand to congratulate the veteran.

The four-time world champion Lopez and China’s Zhu Guo, who was earlier beaten by Saei, each captured a bronze medal

Tehran - Iran's two-time heavyweight weightlifting Olympic champion, Hossein Rezazadeh, has withdrawn from active sports, ISNA news agency reported Wednesday.

Tehran - Iran will send 54 athletes to next month's Olympic Games in Beijing, including three women who will appear with Islamic outfits, the ISNA news agency reported Friday.

The three women Homa Hosseini, Najmeh Abtin and Sara Khosh-Jamal- Fekri will compete in the fields of rowing, archery and taekwondo, respectively, the report said.

Tehran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that he would not attend the Beijing Olympics.

"I will not attend the Olympics but might attend the para- Olympics," Ahmadinejad told channel two of state television.

China last February had presented an official invitation for Ahmadinejad to attend the Olympic Games.

source : nowpublic

Phelps is the best athlete at Beijing Olympiad 2008

Just how good is Michael Phelps? Good enough to stop the traffic in downtown Beijing so George Bush's motorcade could make its way to the Aquatic centre, certainly; and good enough to fill the thousands of seats that line the pool, terraced steeply upwards towards the roof.

But is he good enough to do what all these people are expecting him to do? What they've come to see him do? Good enough to justify the extraordinary hype that's greasing the wheels of all the American media's coverage? Good enough, in fact, to do what no other athlete in the 112-year history of the Games has done and win eight golds at a single Olympics?

I'm not sure he is. To win eight gold medals, to do what has never been done before, an athlete needs to belong in the tiniest percentile of sportsmen, the smallest, most elite group: the greatest of all time.

Well now he's one down, winning gold in this morning's 400m individual medley in a time that beat his own world record by 1.41 seconds. His closest challenger in this event, Hungary's Laszlo Cseh, was 2.32 seconds behind.

The man who had been built up as the main threat before the race, Phelps' team-mate Ryan Lochte, said beforehand that if they were level going into the final 50m of freestyle, he was sure he would win. They were, almost, level, and Cseh was only a sliver behind. All three men had been inside world record pace at that point. But Phelps accelerated away. There was no sense that either Cseh or Lochte could stay with him.

He finished more than a length clear of either. It was a staggering swim, and yes, for the first time I thought that maybe, just maybe, Phelps is touched with genuine greatness, and that our memories of what he does here may echo through all future Olympics, just as those of Mark Spitz, Carl Lewis and Jesse Owens do.

The odds are against it. We're always too ready to anoint the athletes of our own moment as being "great", but history is a more severe judge.

The US needs Phelps to be great; he is at the very centre of the huge business that is American broadcasting and the media have used him as the hook on which they've hung their coverage. If you're American, Phelps is the biggest reason you have for watching the Games. But you can't award him the title before he's won.

What Phelps is attempting is as hard as any athletic feat in history, but he shouldn't get to wear the laurel until he's done it, and he's an awful long way from doing that. He'll be hoping that the abrupt manner in which the Star Spangled Banner cut out moments before its climax as he stood on the rostrum wasn't an omen for his own progress.

Crucially, Phelps' achievement will hinge on his ability to inspire his team-mates in the relays to follow him through in his race to greatness. That may be what undoes him. His next event is the 4x100m freestyle final. The Americans will be pitched against the Australians and, more worryingly for them, the French, who have four of the fastest 15 freestylers in the world in their squad, including world record holder Alain Bernard.

If Phelps is great, he will need to inspire his underdog team to success. It is a huge task. But it is exactly the kind of thing he needs to do to prove that he is not just the finest swimmer at the Games, but one of the greatest athletes in history.

source : guardian

Michael Phelps

Fred Michael Phelps (* June 30, 1985 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American swimmer, who since the beginning of the 21st Century on the free style - Butterfly - back - and layer competitions the best in the world. With a total of 14 Olympic gold medals he is the most successful athlete of the Olympic history.

Career

With 15 years ago, Michael Phelps at the Olympic Games 2000 in Sydney. He was the youngest male swimmer in the U.S. team since 68 years. Phelps was still in this race is not an Olympic medal. Five months later he remained about 200 meters butterfly in 1:55 minutes and broke the world record of Olympic champion Tom Malchow. The Schwimmweltmeisterschaften 2001 in the Japanese Fukuoka Phelps before Malchow won the gold medal and improved his own record again by 34-hundredths of seconds to 1:54.58 minutes. In the 2002 national championships in Fort Lauderdale, he a world record over 400 meters documents. A year later, Phelps won the world record in the half distance.

In the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona Phelps was the title defence over 200 m butterfly.. In addition, he won gold layer over both distances. In all three races, Phelps new world records, more than 200 m documents he succeeded both in the lead as well as in the finale. About 100 m butterfly, he also was the first candidate for the World Cup throne, as he also lead the world record in his possession had brought. The finale won Phelps' teammate Ian Crocker, the previous day world record set by Phelps again by almost half a second improved and the first ever swimmer under 51 seconds remained.. For the launch site in a position to scale the Crocker got rather than Phelps, and thus won his second World Cup gold. But Phelps was also awarded a gold medal as he lead in this competition had begun. With the 4 x 200 m freestyle relay, Phelps finally its 5 medals yet another silver medal to add.

At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Phelps was reported for eight contests. Phelps sponsor Speedo announced at a new record mark of a premium payment of one million U.S. dollars. About 200 metres freestyle, where Phelps also wanted to start, he was in possession of the national record, but he was only outsider, because this route for years by Pieter van den Hoogenband and Ian Thorpe dominated. Phelps won before Crocker, but he handed over 200 m freestyle, despite a personal best performance to van den Hoogenband and Thorpe approached. With the 4 x 200 m freestyle relay and the situation scale Phelps won his gold medals five and six. In the latter Phelps swam only in the lead, since his finals in individual competitors unterlegenden Ian Crocker's place in the butterfly distance left to him or to Olympic gold medal as possible. With the 4 x 100 m freestyle relay Phelps won another bronze medal. With a total of 8 won medals Michael Phelps was the most successful participants in the Games, so the best mark of the Russian Kunstturners Alexander Ditjatin of Moscow 1980.

"CITIUS, ALTIUS, FORTIUS"

Faster, higher, stronger is the motto of sport

As is well known, the Latin phrase "Citius, fortius, altius" is the motto of the legendary sport. The maxim, whose translation is "faster, higher, stronger" and that was creating a French Dominican, should also be a splendid motto for our Christian life."Faster, higher, stronger."

The event also celebrated and most Olympic sports and "the important thing is not to win but to participate" was also pronounced and coined by another Christian, in this case by an Anglican Archbishop. This phrase, this slogan, and the previous are loaded with strength, beauty and interpellation also-as I said before, to our everyday life and Christian.

Sao Paulo, at the end of his life, saying he had "run well, which had fought the good fight." The Christian life is indeed proof, and even fight career. It does not matter so much to reach the first, but each, with the gift he has received, comes when you have to go-it-in this effort and overcoming everyday to serve and love increasingly becoming better.

"Faster, higher, stronger." "The important thing is not to win but to participate "..., with love and service. And that, friends listeners, this love-and service-is the largest record, the imperishable medal, the best plusmarca of life.

Being number one, a 'small target'

Rafael Nadal says that becoming number one in ATP has become a "small target", after defeating Roger Federer in the Wimbledon final and win the British Grand Slam.
TENNIS 2008 Wimbledon Rafa Rafael Nadal - 0


* Nadal: "Mi próximo reto son los Juegos Olímpicos" Nadal: "My next challenge is the Olympic Games"
* Potito se vuelve a 'merendar' a Moyà Potito becomes a 'tea' to Moyà
Nadal has been received in his hometown Manacor (Mallorca), by several authorities, among which were the president of Govern balear, Francesc Antich, and the mayor of the municipality, Pastor Antoni. Later went to the balcony of the council before the clamor of hundreds of people gathered in the plaza of the consistory.

The tennis player now has an eye on the Masters Series in Toronto (the latter city travel in a week and a half) and Cincinnati, where playing well, has indicated that it will have "good options" to reach number one in ATP . Nadal has acknowledged that there has been an increase in their level of play and every year it's best tennis player, but has taken the view that no cree be required more for having won the tournament English

The Mallorcan has assured that to get to be the first globally must continue playing "at the same level as now," given the quality of the game of Roger Federer, who has branded as "the best player in history." At any time in history would be number one with tranquility," he added after grasp the high level of tennis today.

Winning Wimbledon has been, in his words, "impressive" and "a dream", as well as the reception he has received from his city, although the Manacor has indicated that it is not considered a "special person", but "either normal ". For Nadal, the list of outstanding athletes Spaniards "is too long" and at the moment, said he is not the best in the history of Spanish sport and that in its 22 years, is not "anywhere near" finish his career.

Regarding the technical center in Manacor agreed by the previous government with Nadal Balearic and is now paralyzed, the tennis player has taken the view that it wanted and yet he wants "political significance of one side or the other." "I am an athlete, I am not a politician."

After signing the book of honour at the town hall and receive a bronze statuette from the hands of the president of the community, and both he and his uncle Antoni Nadal, insignia gold consistory, the tennis player has left the balcony of the house municipal .

Faced with some 1,500 people gathered there, has confessed that it becomes "much more nervous" when he addressed his convecinos that on other occasions, and has reiterated that it feels "proud" of his people and Majorca "is the best place to live. " "I've received more trophies around the world, but a hosting well, in your town, you can not compare," said uploaded to the balcony before the general racket.
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Spanair flight accident - passenger lists JK 5022 20AUG08

this is list of passenger got accident at madrid airport

Time: LT 1520

NOMBRES Name

RUTA MADLPA Rutan MADLPA
MEDINAVEGA/YAIZA MEDINAVEGA / Yaiza
ACOSTAMENDIOLA/ALFREDO ACOSTAMENDIOLA / Alfred
ACOSTASIERRA/ALFREDO ACOSTASIERRA / Alfred
DOMINGUEZPEREZ/ISABEL DOMINGUEZPEREZ / ISABEL

GONZALEZCABANAS/MARI GONZALEZCABANAS / MARI
HERNANDEZGIL/MARCO HERNANDEZGIL / Marc
MARTINDOMINGUEZ/CRIS MARTINDOMINGUEZ / CRIS
MARTINPEREZ/MANUEL MARTINPEREZ / MANUEL
MENDIOLARODRIGUEZ/GR MENDIOLARODRIGUEZ / GR

ORTEGA/LEANDRO Ortega / Leandro
VIDALRODRIGUEZ/RAFAEL VIDALRODRIGUEZ / RAFAEL
AFONSOMARRERO/PEDRO AFONSOMARRERO / Pedro
AFONSOSOSA/JORGE Afonso / Jorgen
AFONSOSOSA/MIGUEL Afonso / MIGUEL

ALCAZAR/MARIA DE LAS Alcazar / Maria de las
ALCAZARASENSIO/INMAC ALCAZARASENSIO / INMAC
ALCAZARJIMENEZ/JOSE ALCAZARJIMENEZ / Jose
ALONSOALONSO/JOSE ALONSOALONSO / Jose
ALONSOFILLOY/AMALIA ALONSOFILLOY / Amalie

ALONSOFILLOY/MARIA ALONSOFILLOY / Mari
ALVARADO/OSCAR GABRI Alvarado / OSCAR Gabri
ALVARADO/ROBERTO Alvarado / Robert
ALVARADO/ROBERTO ALE Alvarado / Robert ALE
ALVAREZCARRETERO/MAR ALVAREZCARRETERO / MAR

ALVAREZCARRETERO/ROB ALVAREZCARRETERO / ROB
ANDRACAGOLZARRI/ ANDRACAGOLZARRI /
ANDRAKAGOLZARRI/ISAB ANDRAKAGOLZARRI / ISAB
ASENSIOCHAVES/MARIA ASENSIOCHAVES / Mari
BACHO/MUKESHMANI Bach / MUKESHMANI

BARBOSARAMIREZ/ELSA BARBOSARAMIREZ / ELSA
BERNAOLAITURBE/MIGUE BERNAOLAITURBE / mig
BETANCORSANCHEZ/VERO BETANCORSANCHEZ / Vera
BORGE/ESPERANZA Borg / Esper
CABALLERO/DAVID Knight / David

CARPINTERORUIZ/ANGEL CARPINTERORUIZ / ANGEL
CELISDIBOWSKY/YANINA CELISDIBOWSKY / Yanina
CHARILAS/PIERRICK CHARILAS / Pierrick
CHARILAS/ETHAN CHARILAS / Ethan
CIPRIAN/CARMEN Ciprian / Carman

CONEJO/SARA Conejo / Sara
CONTRERASBAEZA/MARIA CONTRERASBAEZA / Mari
CORTESCABRERO/NIEVES CORTESCABRERO / snow
DELARIVA/SERGIO DELARIVA / Sergio
DELGADOESTEVEZ/LIDIA DELGADOESTEVEZ / Lidia

DELGADOCORCOBADO/CAR DELGADOCORCOBADO / CAR
DIAWARA/DEMBA Diawara / Dembo
DIAZGONZALEZ/CLARA M DIAZGONZALEZ / Clare M
DIAZMENDOZA/MARIA DE DIAZMENDOZA / Maria de
DIEPALEON/MONICA DIEPALEON / Monica

DOMIGUEZORTIZ/CRISTI DOMIGUEZORTIZ / CRISTI
DOMINGUEZ/ISAAC DOMINGUEZ / ISAAC
DOMINGUEZMELIAN/ALIC DOMINGUEZMELIAN / ALIC
DOMINGUEZMELIAN/ARAC DOMINGUEZMELIAN / ARAC
ERDIL/MUSTAFA ERDIL / Mustafa

ESTEBANCONTRERAS/LAI ESTEBANCONTRERAS / LAI
ESTEVEZGONZALEZ/MARI ESTEVEZGONZALEZ / MARI
FALCONDENIZ/AYOZE JA FALCONDENIZ / AYOZE JA
FERNANDEZ/JULIANA FERNANDEZ / Juliana
FERRONOLMEDO/FERNAND FERRONOLMEDO / FERNAND

FILLOYSEGOVIA/AMALIA FILLOYSEGOVIA / Amalie
FLORESGARCIA/ANA GEM FLORESGARCIA / ANA GEM
FLORESGARCIA/JOSE PA FLORESGARCIA / Jose PA
FONTRODRIGUEZ/MARIA FONTRODRIGUEZ / Mari
FORTANNERNOU/MA DEL FORTANNERNOU / MA'S

GALLARDO/TAMARA Gallardo / Tam
GALLEGOORTEGA/ANA GALLEGOORTEGA / ANA
GALLEGOORTEGA/CRISTI GALLEGOORTEGA / CRISTI
GARCIAHERNANDEZ/CARL GARCIAHERNANDEZ / CARL
GARCIAFERNANDEZ/MARI GARCIAFERNANDEZ / MARI

GARCIAHERNANDEZ/ELEN GARCIAHERNANDEZ / ELEN
GARCIAMARTIN/LAUDENC GARCIAMARTIN / LAUDENC
GARCIADELCARPIOROME GARCIADELCARPIOROME
GARCIASANCHEZ/ANTONI GARCIASANCHEZ / ANTONI
GARCIA/MARIANO MR Garcia / Mariano MR

GOMESSILVA/RONALDO M GOMESSILVA / Ronald M
GOMEZ/CECILIA GOMEZ / Cecilia
GONZALEZDIAZ/PEDROAN GONZALEZDIAZ / Pedro
GONZALEZFERREIRA/PIL GONZALEZFERREIRA / PIL
HERNANDEZ/ABENAUARA HERNANDEZ / ABENAUARA

HERNANGOMEZ/PEDRO HERNANGOMEZ / Pedro
HERNANDEZ/ZENAIDA DE HERNANDEZ / Zen
HERNANDEZ/SIOMARA Ms HERNANDEZ / Ms SIOMARA
HERNANDEZGUEDES/LUCR HERNANDEZGUEDES / profit
HERNANDEZMARTIN/MARI HERNANDEZMARTIN / MARI

HERRAEZNOGUERAS/CARL HERRAEZNOGUERAS / CARL
HULT/ANNMARIE MS Hulten / MS Annmarie
IBANEZSANCHEZ/BETSAB IBANEZSANCHEZ / Betsabé
JULIHENRIQ/AGUSTIN JULIHENRIQ / AGUSTIN
JULIHENRIQ/MANUEL JULIHENRIQ / MANUEL

LOPEZDUQUE/PILAR LOPEZDUQUE / pil
MARQUEZVALLE/PILAR MARQUEZVALLE / pil
MARTEL/MANUEL MARTEL / MANUEL
MARTIN/MONICA MARTIN / Monica
MARTINCONSUEGRAPENA MARTINCONSUEGRAPENA

MARTINEZCONDE/MERCED MARTINEZCONDE / Mercer
MENDOZAMARCIAL/ANGEL MENDOZAMARCIAL / ANGEL
MOLINORODRIGUEZ/TELE MOLINORODRIGUEZ / TEL
MORALES/MA TERESA Morales / Ma Teresa
MORENOPEREZ/RAFAEL M MORENOPEREZ / M RAFAEL

MORILLOPEREZ/PATRICI MORILLOPEREZ / Patricia
MROTZEK/CLAUDIA MROTZEK / Claudia
MROTZEK/GERD MROTZEK / GERD
MROTZEK/LUCAS MROTZEK / lucas
MROTZEK/NIKLAS MROTZEK / Niklas

MURIANALOPEZ/JUAN MR MURIANALOPEZ / MR JOHN
MURIANAMARTINEZ/MERC MURIANAMARTINEZ / MERC
NARANJO/JORGE Orange / Jorgen
NARANJO/JORGE Orange / Jorgen
NARANJO/RAQUEL Orange / RAQUEL

NODAPENA/FAYNA ELIZA NODAPENA / Eliza Fayna
NORIEGAREY/SERGIO NORIEGAREY / Sergio
NORIEGAREY/VICTOR NORIEGAREY / VICTOR
NORIEGARICO/MARIO NORIEGARICO / Mari
NUNEZFRANCISCO JAVI NUNEZFRANCISCO JAVI

NUNEZ/MARIA NUNEZ / Mari
NUNEZPIRETTI/EUGENIA NUNEZPIRETTI / Eugenio
NUNEZPIRETTI/JORGE NUNEZPIRETTI / Jorgen
OJEDAPEREZ/CLAUDIO M OJEDAPEREZ / Claudia M
ORTEGASANCHEZ/M CARM ORTEGASANCHEZ / M CARM

ORTEGADELACRUZ/GABRI ORTEGADELACRUZ / Gabri
OSPINA/GLADYS Ospina / GLADYS
PALOMINORIVEROS/LIGI PALOMINORIVEROS / Ligia
PAYERAS/DANIEL PAYER / DANIEL
PEREZDEOBANOSLISO/JO PEREZDEOBANOSLISO / JO

PLACERESPEREZ/INES M PLACERESPEREZ / M INES
PRADOS/BALDOMERO Prada / Baldomero
PRADOS/IGNACIO Prada / Ignacio
PRADOS/JOSE FRANCISC Prada / Jose Francisco
PUYECEESAY/MUSTAPHA PUYECEESAY / Mustapha

PUYEFORTANER/SIRA PUYEFORTANER / Sire
RAMIREZGONZALEZ/MARI RAMIREZGONZALEZ / MARI
RAMIREZRODRIGUEZ/JOS RAMIREZRODRIGUEZ / JOS
REITZSAAVEDRA/ESTHER REITZSAAVEDRA / ESTHER
REYESOJEDA/MARIA BEA REYESOJEDA / Mari BEA

REYMURILLO/MARIA LUI REYMURILLO / Mari LUI
RISO/DOMENICO Rise / Domenico
RIVEROSUAREZ/RAYCO RIVEROSUAREZ / Rayco
ROBAINASUAREZ/JOSE V ROBAINASUAREZ / Jose V
RODRIGUEZDAVILA/HONO RODRIGUEZDAVILA / Hon

ROJOROSA/M CARMEN ROJOROSA / M Carman
RONDONUWU/NGUNI TOKA RONDONUWU / Nguni Tok
SANCHEZ/PABLO ENRRIQ SANCHEZ / Pablo ENRRIQ
SANCHEZBERNAL/TOMAS SANCHEZBERNAL / Tom
SANCHEZORTIZ/MARIA D SANCHEZORTIZ / Mari D

SANCHEZPEREZ/RUBEN D SANCHEZPEREZ / Ruben D
SANGRADOR/JORGE SANGRADOR / Jorgen
SANTANACASTILLO/CARM SANTANACASTILLO / CARM
SANTANAMATEO/RUBEN M SANTANAMATEO / Ruben M
SOSAHERNANDEZ/MARIA SOSAHERNANDEZ / Mari

STANIMIROVA/ANTOANET STANIMIROVA / ANTOANET
STEFANIDES/ANNA MAIJ STEFANIDES / ANNA MAIJ
SUAREZESTEVEZ/JAVIER SUAREZESTEVEZ / Javier
TATEPEREZ/KIM YVONNE TATEPEREZ / Yvonne KIM
VALLEJOJUNCO/M DEL C VALLEJOJUNCO / M C

VALLESMARCOS/FRANCIS VALLESMARCOS / FRANCIS
VERANESPEREIRA/ANAM VERANESPEREIRA / ANAM
VILLANUEVAMARTIN/ALE VILLANUEVAMARTIN / ALE
VILLANUEVASANTANA/AL VILLANUEVASANTANA / LA
VILLANUEVASANTANA/DA VILLANUEVASANTANA / DA

VILLANUEVASANTANA/KE VILLANUEVASANTANA / KE

Rafael Nadal wins gold medal in Olympic tennis

BEIJING (AP)—As Rafael Nadal stood in front of the medal podium, his nation’s flag draped across his back like a cape, he looked a little like a Spanish Superman.

In tennis, he is.

Already assured of the No. 1 ranking, Nadal was No. 1 at the Olympics. He won a gold medal Sunday, overcoming two set points in the second set and holding every service game to beat Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3.

The gold medal was the first ever for Spain in Olympic tennis, and another milestone in an astounding summer surge by Nadal, who will officially end Roger Federer’s 41/2-year reign atop the rankings Monday. Nadal has won 38 of his past 39 matches, including victories over Federer in the finals at the French Open and Wimbledon.

“Nowhere in my best dreams I can imagine something like what I did this year,” Nadal said. “I know how difficult it is to win these things, and especially here, because you only have one chance every four years.”

source : yahoo

The mystery of Michael Phelps' iPod playlist

By Chris Chase

In the long, storied history of Fourth-Place Medal's Investigative Unit (founded: Monday), one question has been asked by our readers more than any other. Today, on our five-day anniversary, we will attempt to tackle the biggest Olympic mystery of the Beijing Games: what is Michael Phelps listening to on his iPod?

In nearly every camera shot of Michael Phelps on dry land, he can be seen with iPod headphones dangling from his ears. The earbuds are a ubiquitous presence in the ready room and on the starting block; they're just as much a part of Phelps' 'uniform' as goggles and a swim cap. About two minutes prior to the start of a race, Phelps sheds the iPod along with his warm-ups. So, what is he listening to?

Podcasts of NPR's This American Life and Dylan live at The Supper Club. No wait, that's my iPod. Phelps listens to hip-hop music on his. He says it helps motivate him before a race.

While his pre-race tracklist varies, Phelps has said that "I'm Me" by Lil' Wayne has been on his playlist in Beijing. The track, off Weezy's EP "The Leak" features the line:

Yes I am the best/and no I ain't positive I'm definite/I know the game like I'm reffing it

That's about the only lyric that's printable on a family blog.

Other artists that populate Phelps' iPod include: Jay-Z, Young Jeezy, Eminem and Outkast. (What, no 'Pac?) Occasionally, he'll throw some techno into the mix, but usually keeps things rap-centric. Phelps doesn't speak much about the specific songs he's listening to, but he did tell NBC in 2004 that Eminem's "'Til I Collapse" was on his most-played list at Athens. In 2005, he created a playlist for the website Rhapsody that included the songs "Roses" by Outkast, "Burn" by Usher, "Overnight Celebrity" by Twista and "Smile" by G-Unit.

Mystery: solved.

The Investigative Unit takes weekends off to watch that 'Saved by the Bell' where they go to the murder mystery theater and Lisa is on it. But we'll be back Monday, so if you see a mystery that needs solving, leave a note in the comments section and we'll get to it soon.

The mystery of the showering divers

Over the last three nights, NBC has led its primetime Olympic coverage with synchronized diving. According to the stacks of letters that have poured into the Fourth-Place Medal Investigative Unit Headquarters, you've all been watching but are baffled by one facet of the competition. In that case, you're in the right place. After successful forays into the cases of Cullen Jones' disappearance and the identity of the hot Paraguayan, Fourth-Place Medal will today tackle the mystery of the showering divers.

After completing a dive, competitors swim to a ladder, climb out of the pool and head immediately to a bank of showers that sit adjacent to the diving boards. Then, in full view of the crowd and NBC cameras, they shower off. Divers keep their suits on, of course, usually appearing only to rinse off their hair and arms. Oftentimes, the divers will receive their scores while still showering off. What's the purpose of this?

Theories have ranged from 'to get the chlorine off' to 'they want to have fun' -- seriously, that last one is a direct quote from NBC's diving analyst, Cynthia Potter. Neither are the reason.

Divers shower in between each dive to keep their muscles warm after getting out of the pool. The temperature of the pool water and the air are usually different (the pool is usually around 80 degrees, with the air temperature between 68 and 72 degrees). This difference can cause muscle tightness. To combat this, divers warm up in either the showers or a hot tub.

Mystery: solved. (Although we're still a bit unclear as to why the showers are out in the open.The water cube cost over $200 million to build. They couldn't have put a privacy wall in?!)

taken form : yahoo

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