At the Olympic Games in Beijing, China is leading the gold medal
tally with eight victories followed by the United States and South
Korea with three a piece.
Overall the US has 12 medals, China 11
and South Korea five. In swimming, the United States won a dramatic
men's 4x100 metre relay, coming back against France in the final
lap of a race in which five countries broke the world record.
Meanwhile, Spanish cyclist Maria Isabel Moreno became the first
competitor to fail a drugs test at the Games.
(Deutsche Welle)
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