Athletes

Women's 3000m Steeplechase Race Champion Gulnara Samitova-Galkina Following is the factbox on Olympic women's 3000 meters steeplechase race champion.

Primoz Kozmus, Olympic Gold Medalist in Men's Hammer Throw Following is the factbox of Slovenian Primoz Kozmus, champion of men's hammer throw.

Olympic Weightlifting Champion Ilya Ilin Following is the factbox on Olympic weightlifting champion in men's 94kg category.

Rebecca Romero, Olympic Gold Medalist of Women's Cycling Individual Pursuit Following is the factbox of British Rebecca Romero, Olympic gold medalist of women's cycling individual pursuit.

Qiu Jian, Olympic Gold Medalist in Men's 50-meter Rifle 3 Positions Following is the factbox of Qiu Jian, men's 50-meter rifle three positions gold winner.

'Big Girl' Uses Brains as Well as Brawn China's Tong Wen wins over 78 judo gold August 15.

Olympic Weightlifting Champion Lu Yong Following is the factbox on Olympic weightlifting champion in men's 85kg category.

Elena Kaliska, Winner of Women's K1 Slalom Following is the factfile of Elena Kaliska of Slovakia, winner of women's K1 slalom on Friday at the Beijing Olympic Games.

Hochschorner Twin Brothers, Winner of Men's C2 Slalom Following is the factfile of Pavol and Peter Hochschorner of Slovakia, winners of men's C2 slalom here on Friday at the Beijing Olympic Games.

Olympic Weightlifting Champion Cao Lei Following is the factbox on Olympic weightlifting champion in women's 75kg category.

Fab Li Is 1 Step from a Medal Chinese tennis player Li Na advanced to the semifinals by knocking out Venus Williams, the defending Wimbledon champion and the winner of both the singles and doubles tournaments at the 2000 Games, in the quarterfinal of the women's singles tournament on August 14.

Artur Ayvazian, Olympic Gold Medalist in Men's 50m Rifle Prone Following is the factbox of Ukrainian Artur Ayvazian, men's 50-meter rifle prone gold winner.

Promising 'Ricky' Rubio Way Far to Be Great The stardom of Spanish promising teenager Richard "Ricky" Rubio is no less than any of the super stars at the Olympics, but the sensation is way far to be a great basketball player.

Du Li, Olympic Gold Medalist in Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Following is the factbox of Du Li, women's 50-meter rifle three positions gold winner.

Serbian Shooter Sekaric: I Will Be Back in London When the regretful mother told her kids that she didn't get any medal from the Beijing Olympics, the children were skeptic. "How come?!" they said. "This is just not my Olympics," said Jasna Sekaric from Serbia on Wednesday.