Highlights of the AAP Olympics Wire at 14:50 Aug 17, 2008

AAP General News (Australia)
08-17-2008
Highlights of the AAP Olympics Wire at 14:50 Aug 17, 2008

BEIJING - Wrap of Aussies in action at Olympics on Sunday (Oly08 Aust Nightlead) to
come at 1800AEST, plus Second Nightlead.

BEIJING - Phenomenal Michael Phelps cemented his place in Olympics history today when
he capped a week of sensational performances by becoming the first athlete ever to win
eight gold medals in one Games. (Oly08 Nightlead), Second Nightlead to come

BEIJING - Is Michael Phelps really the greatest athlete of all time? (Oly08 View) to come

SWIMMING

BEIJING - Grant Hackett was denied a record third successive Olympic 1500m freestyle
crown today but the women's medley relay team ensured Australia finished its pool campaign
with a sixth gold medal. (Oly08 Swm Aust Nightlead), Second Nightlead to come, see also
medal factbox.

BEIJING - Analysis of Austalia's Olympic swim campaign (OLy08 Swm Aust Analysis to come

BEIJING - Story on Grant Hackett after he just misses out on third consecutive Olympic
1500m gold (Oly08 Swm Hackett Nightlead) to come.

BEIJING - Story on the man who shocked by beating Hackett (OLy08 Swm Mellouli) to come

BEIJING - Story on 16-year-old Cate Campbell and how she turned her Games form around
(Oly08 Aust Campbell) to come

BEIJING - Story on the performance of Australia's male swimmers who didn't win a gold
but were strong in many areas (OLy08 Swm Aust Men) to come

BEIJING - Story on 41-year-old silver medallist Dara Torres (Oly08 Swm Torres) to come

BEIJING - Michael Phelps became the first competitor in the history of the Olympics
to win eight gold medals at a single Games today, surpassing the record set by fellow
US swimmer Mark Spitz 36 years ago. (OLy08 Swm Phelps Nightlead), see also Timeline, Factbox.

BEIJING - If there's one thing Michael Phelps does better than swimming, which is doubtful,
it must be dreaming. (Oly08 Swm Phelps Sportsfeature)

ROWING

BEIJING - Australia's men's and women's eights, and men's and women's quad sculls boats
attempt to win more medals at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing Park today -- boats on water from
1830-1940 AEST (Oly08 Row Aust Nightlead) to come plus sidebars and view

ATHLETICS

BEIJING - Sally McLellan begins her campaign for an Olympic 100m hurdles medal tonight.

(Oly08 Ath Aust Nightlead) to come about 2200 AEST

BEIJING - Roundup of tonight's action from day three of the athletics. (Oly08 Ath Nightlead)
to come about 2300AEST

BEIJING - Australian medal hope Craig Mottram due to arrive in Beijing 1800AEST for
his track campaign (OLy08 Aust Mottram) to come

BEIJING - Now that Usain Bolt has produced arguably the greatest run of all time he
can now turn to his speciality - the 200 metres. (Oly08 Ath M100) to come

BEIJING - Benita Johnson was proud with how she hung tough in the Olympic women's marathon
today and prouder still of the way she had handled the most difficult year of her life.

(Oly08 Ath Mara Aust Nightlead. Also Oly 08 Ath Mara Nightlead) to come)

BEIJING - Fani Halkia, the reigning Olympic champion in the women's 400m hurdles, says
she was "shocked" to learn she had tested positive for the banned substance methyltrienolone
and would be unable to defend her gold medal. (Oly08 Ath Doping Daylead) Nightlead to
come

CYCLING

BEIJING - Anna Meares set a personal-best qualifying time for the sprint this morning
at the Olympic track cycling. (Oly08 Cyc Aust) Nightlead to come 1930-2000AEST, with Second
Nightlead to follow.

BEIJING - Profile on Australian track cycling legend Shane Kelly, who rode his last
Olympic race last night. (Oly08 Cyc Aust Kelly) to come

BEIJING - Preview of the women's points race tomorrow at Olympic track cycling (Oly08
Cyc Aust Preview) to come

SAILING

QINGDAO - Cover of Aussies on day nine as 49er world champions Nathan Outteridge and
Ben Austin face a massive task to overhaul a 14-point deficit in their hunt for gold in
medal race. (Oly08 Sai Aust Nightlead) to come, plus (OLyo8 Sai Aust Preview)

QINGDAO - A year ago they were about as far away from the Beijing Olympics as they
could imagine. (Oly08 Sai Aust Preview) to come

QINGDAO - A single medal of any colour was always going to be an improvement on Athens
for Australia's Olympic sailors. (Oly08 Sai Aust View))

BASKETBALL

BEIJING - Basketball: W Aust v Russia, 1315 AEST (Oly08 BkbW Aust Nightlead) to come,
plus (Oly08 BkbM Aust Preview)

TRIATHLON

BEIJING - Preview of the Olympic women's triathlon tomorrow. (Oly08 Tra Aust) to come

TENNIS

BEIJING - Tennis finals - men's singles, women's doubles from 1800 AEST (Oly08 Ten
Nightlead) to come

SOFTBALL

BEIJING - Softball: Australia v Canada, 1900 AEST (OLy08 Sof Aust Nightlead) to come

EQUESTRAIN

HONG KONG - Equestrian: Individual and team jumping - Round 1 - Edwina Alexander, Laurie
Lever, Peter McMahon, Matthew Williams, from 2115 (Oly08 Eqn Aust Nightlead) to come

DIVING

BEIJING - Diving: W 3m Springboard finals - Sharleen Stratton, 2230 AEST (Oly08 Div
Aust Nightlead) to come

HOCKEY

BEIJING - Hockey: M - Australia v The Netherlands, 2230 AEST (Oly08 HocM Aust Nightlead) to come

BEACH VOLLEYBALL

BEIJING - Beach Volleyball: W Qtr Finals - Tamsin Barnett, Natalie Cook v Brazil 2300AEST
(OLy08 Bvo Aust Nightlead) to come

WATER POLO

BEIJING - Water Polo: W Qtr/final - Australia v China, 1620 AEST (Oly08 Wpo Aust Nightlead)
to come

SHOOTING

BEIJING - Two Australians in action on the last day of the Olympic shooting program

(Oly08 Sho Aust) to come

SOCCER

BEIJING - Players and coaches heaped praise on Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi after
he helped defending champions Argentina into a glamour Olympic semi-final against Brazil.

(Oly08 SocM Argentina)

OTHERS

BEIJING - Australia has no right to point the finger at coaches who pass on their secrets
to international athletes, Australian Olympic head John Coates says. (OLY08 Secrets Aust)

BEIJING - Beijing Olympic chiefs have cancelled the daily Olympic press conference
for the second day in a row, following a series of rowdy exchanges between journalists
and Games officials. (OLY08 Press)

BEIJING - Athens Olympics 400m hurdles champion Fani Halkia of Greece is expected to
be kicked out of the Beijing Games after failing a drug test. (Oly08 Doping Halkia)

Various sports previews of Monday action

ROUTINERS to come

OLY08 MILESTONES - Milestones of the day

OLY08 QUOTES - Quotes of the day

OLY08 BRIGHTS - Brights of the day

OLY08 SCHEDULE - Daily Schedule

OLY08 ACTION - Aussies in Action

OLY08 FARED - How the Aussies fared

OLY08 MEDALS - Australian medallists

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