<<<Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele won gold medals and created an Olympic record after storming ahead to win the men’s 10,000m. Fellow countryman, Sileshi Sihine took the silver.

<<<Cameroon also got a gold Francoise Mbango Etoneo successfully defended her
Olympic triple jump title with a new Games record leap

Eighteen-year-old Pamela Jelimo brought the gold home for Kenya when she powered to a brilliant 800m victory

Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia swims to gold during the men’s 1500m freestyle final, also known as the Water Cube

<<<South Africa’s Khotso Mokoena will be leaving Beijing with a silver medal for his stunning performance in the men’s long jump event...

Zimbabwe’s “golden girl” - Kirsty Coventry - added a gold medal to her three silvers, in the women’s 200m backstroke race.

Tirunesh Dibaba, the world champion from Ethiopia, won the women’s 10,000m race, setting a new Olympic record with her time of 29 minutes 54.68 seconds.

Kenya’s Samuel Wanjiru set a new Olympic record of 2 hrs 6.32 minutes in the men’s marathon. Kenya won a total 14 medals, (5 of them gold), making it Africa’s biggest medal winner.

<<<Togo’s Benjamin Boukpeti got Bronze in the
Men’s Singles Kayak Slalom

Mesbah won Egypt’s first medal - bronze - at the Beijing Games.

<<<Nigeria’s “Dream Team”took Silver after losing to Argentina in the finals.