Medal count

End of day in Beijing (Friday, August 22 2008)
Shocker of the day - IOC will investigate the allegations that some Chinese gymnasts are underage (i.e. younger, sometimes way younger, than 16...) Wow! I admire the speed of your reaction, IOC dudes!!! You'd be the fastest correspondence chess players in the history...

Medal count - first 10 countries:
USA 102 (31/36/35)
China 89 (47/17/25)
Russia 57 (17/18/22)
Great Britain 44 (18/13/13)
Australia 42 (12/14/16)
Germany 36 (14/9/13)
France 34 (5/13/16)
South Korea 28 (11/10/7)
Italy 25 (7/8/9)
Japan 25 (9/6/10)
Ukraine 21 (5/4/12)
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Poland 8 (3/4/1)
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Jamaica 10 (6/3/1)
Third world record and third gold medal for Mr. Bolt (in 4x100m relay, he ran the third leg.) Beyond awesome!!!