Taylor Wins Gold for USA

Beijing, China Taylor became the first hurdler since the great Edwin Moses to win Olympic gold medals eight years apart.

Angelo led Team USA to a clean sweep of the 400-meters.

Kerron Clement and Bershawn Jackson took silver and bronze.

California's Stephanie Brown Trafton won a surprise gold medal for Team USA in the women's discus.

No one's ever repeated as gold medalist in beach volleyball. But Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh are on their way. Tuesday they vaulted into the finals by crushing Brazil.

American Jenn Stuczynski won a silver medal in the pole vault, finishing behind Russian superstar Yelena Isinbayeva who dazzled 90,000 at the Bird's Nest with a new world record.

U.S. gymnast Nastia Liukin was nearly flawless on the uneven bars, she finished tied with China's He Kexin. But a scoring technicality gave the tiebreaker, and the gold medal, to the Chinese girl.

Team USA continues to dominate in basketball, rolling over Germany 106-57, and charging on into the quarterfinals against Australia.

The US Women's soccer team came back from a 1-nothing deficit to defeat Japan, 4-2. Two goals by Angela Hucles propelled the American women to a showdown in the finals against BRAZIL.

And what can you say about the U.S. softball team, another record shattering performance for the women, scoring 9 runs in the first inning, crushing China 9-nothing.

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